Beltin' Beltre

NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Week 16 - Award Winners)

Urbana's Adrian Beltre may have put the best week together, so far. Right now, he's on a different planet with the following stats: 15-for-27 (.556), 6 HR, 15 RBI, 9 runs & 3 doubles for the week -- plug in the fact, that he had 3 games with 4+ hits during this week. Safe to say, he was an easy choice for N.L. Player of the Week.

Since the All-Star Break, Beltre is batting .458 (22-for-48), with 8 HR's & 21 RBI, plus 11 runs. He's in competition in all three of the Triple Crown territories, behind a little ways in the HR category, but with the amount he has put over the fence in recent weeks, he may make it very interesting for the remainder of the season.



If the hitting end for this week's Award winners was not enough, Stephen Strasburg (Holland) had a record-setting week as well, with his 18 strike-outs in a single-game against the Buffalo Yankees. He pitched a four-hit complete-game shutout, and struck Miguel Cabrera out 3 times!

N.L. Honorable Mention:

• SP- Homer Bailey (HAN) - W, CG SHO, 3 H, 11 K's & 4 BB.
• SP- Gio Gonzalez (HAN) - L, CG, 6 H, 3 ER, 7 K & 4 BB (11-6, 2.66 ERA).
• C- Buster Posey (HAN) - 7-for-21 (.333), HR, 4 RBI, 2 runs.
• 3B/DH- Chipper Jones (HOL) - 5-for-14 (.357), HR, 2 RBI, run.
• SP- Lance Lynn (HOL) - 8.2 IP, ND, 6 H, 0 ER, 11 K & BB.
• SP- Mike Minor (HOL) - W, 7 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 5 K & BB.
• OF- Curtis Granderson (KING) - 5-for-16 (.313), HR, RBI, 3 runs & SB.
• OF- Josh Hamilton (KING) - 6-for-19 (.316), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 runs.
• OF- Torii Hunter (KING) - 6-for-20 (.300), 3 HR, 5 RBI & 4 runs.
• SP- Clayton Kershaw (KING) - W, 8 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 9 K & 2 BB.
• SP- Cory Luebke (KING) - W, 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 K & 2 BB.
• SP- Chris Sale (KING) - L, 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER & 9 K's.
• SP- Bartolo Colon (POR) - W, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K/BB (10-2, 2.54 ERA).
• SP- Hisashi Iwakuma (POR) - W, 6.1 IP, 2 H, ER, 6 K & 3 BB's.
• OF- Mike Trout (POR) - 7-for-21 (.333), HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs, SB.
• OF/DH- Nelson Cruz (SAC) - 8-for-20 (.400), HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs.
• 3B- Edwin Encarnacion (SAC) - 6-for-24 (.250), 5 HR, 8 RBI, 6 runs.
• 2B- Jose Altuve (SEA) - 5-for-16 (.313), RBI, 4 runs.
• OF- Yoenis Cespedes (SEA) - 5-for-11 (.455), 3 RBI, 3 runs, SB.
• C- Jonathan Lucroy (SEA) - 6-for-11 (.545), HR, 5 RBI & 4 runs.
• SP- Matt Garza (T.C.) - W, SHO, 5 H, 10 K's & 2 BB.
• SP- Matt Harvey (T.C.) - W, 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 7 K & 3 BB's (3-2, 3.47 ERA).
• SP- Michael Fiers (URB) - 2 W, SHO, 16 IP, 7 H, ER (2 R), 12 K & 5 BB.
• OF- Nick Markakis (URB) - 8-for-23 (.348), 3 HR, 6 RBI, 6 runs & 4 BB.