Rays' Brandon Lowe Named AL Player Of The Week

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Brandon Lowe, an all-star second baseman with the Tampa Bay Rays, was named American League Player of the Week by Chevrolet on Monday, a Major League Baseball news release said.

Lowe claimed his first career weekly award, and is the first Rays winner in almost a year since his all-star teammate Austin Meadows won it last September.

According to MLB officials, Lowe's game highlights include:

• Batted .448 (13-for-29) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI, three walks and a 1.000 slugging percentage across seven games.
• Enters play today in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak dating back to August 9th, leading the Rays to a 7-1 record during his torrid stretch.
• Homered in four consecutive games from Wednesday to Saturday, becoming just the seventh player in franchise history to accomplish the feat, and the first since Evan Longoria in June 2016.
• He joined Fred McGriff (1999) as the only two players to do so while also logging at least two hits in each contest.
• Lowe paces the Majors with 16 extra-base hits entering play today. Amongst his AL counterparts, ranks first in total bases(59), runs scored (19) and OPS (1.142), and second in slugging percentage (.738).