Monday, June 27, 2011

Rickie Weeks Passes Brandon Phillips In 2B All-Star Voting

                                


Rickie Weeks leads Brandon Phillips by 78,397 votes according to Major League       Baseball's latest release of the National League All-Star voting. 

Phillips was slumping until his last six games.  He is hitting .444 during his current six-game streak with a home run.  His average jumped from the mid .270's to .291.

Weeks had the advantage of a Milwaukee Brewers homestand.  Weeks has multi-hit games in seven of his last 12 starts.




Other Reds in the voting are:

Joe Votto third place at 1B
Scott Rolen fifth place at 3B
Jay Bruce sixth place OF




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