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Video: Xander Bogaerts crushes Red Sox’ first walk-off slam in 18 years

Toronto Blue Jays v Boston Red Sox

BOSTON, MA - JULY 14: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox looks on after hitting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning of the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on July 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

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Xander Bogaerts polished off the Red Sox’ 10-inning, 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays in dazzling fashion on Saturday, crushing a Chris Rowley fastball to dead center field for a walk-off grand slam:

It wasn’t exactly Bogaerts’ first slam of the year -- he checked that box twice in April alone -- but it marked the club’s first walk-off grand slam since Rico Brogna did it against the Devil Rays in August 2000. In fact, this has been a remarkably grand slam-filled season for the Red Sox so far; according to ESPN Stats & Info, they’ve racked up nine slams in the first four months of the season, just two shy of the all-time record they established in 2005.

The walk-off homer capped a wild game for the Red Sox, one in which they took an early lead with J.D. Martinez’s league-leading 29th home run, lost Eduardo Rodriguez to a right ankle sprain, and sent the game to extras with a last-minute RBI double from Jackie Bradley in the ninth. They’ve now taken the lead in the four-game series, 2-1, and will go for the win on Sunday afternoon when southpaw Brian Johnson takes on Blue Jays’ right-hander Marcus Stroman at 1:05 PM EDT.