New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - Pitcher Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals and second baseman Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers have been named the American League Players of the Week for the week ending April 19.

Greinke went 2-0 for the first-place Kansas City Royals, recording a 0.00 ERA over 14 innings pitched in two starts last week.

In his first outing, on April 13, he gave up six hits over five innings along with nine strikeouts to earn the win in a 4-2 victory over Cleveland. Five days later, the righty pitched his first career complete-game shutout while recording 10 strikeouts to beat Texas 2-0.

In six games last week, Kinsler led the American League with a .556 (15- for-27) average. He collected five multi-hit games and added six stolen bases during that time.

On April 15, Ian hit for the cycle for the first time in his career, going 6-for-6 with two singles, two doubles, a triple and a homer. He became just the fourth player in Rangers history to accomplish the feat, and the first Major League player to finish with six hits in a nine-inning game in which he hit for a cycle.

It is the first weekly award for Greinke and second for Kinsler.

Other considered for the weekly award included Carlos Quentin of the Chicago White Sox; Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays; Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins, who also hit for a cycle this past week; Ramon Santiago of the Detroit Tigers and Mark DeRosa of the Cleveland Indians.