Cubs' Ramirez earns NL weekly honors
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07/26/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending July 25.
The 32-year-old slugger hit .360 and his four home runs tied for the lead in the majors in six games last week. Ramirez also ended with 10 runs batted in, which ranked second. In addition, the Dominican added a .393 on-base percentage and .840 slugging percentage.
His best game came on Tuesday when Ramirez cracked three homers and tied a career-best with seven RBI in a 14-7 victory over the Houston Astros.
It is Ramirez's third career weekly award, but first since earning co-Player of the Week honors from July 18-24, 2005.
Other nominees for the weekly award included Ramirez's teammates Starlin Castro and Derrek Lee, Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez, Atlanta's Jason Heyward and Brian McCann, St. Louis' John Jay, San Francisco's Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner and Brian Wilson, Houston's Angel Sanchez and Wandy Rodriguez, Arizona's Justin Upton, Cincinnatis Joey Votto and Johnny Cueto, Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks, San Diego's Heath Bell, the Dodgers' Chad Billingsley and Washington's Livan Hernandez.
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