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Kendry Morales named American League player of the week

Mike DiGiovanna.
By Mike DiGiovanna
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Angels first baseman Kendry Morales, who hit a major league best .542 (13 for 24) with three home runs, 10 runs batted in, seven runs, 22 total bases, a .593 on-base percentage and .917 slugging percentage last week, has been named American League player of the week.

Morales was hitting .216 on April 19 when he went on a six-game tear, which included a game-winning, two-run home run in the eighth inning of Friday night’s 6-4 win over the Yankees and a game-breaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning of Sunday’s 8-4 win over the Yankees.

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Morales, a switch-hitter, is now leading the Angels in average (.329), home runs (six), RBIs (16), on-base percentage (.372) and slugging percentage (.469).

-- Mike DiGiovanna

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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