Lowell, Ortiz co-AL Players of the Week

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Boston Red Sox teammates Mike Lowell and David Ortiz were named Monday as American League Co-Players of the Week.

Lowell hit safely in all seven Boston games last week, batting .500 (14-28) with a home run, three doubles, 11 RBI and a .714 slugging percentage. It is the third career award for Lowell, his first in the American League.

Ortiz hit .478 (11-23) with three home runs, two doubles, a triple and eight RBI in six games. The designated-hitter, who won his fourth career award, had a slugging percentage of 1.043 with 11 runs scored and 24 total bases.

This was just the second time a pair of Red Sox players shared American League weekly honors. Pedro Martinez and Trot Nixon accomplished the feat in July 2002.