Los Angeles Angels Fan Blog» Kendry Morales http://angels-sportsfans.com Talk about the Los Angeles Angels Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Morales proving value day after day http://angels-sportsfans.com/2009/09/24/morales-proving-value-day-after-day/ http://angels-sportsfans.com/2009/09/24/morales-proving-value-day-after-day/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:31:53 +0000 GameSetMatch http://angels-sportsfans.com/?p=59 After winning the American League Player of the Month honors after setting the Angels’ club record with 33 RBIs in August, first baseman Kendry Morales suddenly fell into a rut in early September.

The switch-hitter went into a 3-for-28 skid and all of the talk about being a legitimate American League Most Valuable Player candidate began to lose a bit of its steam.

Morales was even held out of the Angels’ starting lineup on Monday to get a day of rest and to clear his head of his recent slump.

But Morales was still called on to pinch-hit in the seventh inning against the Yankees and he delivered a towering home run to right field off reliever Brian Bruney in the Angels’ 5-2 win.

And then he followed that up with a 4-for-4 performance with a walk the next day, and he was swinging the bat like he did just a few weeks earlier. Morales even singled in his first at-bat on Wednesday to reach base safely in seven straight plate appearances over three days.


Click here to read the full article – By Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com


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