New York, NY (Sports Network) - Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending April 8.

Cabrera led the AL with three home runs during the season's opening weekend and batted .455 (5-for-11) with eight runs batted in to secure his ninth career Player of the Week honor.

The Venezuelan slugger recorded his first regular season multi-homer game since June 29, 2011 on Saturday in a 10-0 rout of the Boston Red Sox. Cabrera's first blast gave the defending AL Central Division champs their first homer of the year and his second came at the front-end of back-to-back solo home runs with new teammate Prince Fielder.

The 10-year veteran also recorded a five RBI game on Sunday, when he lifted a three-run blast in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Tigers to a 13-12 victory in 11 innings and the club's first 3-0 start since 2006, when they went on to reach the World Series.

Other notable performances included Cabrera's teammates Alex Avila, Justin Verlander and Fielder, Baltimore Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis, Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Carlos Pena and right-hander Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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