By Josh Maurer & Will Flemming

After spending about a month on the disabled list with a lower back injury, Jose Iglesias is now at full speed and playing everyday. In order for him to regain some of the at-bats he missed during his injury, Iglesias has been the PawSox primary leadoff hitter since the All-Star break.

At the time of his injury, Iglesias was the PawSox leading hitter during the month of May when he batted .341 (28-for-82) over 20 games.

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Entering Thursday, the Cuban shortstop had six hits over his last five games, and recently had his fourth multi-RBI game of the year. As Iglesias talks about, he continues to work on bunting for base hits, in addition to staying inside the ball — something he’s been preaching as his main point of emphasis even before his injury.

In 59 games this season, Iglesias is batting .260 (61-for-235) with 19 runs batted in and six extra-base hits. It should be noted that Iglesias recently missed what would have been his third career home run by two feet (or less) when he drove a double high off the left-center field wall at McCoy. In that same game, he flew out to the warning track in right, singled to left, and caught a tough break on a scorching line out to the pitcher with the bases loaded.

PawSox manager Arnie Beyeler said of that performance, “probably his best game, or one of his best, that we’ve seen him have.”

-AG

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