Benintendi still impressing folks with talent, drive

Andrew Benintendi collects three hits, two RBIs and a run scored, while recording his first career stolen base against the DodgersWhen Andrew Benintendi was 5 years old, his father, Chris, took him out on the acre the family owned in southwest Ohio to practice shagging fly balls.

Chris Benintendi would grab a tennis ball and a racquet, hitting the ball as hard as he could. His firstborn would leg out the high flies, catching them nearly every time.

Seventeen summers later, Andrew Benintendi is adjusting to life as a big-league baseball player, having notched two hits in his first start for the Red Sox as 18 family members looked on at Safeco Park.

But Chris Benintendi, a partner at a…