Pujols of St. Louis NL Player of Week

New York -- St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was named Monday the National League Player of the Week.

Pujols drove in his 1,000th career run Saturday with a grand slam against the Chicago Cubs. For the week, he led the league with 11 RBI and posted a .450 batting average.

Pujols has a .343 batting average with NL bests of 20 runs and 25 RBI. He is tied with San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez for the league-lead with seven homers (including two grand slams) this season.

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