James Shields of the Tampa Bay Rays (AL), Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers (AL) and Justin Upton of the Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) have been named the Players of the Week for the period ending June 19th. In two starts last week, Shields went 2-0 with two complete games, one shutout and 15 strikeouts on the way to winning his second weekly award this season, previously accomplishing the feat on April 25th. On Tuesday, the California native tossed a five-hit shutout as the Rays topped the streaking Boston Red Sox, 4-0, at Tropicana Field. Shields struck out five and walked three in notching his fourth complete game and third shutout of the season, both new career highs. The victory halted a nine-game winning streak for the first-place Red Sox, with Shields becoming the first pitcher since Jim Abbott in 1989 to halt a Boston winning streak of that length with a shutout. On Sunday, the 29-year-old continued his mastery over the in-state rival Florida Marlins with his Major League leading fifth complete game as the Rays defeated the Marlins, 2-1, in St. Petersburg. Shields allowed one unearned run on four hits with 10 strikeouts. In two starts against Florida this season, the sixth-year veteran is 2-0 with two complete games, one shutout, 23 strikeouts and one walk. In a pair of starts, Verlander matched Shields with two complete games and one shutout en route to a 2-0 record with a Major League-leading 17 strikeouts to capture his fourth career weekly award and second of the season, previously winning co-honors with Francisco Liriano on May 9th. On Tuesday, the Virginian spun a two-hit shutout as Detroit defeated the Cleveland Indians, 4-0, at Comerica Park. The Tigers ace carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Orlando Cabrera broke up the bid with a one-out single to center field. The second overall pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft struck out a season-high 12 batters and issued just one free pass for his second shutout this year. In his first career start in Colorado on Sunday, the 28-year-old was again dominant as the Tigers downed the Rockies, 9-1. Verlander scattered four hits and struck out five as he recorded his career-high-tying fourth complete game of the season, and the first by an opposing hurler at Coors Field this year. In seven games last week, Upton led the Majors with 16 hits and a .552 (16-for-29) batting average while ranking second in the N.L. in total bases (23), third in on-base percentage (.563) and tied for third in RBI (seven). The Virginia native ranked fifth in the N.L. with a .563 slugging percentage, and added one home run and four doubles. The first overall pick of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft added four runs scored to his weekly totals and swiped two bases. On Thursday, June 16th against the San Francisco Giants, Upton hit his first-career walk-off home run to give the D-backs a 3-2 win over the defending World Series Champions at Chase Field. The game-winning homer was Upton’s fourth walk-off RBI of the season, which is tops in the Majors and tied for the franchise mark set by Alex Cintron in 2005. The right-handed-hitting slugger logged the third of his four three-hit performances this week on Friday, June 17th, as the Diamondbacks took the first game of the weekend’s Interleague matchup with the White Sox, 4-1.