CHRISTIAN YELICH NAMED
W.B. MASON NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK; LORENZO CAIN’S HOME RUN-ROBBING CATCH NAMED PLAY OF THE WEEK
Reigning National League MVP Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers has been named the W.B. Mason National League Player of the Week. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
Yelich claimed his fourth career NL Player of the Week Award (last: September 23, 2018). The last Brewers player other than Yelich to win Player of the Week was Aramis Ramirez for the period ending July 5, 2015.
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· Posted a slash line of .500/.667/1.583 with six runs scored, six hits, a double, four home runs, eight RBI and six walks over four games played.
· Among his NL peers, finished the period first in extra-base hits (5), slugging percentage and walks; tied for first in home runs and RBI; second in total bases (19); and tied for second in on-base percentage.
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· Registered his fifth career walk-off hit, and first since June 2, 2016, on Sunday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals (see it here). Also clubbed his fourth home run of the season in the contest.
· Became the sixth player in MLB history to homer in each of his Club’s first four games of a season, joining Hall of Famer Willie Mays (1971), Mark McGwire (1998), Nelson Cruz (2011), Chris Davis (2013) and Trevor Story (2016). Dating back to 2018, he has clubbed nine round-trippers over his last 12 regular season games.
· His eight RBI through the Club’s first four games match Gorman Thomas (1978), Cecil Cooper (1978), Sixto Lezcano (1980) and Ben Oglivie (1982) for the second-most in franchise history.
PLAY OF THE WEEK
Home run-robbing catch by Lorenzo Cain of the Milwaukee Brewers
March 28th vs. STL — Watch It Here
All-Star center fielder Lorenzo Cain of the Milwaukee Brewers claimed the inaugural Play of the Week. With two outs in the ninth inning of Thursday’s Opening Day game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Cain reached over the wall to make a game-saving catch, preserving a 5–4 win. Additional Play of the Week candidates included All-Star Mookie Betts’ spectacular catch in right field of Saturday’s game against the Mariners; Gerardo Parra’s play from right field to throw out the runner at first with the bases loaded in yesterday’s contest between the Giants and Padres; Joey Rickard’s diving catch in right field of Thursday’s game at Yankee Stadium; and Matt Andriese’s behind the back snag to prevent a run in extra innings of a tied game between the D-backs and Dodgers.
