Encarnacion hit six homers and two doubles, drove in 17 runs and scored seven runs last week, batting .391 (9-for-23) to earn his fifth career weekly honour. He led the Majors in homers, RBIs, slugging (1.261), extra-base hits (eight) and total bases (29).
Encarnacion has tied franchise records with eight straight games with at least one RBI and eight straight with at least one extra-base hit.
The Dominican Republic native had a huge day against the Tigers on Saturday, going 3-for-5 with three homers, four runs and nine RBIs for his fourth multihomer game of the season and 21st of his career.