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Angels’ Bobby Abreu is named AL player of the week

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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A move to the leadoff spot sparked an offensive surge that resulted in Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu being selected American League player of the week.

Abreu hit .524 with two home runs and five runs batted in during the six games ending Sunday, helping the Angels complete a homestand in which they won four of six games.

Abreu led the league with a .615 on-base percentage, tied for second with a .952 slugging percentage and collected 11 hits, including a walk-off homer in a victory over Kansas City.

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It is the first AL weekly award for Abreu, who won the National League weekly award three times with the Philadelphia Phillies earlier in his career.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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