Former Red Sox Star Xander Bogaerts Makes Padres History With Walk-Off Grand Slam
San Diego Padres shortstop and former Boston Red Sox star Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam in his team's 7-3 win vs. the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
Former Red Sox Star Xander Bogaerts Makes Padres History With Walk-Off Grand Slam originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts played at Fenway Park for the first time as a visiting player one week ago.
The former Boston Red Sox four-time All-Star had another big moment on Thursday night, cracking a walk-off grand slam to lift the Padres to a 7-3 home win in 12 innings against the Colorado Rockies. It was Bogaerts' ninth career grand slam and second since signing with San Diego in December 2022. The 33-year-old's clutch blast was made sweeter by the fact that the Rockies intentionally walked two batters preceding Bogaerts.
The two-time World Series champion also made plenty of Padres history with Thursday's home run. "Extra-innings walk-off grand slams in Padres franchise history: Xander Bogaerts, tonight vs. COL Manny Machado, 8/19/20 vs.
TEX Adrián González, 6/2/10 vs. NYM It's the first MLB walk-off slam in extras since Patrick Bailey last Sept. 12 (there were three in the Majors in 2025)," MLB.