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Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts stayed hot at the plate in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Twins. Bogaerts had three hits in four at-bats on the afternoon to raise his season average to .298. 

Bogaerts now has four multi-hit games over his last five games, hitting a robust .611 over that span. 

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts stayed hot at the plate in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Twins. Bogaerts went 3 for 4 with two RBI and a run scored in the 6-3 win.

Bogaerts, who also stole his fourth base of the season, now has multi-hit performances in each of his last three games. This comes on the heels of six straight hitless games for the young shortstop. The hot stretch has upped his season average to .292, it's highest mark since the end of April. 

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is back in the lineup for Sunday's matchup with the Rangers.

Boagerts has been dealing with a forearm issue in recent days after being hit with a pitch on Thursday. He was able to start on Friday before being held out of the lineup on Saturday. The shortstop is hitless in 15 at-bats since last Sunday.

The Red Sox are road favorites (-112) on Sunday, per VegasInsider.com.

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is out of the lineup Saturday at Texas. He has been dealing with a forearm problem caused on a hit-by-pitch Thursday, but he played Friday.

His absence could be due instead to a horrible slump. Bogaerts is hitless in 15 at-bats since a 4-for-4 performance Sunday.

A forearm issue will not keep Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts sidelined Friday night at Texas. He is in the lineup at his usual position and batting seventh.

Bogaerts, who was hit by a pitch Thursday, is on an 0-for-12 slide after hitting safely in nine of his previous 10 games.

X-rays have confirmed that Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts did not suffer a fractured forearm on Thursday, the Boston Globe reports.

Bogaerts was hit by a pitch in the second inning of Thursday's win over the Rangers but initially stayed in the game before being replaced by a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning. With his X-rays coming back negative, the shortstop is day-to-day with the injury.

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was removed from Thursday's game against the Rangers due to a left forearm contusion, the team announced, per CSNNE.com.

Bogaerts was hit by a pitch in the second inning but initially stayed in the game. He played a few innings in the field before being removed for a pinch-hitter in the fourth. He has hit .268/.320/.376 with two home runs, 15 RBI and two stolen bases in 157 at-bats.

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts went 4 for 4 with two runs scored in his team's 6-1 win over the Angels on Sunday.

Starting in the No. 5 spot for the third straight game, Bogaerts delivered one of his best hitting performances of the season, picking up a double and three singles in the win. He's put together a seven game hitting streak and now owns a .290/.340/.407 line with two home runs and 15 RBI in 145 at-bats.

Angels left fielder Collin Cowgill was a late scratch from Sunday's lineup. He was replaced by Matt Joyce. 

Cowgill has been bothered by a sore back and was unable to complete pregame batting practice, per MLB.com.

Also, with a lefthander facing the Angels, second baseman Johnny Giavotella is out of the lineup for just the fourth time this season.

"He's been in the air a lot the last part of this little dry spell," manager Mike Scioscia said to the Orange County Register. "His game is really line drives, hard groundballs, working counts. I don't think there's pressing. I haven't seen his demeanor change or his game change. We're looking to get our offense deeper, and he’s an important guy to lengthen our lineup."

He's replaced by Taylor Featherston.

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts had the goods and bads in Thursday's loss to the Rangers. Bogaerts reached base safely in all three plate appearances, going 2 for 2 with a walk. He has a hit four straight games and has reached base in eight of his last nine. Since May 10, he has seen his season average rise more than 20 points from .250 to its current .271 clip.

But, Bogaerts did commit his third error of the season, and also ran into some back luck on the basepaths, literally. 

With teammate Daniel Nava at the plate in the bottom of the fifth, Bogaerts was on first base with one out. He took off trying to steal second, but Nava swung and tapped the ball to the right side, which clipped Bogaerts on the foot as he was running. Bogaerts was ruled out, and a strikeout by the next batter ended the rally for Boston.

"Probably the play there when I tried to steal and the ball hit me, that was probably the game-changer," said Bogaerts, per MLB.com. "I never knew, I was never aware the ball touched me until I came back down and I saw the video, it might've just scratched the bottom of my heel or something like that, but I never know it hit me at all."