07/06/2010 2:42 PM ET Gaby Sanchez of the Florida Marlins voted winner of the Gillette presents National League Rookie of the Month Award for June

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Sanchez led all National League rookies with 39 hits, 16 runs scored, two triples and a .587 slugging percentage. The right-handed hitting first baseman added six doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI while batting .375 with a .426 on-base percentage. On June 11th at Tampa Bay, Sanchez homered twice, marking his first career multi-home run game, and set career-bests with four hits and six RBI in the contest. The 26-year-old compiled a career-high eight-game hitting streak from June 16th-24th, batting .472 (17-for-36) during that span. The Miami native recorded five consecutive multi-hit games from June 19th-24th, and collected 12 total multi-hit games during the month. In a three-game set at Baltimore from June 22nd-24th, Sanchez hit .615 (8-for-13) with a home run, two doubles and four RBI. The fourth round selection of the Marlins in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft is batting a team-high .308 on the season, and leads all N.L. rookies in batting average, hits (90), doubles (19), total bases (140), on-base percentage (.373) and extra-base hits (30). Sanchez, who played at the University of Miami as a catcher, is just the third Marlins rookie ever to have at least 90 hits before the All-Star break, joining Dan Uggla (94 in 2006) and Alex Gonzalez (99 in 1999). In addition, his 19 doubles are tied for second-most by a Marlins rookie before the break, behind Mike Jacobs, who hit 24 in 2006.

Others rookies receiving votes included Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg (2-2, 2.27 ERA, 31.2 IP, 48 SO); left-hander Jonathon Niese (4-0, 2.67 ERA, 33.2 IP, 24 SO) of the New York Mets and his teammate, first baseman Ike Davis (.264, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 15 R); and left fielder Tyler Colvin (.250, 5 HR, 14 RBI, .500 SLG) of the Chicago Cubs.

Sanchez will receive a specially designed trophy, suitably engraved, to commemorate his Rookie of the Month performance.

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