Morales sets Blue Jays record with 7-game HR streak
Designated hitter is 7th player in MLB history to achieve feat
Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long, and Don Mattingly share the record with home runs in eight straight games.
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Morales has connected eight times in his streak, the longest in the majors this season. He extended his run with a two-run drive to right off Philadelphia right-hander Vince Velasquez in the third inning, his 21st of the season.
Jose Cruz Jr. homered in six straight games for the Blue Jays in 2001.
Morales has hit safely in 10 straight games.
Fruitful adjustments
The designated hitter will donate a bat from the homer streak to Cooperstown while Sunday's ball will be displayed in the team's trophy case in the clubhouse.
"Really happy that they want my bat, and they want something," Morales said through an interpreter. "It's amazing what I've been doing so far so it's really nice."
The 35-year-old also tied the fourth-longest home run streak in MLB history.
Morales says he made adjustments at the plate after his early-season struggles.
"I'm not moving too much," he said. "I'm not dragging too much so I don't see the ball moving too much either. Either fastball or off-speed, I'm seeing the ball pretty well because I'm sitting back.
"My bat was a little bit horizontal so I wasn't getting to the pitch middle or inside. I just tried to bring my knob a little bit [closer] to the catcher so I can cover a little bit more and [I'm] just a little bit faster to the ball."
With files from The Canadian Press