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Bruce wins NL weekly honor

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Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro (R) drops the ball as Cincinnati Reds' Jay Bruce slides into him to break up a double play on a ground hit by Drew Stubbs during the 10th inning at Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 1, 2010. Miguel Cairo scored on the play. The Reds won 3-2 in 10 innings. UPI/Brian Kersey 
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Published: Oct. 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce was named the National League's player of the week Monday.

During the last week of the regular season, Bruce hit .444, bashed four homers and helped the Reds clinch the NL Central Division championship. He had an NL-best 1.111 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage for the week.

Other nominees for the weekly award included Bruce's teammate Drew Stubbs, Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez and Ronny Cedeno, Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain, Colorado's Dexter Fowler, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp and Ted Lilly, St. Louis's Matt Pagnozzi, Florida's Mike Stanton, Houston's Nelson Figueroa, Atlanta's Tommy Hanson and the Chicago Cubs' Carlos Marmol.

Topics: Jay Bruce, Pedro Alvarez, Ronny Cedeno
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