"They shared the spotlight with their no-hitters last week. Now they will share AL player of the week honors.

Detroit's Justin Verlander, who no-hit Toronto and Saturday, and Minnesota's Francisco Liriano, who threw his Tuesday against Chicago, were named the award winners in the AL on Monday. It was Verlander's second no-hitter, Liriano's first.

They were the first no-hitters of the 2011 season."