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V-Mart wins AL Player of Week with vintage show
- Updated: May 2, 2016
CLEVELAND — Victor Martinez capped a historic April with a flourish. For that, he earned American League Player of the Week honors.
It’s the first Player of the Week nod for Martinez since May 15, 2011, his first season in Detroit, and his fifth such award overall.
• April surge a sign V-Mart back to pre-injury form
Martinez batted .519 (14-for-27) for the week with three home runs, five doubles, eight RBIs and eight runs scored. He tested the depths of Comerica Park with an estimated 425-foot home run over the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field on Monday against the A’s, doubled in Detroit’s lone run the next night, then hit a three-run homer the …
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