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NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Week 18 - Award Winners)

When the league's inaugural draft was just a few minutes away, every owner knew it would be either the Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera or the kid playing for Anaheim in Mike Trout -- it was just a matter of which one would go first. Of course, the rest is history as Mike Trout was selected by the Portland Microbrewers as the top overall pick of the Boys of Summer, kind of fitting that this weeks' Player of the Week Awards for each league was won by the two players.

Trout has been heating up, just prior to the All-Star Game -- then showcased his talents at the mid-summer classic, by collecting four hits. This week, he batted .588 (10-for-17), hitting 3 HR, 7 RBI, scoring 5 runs, while swiping three bases.


This week's A.L. Pitcher of the Week Award goes to Chris Sale for his one-hit shutout victory of the Bronx Bombers. Sale also struck out 7 Bombers in the process -- as he edged his teammate Clayton Kershaw & Hannibal's Gio Gonzalez.

N.L. Honorable Mention:

• SP- Homer Bailey (HAN) - W, 7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB.
• SP- Felix Doubront (HAN) - ND, 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 6 K.
• SP- Gio Gonzalez (HAN) - W/L, (CG, SHO), 16.1 IP, 14 H, 3 ER, 14 K & 4 BB.
• SP- Alexi Ogando (HAN) - W, 8 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 10 K & 4 BB.
• C- Buster Posey (HAN) - 8-for-18 (.444), 2 HR (Grand Slam), 5 RBI, 4 runs.
• 2B- Neil Walker (HAN) - 6-for-18 (.333), 3 RBI.
• SP- Lucas Harrell (HOL) - W, 9 IP (CG), 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K, BB.
• DH- Chipper Jones (HOL) - 6-for-15 (.400), 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 runs.
• SP- Lance Lynn (HOL) - L, 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB.
• SP- Mike Minor (HOL) - ND, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB.
• 3B- Will Middlebrooks (HOL) - 8-for-18 (.444), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 runs.
• SP- Matt Moore (HOL) - W, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 4 BB.
• 2B- Martin Prado (HOL) - 8-for-21 (.381), run, SB.
• SP- Stephen Strasburg (HOL) - W, 8 IP, 3 H, ER, 9 K & 2 BB.
• RP- Aroldis Chapman (KING) - 2 SV, 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER & 8 K's.
• SP- Clayton Kershaw (KING) - 2 W (CG), 17 IP, 9 H, ER (2 R) (0.53 ERA), 14 K, 7 BB.
• 1B- Freddie Freeman (POR) - 5-for-18 (.278), HR, 6 RBI & 3 runs.
• SP- Cliff Lee (POR) - ND, 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 7 K.
• SP- Jonathan Niese (POR) - W, 7.1 IP, 5 H, ER, 5 K & 2 BB.
• SS- Erick Aybar (SAC) - 9-for-26 (.346), 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 runs.
• OF- Ryan Braun (SAC) - 9-for-25 (.360), 4 HR, 7 RBI, 5 runs.
• 1B- Edwin Encarnacion (SAC) - 9-for-24 (.375), 3 HR, 7 RBI & 5 runs.
• 2B- Chase Utley (SAC) - 7-for-19 (.368), HR, 6 RBI, 6 runs.
• SP- Bronson Arroyo (SEA) - ND, 7.1 IP, 7 H, ER, 6 K & 3 BB.
• SP- Wei-Yin Chen (SEA) - W, 9 IP (CG), two-hit SHO, 6 K & 3 BB.
• SP- Max Scherzer (SEA) - L, 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 8 K & 2 BB.
• OF-Josh Willingham (SEA) - 7-for-19 (.368), 2 HR, 2 RBI & 3 runs.
• DH- Yonder Alonso (T.C.) - 6-for-15 (.400), HR, 4 RBI, run.
• SP- Alex Cobb (T.C.) - L, 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 9 K & 5 BB.
• SP- Yu Darvish (T.C.) - W, 7 IP, 8 H, ER, 8 K & BB.
• OF- Giancarlo Stanton (T.C.) - 5-for-17 (.294), 4 HR, 5 RBI & 4 runs.
• OF- Nori Aoki (URB) - 12-for-27 (.444), 5 RBI, 4 runs, SB.
• 3B- Adrian Beltre (URB) - 9-for-23 (.391), HR, 4 RBI, 4 runs.
• SP- Cole Hamels (URB) - W, 8 IP, 5 H, ER, 5 K & 2 BB.
• 1B- Garrett Jones (URB) - 6-for-20 (.300), 2 HR, 6 RBI & 4 runs.
• SP- Hiroki Kuroda (URB) - W, 6 IP, 4 H, ER (2 R), 5 K & 2 BB.
• SP- Colby Lewis (URB) - W, 9 IP (SHO), 3 H, 10 K (Improves to 7-1, 2.13 ERA).
• OF- Nick Markakis (URB) - 9-for-23 (.391), HR, 3 RBI & 4 runs.
• OF- Alex Rios (URB) - 8-for-25 (.320), 2 HR, 5 RBI & 6 runs.