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Upton the best player in National League — last week

Jun 20, 2011, 7:22 PM | Updated: 8:39 pm

To say Justin Upton had a pretty good week would be an understatement.

The D-backs’ right fielder collected 16 hits (good for a .552 batting average), seven RBI and one walk-off homer during the seven day stretch, and on Monday he added a National League Player of the Week honor as well.

In all Upton tallied four three-hit games in the week, raising his batting average to .302 and has 12 home runs and 38 RBI on the season, solidifying his All-Star candidacy as well as his role as the team’s franchise player.

Upton’s four walk-off RBI this season are the most in the Majors.

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