Longoria, Cano share AL weekly honors
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08/23/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano were named the Co-Players of the Week for the American League for the period ending August 22.
Longoria hit 11-for-28 (.393) in seven games with three home runs, one triple 12 RBI and six runs scored for the Rays, who won five of seven games during the week. Longoria collected at least one RBI in six of the seven games and recorded three multi-hit games.
Cano led the league with 13 RBI and hit four homers in seven games for the Yankees, who also went 5-2 to maintain a one-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East. He hit 9-for-27 with seven runs scored while homering in three consecutive contests for the first time in his career.
On Sunday, Cano hit his fourth career grand slam and recorded a career-high six RBI.
Longoria took home his fifth weekly honor and first of the season, while Cano also won the award for the fifth time and first since June 1.
Others considered for the award were Rays pitcher Matt Garza, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay and pitcher Shaun Marcum, White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko, Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz and Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.