Longoria, Carpenter earn Player of the Week honors

Evan Longoria's incredible power surge and Matt Carpenter's ability to hit anything in his wheelhouse have earned the pair Player of the Week honors.

Longoria hit five home runs, while slamming his way to a 1.107 OPS during a week which saw his Tampa Bay Rays take three out of four games from the struggling Minnesota Twins this past weekend.

The Rays' third baseman became the first player in franchise history to hit a home run in every game of a four-game series against the Twins.

Carpenter used a torrid seven-day stretch in which he scored 10 runs and smacked seven extra-base hits to earn his award.

The St. Louis Cardinals' superstar swatted .560/.577/.920 during the week, bumping his season tallies up to .281/.388/.543 for the campaign.