Thursday, June 7, 2012

Former Viper Morgan Snaps '12 RBI Drought With Homer:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman, Nyjer Morgan got his first RBI of 2012 in a 8-2 loss to the visiting Pitssburgh Pirates Friday night.  Morgan played as an "AP" as a 16 year old with the Vipers during the (1996-1997) season.    Morgan was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, On September 1, 2007, Morgan made his major league debut for the Pirates against the Milwaukee Brewers as a late-season call-up. Morgan in his second season with the Brewers is with his third major league team (Pittsburgh, Washington & Milwaukee. 

Nyjer Morgan's Player Profile:

http://brewers.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=460579#gameType='S'§ionType=career&statType=1&season=2012

This is posted on the Brewers website:

Morgan snaps '12 RBI drought with homer

By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com | 06/02/12

MILWAUKEE -- Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan is finally on the board.

Morgan logged his first RBI of 2012 when he homered off Pirates starter Kevin Correia in the first inning on Friday night at Miller Park to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. It came in Morgan's 139th plate appearance this season.

His drought of 138 plate appearances to start a season without an RBI was a Major League record. The previous mark belonged to White Sox outfielder Herb Adams, who went 125 plate appearances without driving in a run to begin 1950.

Adams logged his first RBI that year on a bases-loaded walk on June 11. He drove in another run with a sacrifice fly later in that game.

Morgan's RBI on Friday was his first since Game 5 of last year's National League Division Series, a game-winning single up the middle in the bottom of the 10th inning that sent the Brewers to the NL Championship Series and is the subject of the club's 2012 Media Guide cover.

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