BOSTON -- Under normal circumstances, 22-year-old Xander Bogaerts might have been in college this spring, studying for exams as his final semester drew to a close. As it so happens, the Aruba native's extraordinary baseball talents have him playing everyday shortstop for the Red Sox, and he's thriving.
Bogaerts' latest highlight came during Friday night's 3-2 walk-off win over the Orioles, when he floated the winning single into the gap between second base and right field. The clutch hit was part of a 2-for-4 performance -- his fifth multi-hit game in nine contests -- and made him the youngest Red Sox player to register a walk-off RBI since Jim Rice in 1975.