Wigginton, Santana share NL honor

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Baseball's National League named Houston Astros third baseman Ty Wigginton and New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana its co-players of the week Monday. For the week ending Aug. 17, Wigginton led the league with a .571 (16-for-28) batting average, a 1.143 slugging percentage and 11 runs driven. He also tied for the league lead with four homers and nine runs scored. Santana led NL pitchers with one complete game, one shutout and 16 innings pitched while notching two wins. He limited opposing teams to a 1.69 earned run average and recorded 13 strikeouts. Wigginton had never been accorded the weekly award previously. For Santana, it was the fourth time but his first since joining the National... [read full story]