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• Red Sox's Alex Verdugo: Hitting streak at 10 games

  5D ago •

  Verdugo went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Blue Jays. Verdugo delivered a two-run home run in the sixth inning and plated another pair on a double in the 10th. He's posted multiple hits in six of 10 games during his current hitting streak, a span in which he's gone 16-for-39 (.410). The outfielder is up to a .266/.312/.395 slash line with six homers, 43 RBI, 33 runs scored and 17 doubles across 295 plate appearances. He was caught stealing in his only stolen base attempt of the year.

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• Red Sox's Alex Verdugo: Swats go-ahead homer Saturday

  8D ago •

  Verdugo went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in a 4-2 win against the Guardians on Saturday. Shane Bieber held Boston scoreless for five innings Saturday, but Verdugo touched him for a 447-foot, three-run home run in the sixth inning that gave the Red Sox the lead. The long ball was the fifth of the season for the outfielder and just his second since April 16. Verdugo is in the midst of a six-game hitting streak, batting .348/.400/.565 with three extra-base hits, five runs and six RBI over that span.

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• Red Sox's Alex Verdugo: Sitting Saturday

  16D ago •

  Verdugo isn't starting Saturday's game against the Cardinals, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports. Verdugo will get a breather after he went 0-for-9 with two strikeouts over the last two games. Franchy Cordero is starting in left field while Bobby Dalbec takes over at first base.

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• Red Sox's Alex Verdugo: Drives in four in win

  19D ago •

  Verdugo went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Wednesday's 10-1 win over the Athletics. Verdugo opened the scoring with an RBI groundout in the first inning, and he plated another on a third-inning single before going deep in the sixth on a two-run blast. This was the outfielder's fifth multi-hit effort in 12 games in June. He's gone 16-for-47 (.340) this month, and he's now batting .251/.293/.368 with four homers, 33 RBI, 26 runs scored and 14 doubles through 58 contests overall.

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• Red Sox's Alex Verdugo: Returns to lineup

  23D ago •

  Verdugo (knee) will bat fifth and play left field Saturday against Seattle, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports. Verdugo missed Friday's series opener with a knee issue, but the injury was evidently a minor one. He's shown signs of life at the plate recently after a poor start, hitting .339/.379/.452 over his last 15 games to raise his season OPS to .655.

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