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Kang, Morales named Players of the Week

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Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang and Kansas City Royals designated hitter Kendrys Morales have been named MLB's Players of the Week.

Kang was on fire, slashing .522/.593/1.087 with four home runs and 10 RBIs while collecting 12 hits. In 84 games this year, Kang is batting .267/.350/.535 with 18 homers and 51 RBIs.

Morales continued his hitting ways, earning his second Player of the Week award this season.

This past week, Morales batted .409/.500/1.091 while belting five homers and driving in 14 runs.

In his second season with the Royals, Morales is slashing .259/.327/.466 with 27 homers, the most he's had since hitting 34 in 2009.

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