Ryan Braun earns NL weekly honors

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was named NL Player of the Week for the seven-day period ending August 8.

Braun led the majors with a .538 batting average (14-for-26) and a .586 on- base percentage over six games. His eight runs scored also tied him for the most in all of baseball last week. Included in the successful run was a career-best five-hit performance during an 18-1 thrashing of the Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 2.

This is Braun's second career weekly honor, after winning from May 5-11, 2009.

Other nominees for the weekly award included Braun's Milwaukee teammates Prince Fielder and Casey McGehee; Pittsburgh slugger Pedro Alvarez; Washington outfielder Adam Dunn; Atlanta pitcher Tim Hudson and third baseman Chipper Jones.



(miamiherald.com)