As the ball landed just out of the reach of left fielder Nolan Reimold, Bogaerts raised his arms, reaching first base with his Major League-best 76th hit.
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Bogaerts owns the Majors' second-longest hitting streak of the season, trailing only teammate Jackie Bradley Jr. who had a 29-game hitting streak snapped Thursday.
The 23-year-old shortstop entered play Tuesday tops in the American League with a .354 batting average and has hit safely in 36 of his past 38 games.
Bogaerts joined Nomar Garciaparra (three times) and Johnny Pesky as the only Red Sox shortstops with hit streaks of at least 24. Garciaparra's 30-game streak in 1997 is tops in club history among shortstops.
MB announced Tuesday that Bogaerts leads all AL shortstops in the first returns of the 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot.
Ben Raby is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Bogaerts singles to stretch hit streak to 24
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