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Youkilis Player of the Week

The Sox' Kevin Youkilis was named the American League's Player of the Week for the period May 5-11.

Over that stretch, Youkilis batted .375 (12 for 32) with three doubles, five homers and 10 homers for a slugging percentage of .938. He led the league in extra-base hits and total bases for the week.

Youkilis had five multiple-hit games in the seven games for the period, with at least one extra-base hit in five of the games.

This is the first time Youkilis has been honored as a Player of the Week.

Youkilis took the award in stride.

"Things are going well so far," said Youkilis. "I've had a nice little hot streak. But I'm just trying to do the same things over and over. If you have a good week in this game you still have to put it aside and play for the day."

Youkilis has a nine-game hitting streak. Over that stretch he is batting .421 (16 for 38) with six homers, five doubles and 15 RBI, raising his average from .287 to .322.

-- Steven Krasner
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Posted by Steven Krasner  at 3:19 PM | Permalink