Bogaerts went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Boston's 8-1 over Minnesota on Friday. The four-hit night raised his average to .349, tops in the American League.
It was David Ortiz night at Target Field as the Red Sox slugger was feted by his former team prior to the game, but Bogaerts was the star during the game. The one question lingering over the young shortstop following his breakout 2015 season was about his power, but Friday's homer, a no-doubter, gives him seven in 252 at-bats and matches his total from last season (613 at-bats).