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David Ortiz gets Player of the Week honor and is 1st in DH All-Star voting
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz was named the America League Player of the Week for the week ending June 5. This is Ortiz’s fifth career weekly honor and he is the third Red Sox player in the past month to receive the award, along with Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford.
During last week’s six-game homestand, Ortiz went 12-for-22 with two home runs, six RBI and five runs scored. Ortiz, who was a bright spot during three losses to the Chicago White Sox and helped the Red Sox turn things around to sweep the Oakland Athletics, notched 22 total bases during the week. His .545 batting average was second in the league along with a 1.00 SLG and a .583 OBP.
Ortiz had his best April in recent years and topped it with a stellar May performance, which may propel him to his fifth fan selection as an All-Star starter. The six-time All-Star reached 1,160,590 votes to pass Michael Young (1,033,514 votes) of the Texas Rangers with the most votes for the designated hitter All-Star spot as of June 7. Ortiz finished the month of May with a .342 average and an OPS of 1.036 with 10 home runs and 16 RBI.
Carl Crawford named Player of the Week
Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford was named the American League Player of the Week for the week ending May 29. Crawford was a key contributor in the Red Sox 5-2 week and surge to first place in the AL East.
Crawford, who received the honor three previous times in his career, went 11-for-26 for a .423 batting average with eight RBI and 10 runs scored. He topped all of baseball with 26 total bases and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
On May 23 Crawford hit his second home run with Boston, snapping a 97 at-bat homerless streak. The left-handed hitter went on to hit two more homers during the week.
