Los Angeles Angels infielder/outfielder Luis Rengifo has been selected the American L**eague Player of the Wee**k presented by Chevrolet, and shortstop Trea Turner of the Philadelphia Phillies has been named the National League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet.  The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Rengifo earned his first career selection and is the second Angels player to win weekly honors this season, joining Shohei Ohtani, who has won the award an MLB-best three times this season on June 20^th, July 3^rd and July 30^th. Turner earned his second career selection after previously taking home weekly honors on October 4, 2021, while on the Los Angeles Dodgers. He joins his teammate Michael Lorenzen, who won on August 14^th after tossing a no-hitter, as the only Phillies players to win this year. Turner is Philadelphia’s first infielder to win weekly honors since first baseman Ryan Howard won on July 19, 2010.

Luis Rengifo, Los Angeles Angels (@luisrengifo43)

• The 26-year-old hit .440 (11-for-25) with three home runs, seven RBI, three runs, one stolen base, a .407 on-base percentage, and an .800 slugging percentage in six games last week.
• The Venezuela native led AL hitters in hits (11); ranked second in total bases (20); tied for second in home runs; ranked third in batting average; tied for fourth in RBI and slugging; and ranked sixth in OPS (1.207).
• The utilityman recorded his fourth career multi-homer game on Tuesday against the Phillies, hitting a solo home run in the second and fourth innings. He joined Ohtani and Brandon Drury as the only Angels players with multiple multi-homer games this year.
• Since August 23^rd, the switch-hitter has hit safely in a career-high 12 straight games, going 21-for-47 (.447) with four homers, 12 RBI, two doubles, one triple, five walks, seven runs, and 1.268 OPS. It is the third-longest streak by an Angels player this season and the fourth-longest active streak in all of Baseball.
• Rengifo recorded multiple hits in three of his six games last week, with three-hit games on Monday and Tuesday at Philadelphia. He had an RBI in five of the six games, bringing home multiple runs on Tuesday at Philadelphia and Sunday at Oakland.

Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies (@tvturner)

• The 30-year-old hit .423 (11-for-26) with six home runs, 14 RBI, one double, a triple, one walk, nine runs, two stolen bases, and a 1.231 slugging percentage in six games last week.
• The two-time All Star led MLB hitters in home runs, RBI, slugging, OPS (1.695), extra-base hits (8), total bases (32) and runs; led NL hitters in OPS (1.695); tied for fourth among NL leaders in hits (11); and ranked fifth in the NL in batting average.
• The Florida native homered in five straight games from Monday-Thursday, becoming the seventh player in team history (eighth occurrence) with a franchise-best five game homer streak. He tallied his 14^th career multi-homer game on Monday against the Angels.
• The 2022 Silver Slugger has hits in 15 straight games, batting .358 (24-for-67) with 10 homers, 23 RBI, three doubles, one triple, 19 runs, three stolen bases and 1.261 OPS. During the longest active streak in Baseball, he has recorded nine multi-hit games.
• The 2019 World Series Champion with the Nationals has hits in each of his last 19 home games, tying All-Star Plácido Polanco (2011) for the longest single season streak at Citizens Bank Park in Phillies history.

Other noteworthy AL performances for the week included outfielder/designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (.476, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 2B, 4 BB, 3 R, .857 SLG, .607 OBP) of the Houston Astros; infielder Gleyber Torres (.444, 4 HR, 5 RBI, 2 2B, 3 BB, 6 R, 1 SB, 1.222 SLG, .545 OBP) of the New York Yankees; shortstop J.P. Crawford (.364, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1 2B, 5 BB, 7 R, .818 SLG, .500 OBP) and outfielder Teoscar Hernández (.348, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1 2B, 3 R) of the Seattle Mariners; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 9 SO), who also won AL Pitcher of the Month for August; catcher Alejandro Kirk (.429, 6 RBI, 4 2B, 2 BB, 4 R, .714 SLG) and shortstop Ernie Clement (.435, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 3B, 4 R) of the Toronto Blue Jays; rookie third baseman Royce Lewis (.280, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 6 R) of the Minnesota Twins; relief pitcher Trevor May (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 G, 3 SV, 2.1 IP, 4 SO) of the Oakland Athletics; outfielder Anthony Santander (.320, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 3 2B, 2 BB, 5 R) of the Baltimore Orioles; infielder/outfielder Gabriel Arias (.435, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 2B, 1 BB, 7 R, .739 SLG)  and closer Emmanuel Clase (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 3 G, 3 SV, 4.0 IP, 1 SO) of the Cleveland Guardians; and rookie starting pitcher Reese Olson (1-1, 0.79 ERA, 2 GS, 11.1 IP, 11 SO) of the Detroit Tigers.

Other noteworthy NL performances last week included Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (.406, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 2 2B, 3 BB, 8 R, 4 SB, .844 SLG), who secured the first 30 HR-60 SB season in MLB history over the weekend; rookie outfielder Jordan Walker (.571, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 2B, 1 BB, 4 R, 1.095 SLG) of the St. Louis Cardinals; infielder Luis Arraez (.462, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 2 BB, 7 R, .500 OBP) of the Miami Marlins; starting pitcher Blake Snell (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 17 SO) of the San Diego Padres; first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger (.310, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 3 R) and outfielder Ian Happ (.385, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 4 2B, 3 BB, 4 R, 2 SB, .769 SLG) of the Chicago Cubs; Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts (.346, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 7 R, .692 SLG), who won NL Player of the Month; and rookie infielder Liover Peguero (.435, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 2 BB, 5 R) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Impressive Double Play by Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles

September 1^st at Chase Field – Watch It Here

Baltimore Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson earned his second career Play of the Week Award, with both coming this season after the versatile infielder also won on July 24^th. This marks the sixth Play of the Week Award for Baltimore this season, joining Cedric Mullins (May 8^th, July 10^th, August 14^th) and Austin Hays (August 7^th). It is the MLB-best 10^th overall honor for the Orioles since the award was introduced in 2019. In the bottom of the fourth inning on Friday, Nick Ahmed hit a fly ball to shallow left field, which Henderson tracked down with a long run from shortstop and then made a perfect throw to home plate to nail the speedy Corbin Carroll and end the inning. Additional Play of the Week candidates included Luke Weaver’s diving stop off the mound; Nico Hoerner’s fantastic double play; Kevin Pillar’s diving catch on the line; Carson Kelly’s bizarre double play; Liover Peguero's stellar catch; and DJ Stewart’s spectacular diving catch.