Courtesy of: The Morning News
In a sold-out Yankee Stadium Bogaerts, the 20-year-old Red Sox shortstop with enough power to make NSTAR jealous, drilled his first career big-league home run, one of four long balls the Red Sox hit in a 13-9 victory over the Yankees. The rope to left-center traveled an estimated 443 feet, per ESPN, making it the second longest at Yankee Stadium this season behind a shot from Francisco Cervelli — who was busted for performance-enhancing drug usage. Bogaerts is the youngest player to homer for the Sox since Dwight Evans did it on Sept. 20, 1972, all of 19 days younger.
“I mean, it was pretty far,” said Mike Napoli, who hit Boston’s longest homer of the season in April in Toronto and homered twice on Saturday. “I remember my first home run and how I felt. It’s a special moment in his career, and we’re all excited for him. He’s got a lot of talent, and it was just something good to see.”
PABIEN XANDER.
