导出博客文章Hes the Kansas City Royals hottest hitter. And on Friday night, he was starting
in right field for the third straight game. But Royals manager Ned Yost said
Friday that Kendrys Morales days as a right fielder wont extend beyond this
weekend, after his team completes a run of five games in a row in National
League parks.Even though the Royals just placed Lorenzo Cain on the disabled
list this week, Yost said he thinks his team has enough options that, over the
long haul, weve got the outfield covered.You know, this team is built around
pitching and defense, he said. Weve got Cain and [Alex] Gordon and [Paolo]
Orlando and [Jarrod] Dyson. So weve got a pretty good defensive alignment out
there. ... So well just keep Kendrys in his DH spot. But as long as hes got that
bat and weve got these National League games -- five in a row right here -- were
going to put him out there.Before Wednesday, when the Royals played the first of
two games in St. Louis, Morales hadnt played the outfield since Sept. 27, 2008,
before a freak ankle injury, at the end of a triumphant, game-winning home run
trot in 2010, turned him into a full-time designated hitter. But after watching
Morales run down five fly balls without issue in St. Louis, Yost said he planned
to play his DH in right in all three games in Philadelphia this weekend.It kills
you not to have his bat in there when were playing these interleague games, Yost
said. I hate having him sit on the bench. ... With him being hot like he is now
and with Cain being out, if youve got Cains bat out of the lineup, to take
Morales bat out of the lineup too, it just doesnt make sense. That would be two
pretty big bats that are missing.Morales, 33, isnt just the Royals hottest
hitter at the moment, though. Hes actually the hottest hitter in baseball. He
entered Fridays game riding a streak of six straight multi-hit games, in which
he has gone 16-for-24, with three homers, three doubles and an 1.833 OPS. Hes
also a candidate for the American League player of the month award, after a June
in which he hit .402 (35-for-87), with five home runs, seven doubles, a .655
slugging percentage and 1.108 OPS. He went 6-for-8 in his two games as a right
fielder in St. Louis, with two doubles and a homer.Yost said the Royals talked
about playing Morales in right in NL parks as far back as 2015. Even though they
never actually did it, that idea has been in the back of the managers head ever
since. You know, last year, going through the thought process ... he was having
a tremendous year and I said, How do we get this guy in the game? Yost said.Then
he was shagging during BP in Cleveland, and I was watching him out there, and
man, he was making great catches and running good routes and looked good out
there. So I really kept my eye on him for like two days.Yost also knew that
Morales used to be an outfielder in Cuba before he defected and signed with the
Los Angeles Angels in 2005. So the manager has been deciding whether to play
this card ever since, and this week, he got his chance to play it. But hes wary
of putting too much physical stress on Morales over the long haul.As an
outfielder, theres a toll, Yost said. I mean, theres a lot of running around out
there.So come next week, Morales will be back in his familiar DH spot. But for
the next couple of days, hell be putting his glove to more use than it has seen
in almost a decade.
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year. CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa scored at 4:31 of overtime, and the Chicago
Blackhawks beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday night for their sixth consecutive
victory.Jonathan Toews had a goal and two assists and NHL MVP Patrick Kane
scored for the third time in four games, helping the Blackhawks sweep the
home-and-home set with the Stars. Kane had a goal and an assist in Saturday
nights 3-2 victory in Dallas.The Stars had a power-play opportunity in overtime,
but Scott Darling made a great kick save on Patrick Eaves to help kill it. Hossa
then drove one by Kari Lehtonen for his sixth of the season.Darling, subbing for
red-hot starter Corey Crawford, made 32 stops as the Blackhawks improved to
7-1-1 at home. Artem Anisimov also scored for Chicago.Gemel Smith scored his
first two NHL goals for Dallas, and Tyler Seguin also scored in the opener of a
five-game road trip.Lehtonen finished with 29 stops.OILERS 2, RED WINGS 1DETROIT
-- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period on an
assist from Connor McDavid, giving Edmonton a win over Detroit.Edmontons Jonas
Gustavsson made 22 saves and Tyler Pitlick scored a tying goal for the Oilers
late in the first period.The Pacific Division-leading Oilers have won two
straight, playing their first set of back-to-back games this season, after
losing three in a row.Justin Abdelkader put the Red Wings up 1-0 midway through
the first period on a power play, and Jimmy Howard made 26 saves.Detroit has
lost five straight after winning six consecutive games.RANGERS 5, JETS 2NEW YORK
-- J.T. Miller, Jesper Fast and Pavel Buchnevich scored 4:04 apart late in the
second period to lead New York over Winnipeg for its fifth straight
victory.Kevin Hayes and Mats Zuccarello also scorred, Kevin Klein and Brandon
Pirri had two assists and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 shots as New York won for
the eighth time in nine games.dddddddddddd. The Rangers, who lead the NHL with
55 goals and 4.23 per game, have scored at least five in each game of their
winning streak.Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele scored for Winnipeg, which has
lost four of its last five (1-3-1). Connor Hellebuyck started and gave up four
goals on 16 shots before he was replaced late in the second period by Michael
Hutchinson, who finished with one save.BLUES 5, AVALANCHE 1ST. LOUIS -- Robby
Fabbri and Jori Lehtera each scored in the first 3:35 and St. Louis beat
Colorado.St. Louis entered with 26 goals in 12 games this season and hadnt
scored more than two goals in any of its past six games.The Blues have won 10 of
their last 12 games against Colorado dating to April 2011. Jake Allen stopped 22
shots for St. Louis.Matt Duchene got his sixth goal for Colorado. Semyon
Varlamov stopped 20 of 25 shots, and Calvin Pickard had three saves in the third
period for the Avs.DEVILS 4, HURRICANES 1RALEIGH, N.C. -- Michael Cammalleri got
his first three goals of the season, lifting New Jersey over Carolina for its
first road victory.Cammalleri scored twice in the second period and again midway
through the third for his sixth career hat trick. Captain Andy Greene scored
into an empty net for New Jersey.The Devils improve to 1-3-2 away from home.
Keith Kinkaid got his first win of the season behind 33 saves.Carolinas Andrej
Nestrasil scored with 6:59 left in the third period. Eddie Lack stopped 17 shots
in his first home start. ' ' '
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