Valencia went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Angels.
The 384-foot shot to left that Valencia launched in the sixth snapped a 2-2 tie and represented one of the few bright spots on the season for the veteran. It was only the 32-year-old's second homer, with the first having just come on April 25. Valencia is showing some signs of life recently, hitting .333 (5-for-15) with a double, the aforementioned pair of round trippers, two RBI, two walks and four runs over his last four games. He may primarily have been a victim of some bad breaks thus far, as his unsightly .182/.256/.338 line is accompanied by an atypically low .214 BABIP without any corresponding increase in strikeout rate.