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Listen to Don Orsillo call Xander Bogaerts' first two Padres home runs

Here's Don Orsillo calling Bogaerts' first two homers with Padres originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The Red Sox have calmed our nerves with a 2-1 start and plenty of offense, but that doesn't make it any easier to watch Xander Bogaerts go off in his first weekend with the Padres -- as described by a familiar voice.

Four games into the season, Bogaerts is hitting .429 with a pair of homers, and it has all been called by Padres TV voice Don Orsillo. Give a listen as the former NESN play-by-play man describes Bogaerts's first two long balls in San Diego's 2-2 start.

Bogaerts is part of something exciting on the West Coast, where the Padres drew over 42,000 fans to each of their first four games. After dropping their first two contests to the Rockies, they came back and won the last two, with Bogaerts's two-run homer the difference in Sunday's 3-1 victory.

That's exactly the kind of production San Diego signed up for when it inked Bogaerts to a massive 11-year, $ 280 million contract in free agency, ending his Red Sox tenure after 10 seasons, four All-Star appearances, and two World Series titles.