Oakland's Braden captures AL weekly honor

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05/10/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thanks to his perfect game, Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has been selected as the American League Player of the Week for the period ending May 9.

The 26-year-old left-hander threw the second perfect game in the franchise's history on Sunday in a 4-0 win against Tampa Bay, joining Jim "Catfish" Hunter, who accomplished the remarkable feat on May 8, 1968 against Minnesota. It was the 19th perfect game in major league history.

Braden, who finished with six strikeouts in his gem on Sunday, went 1-1 during the week and posted a 1.69 earned run average in claiming his first career weekly honor.

Others considered for this week's honor included Chicago White Sox's Alex Rios, who had a major league best 13 hits to go along with a 1,000 slugging percentage, Texas' Vladimir Guerrero, who hit four homers and led the majors with 13 RBI, and Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, who led the American League with a .563 batting average and .650 on-base percentage.

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