Thanks in part to three strong games in Sahlen Field against the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe was named American League Player of the Week on Monday.
Lowe, 26, was 6 for 12 as the Rays won two of three games during their trip to Buffalo. He homered in the Rays' first two games here to extend his personal streak to four games, with his solo shot to deep left-center off Jordan Romano in the ninth inning giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 win Sunday in the completion of Saturday's suspended game.
The highway sign points to “Peace Bridge”That’s what @Sweet_n_Lowe5 did to this baseball pic.twitter.com/73zjABo608
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 16, 2020
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Lowe became the first Ray to go deep in four straight since Evan Longoria (2016) and joined Fred McGriff (1999) as the only two players to do so while also logging at least two hits in each contest.
For the week, Lowe batted .448 (13-for-29) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, 10 RBIs, three walks and a 1.000 slugging percentage across seven games. For the season, Lowe entered Monday batting .338 with seven homers and 20 RBIs. He was two shy of the home run leaders (Mike Trout/Aaron Judge) and two shy of the RBI leader (Baltimore's Anthony Santander).
Lowe also entered Monday's play leading the majors with 16 extra-base hits, and was first in the AL in total bases (59), runs (19) and OPS (1.142). He was second in slugging percentage (.738).
Washington outfielder Juan Soto was the National League winner after batting .462-5-12 in seven games.
