{"id":41721,"date":"2025-04-17T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41721"},"modified":"2025-04-17T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:59:03","slug":"red-sox-fans-hope-walker-buehlers-bold-alex-bregman-statement-comes-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41721","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox fans hope Walker Buehler\u2019s bold Alex Bregman statement comes true"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Bregman, a two-time World Series champion and All-Star and four-time MVP vote recipient, posted\u00a0the first five-hit game of his career\u00a0for the Boston Red Sox on April 15.<\/p>\n

The night after a brutal 16-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, Bregman bounced back in commanding fashion.\u00a0He mashed two homers,\u00a0a double and two singles for four RBI and two runs. Rafael Devers also recorded a double and Jarren Duran belted his first homer of the season to help reignite the Sox’s offense en route to a 7-4 win in Tampa.<\/p>\n

Not only did Bregman help Boston recover from a beatdown, he broke out of a weeklong slump at the plate \u2014 he collected four hits and five strikeouts in seven Sox games from April 8-14. Walker Buehler, who started Boston’s April 15 game, thinks there are plenty of Red Sox who have the stuff to match Bregman’s feat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have five, six, seven guys that can have a day like Bregman did today and win us a game,\u201d Buehler said in his postgame presser on NESN. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of what you\u2019re looking for \u2014 that depth. Not depth in terms of, like, \u2018Oh, they could get a hit today,\u2019 but depth of guys that can take over a game.”<\/p>\n

Walker Buehler thinks Red Sox have five to seven players who can replicate Alex Bregman’s 5-for-5 night<\/h2>\n
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