Cleveland Indians SS Francisco Lindor named American League Player of the Month for May

June 2, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor was named American League Player of the Month for May, Major League Baseball announced Saturday.
Lindor hit .373 and slugged .737 with an OPS of 1.310 in May. He scored 27 runs and collected 44 hits, including 13 doubles and 10 home runs while driving in 23.
It is his first career Player of the Month Award, and the first time an Indians player has claimed the honor since Jason Kipnis in May 2015. Earlier, Lindor won AL Player of the Week honors for the week ending May 6.
Lindor led the AL in runs, hits, doubles and batting average in May. He was third in slugging percentage, tied for third in home runs and on-base percentage and tied for sixth in RBI.
In May, Lindor twice recorded games with two doubles and two home runs. He also became the first Indians leadoff hitter to total four extra-base hits in a game since Tribe manager Terry Francona's father, Tito, did so in 1954.
Francona said he's enjoyed watching Lindor and teammate Jose Ramirez grow into stars.
"It's fun to see what they're turning into," Francona said. "Is a guy going to hit for average? Can he hit for power? Can he do both? Both of them are doing both and they're good defenders. We're pretty fortunate that two of our best players -- put (Michael Brantley) in that -- they play every day, they love to play, they're great guys and we're pretty fortunate."
By Joe Noga, cleveland.com

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