A’s named AL players of week

The icing was placed on the Jack Cust week when the A’s designated hitter was named co-AL Playerof the Week, along with teammate Dan Johnson. In his six games last week, Cust had five homers and a .333 batting average. Johnson had a quiet — but helpful — week for the A’s, hitting .545, including a 4-for-4 performance Thursday against the Royals.

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