John Lackey, who threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and struck out eight, leading the Red Sox to win Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, is Tuesday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
The Red Sox won 1-0 to take a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven ALCS series.
Lackey had 6.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 148th among all players.
Meanwhile, Matt Holliday of the Cardinals is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the National League Championship Series Game 4. Holliday hit a two-run home run and went 2-for-4 in the Cardinals 4-2 win over the Dodgers. The Cardinals take a three-games-to-one lead over the Dodgers in the NLCS.
Holliday had 6.5 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 121st among all players.
Coming Wednesday: Both League Championship Series continue Wednesday. Here are the pitching match-ups:
NLCS Game 5, Cardinals lead Dodgers 3-1
Cardinals: Joe Kelly, 4.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 264th overall
Dodgers: Zack Greinke, 19.4 Box-Toppers points, ranked third overall (see the Top 10 Player Ranking list on the home page)
While the pitching match-up in the game favors Greinke, the best pitcher hasn't always guaranteed a team's victory in this series. In fact, in the first three games of the series, the top three pitchers in Box-Toppers Player Rankings started games and in each game, his team lost:
- Greinke picked up a no-decision in the Dodgers' Game 1 loss.
- Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (21.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked first) picked up the loss in Game 2.
- Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (20.2 Box-Toppers points, ranked second) picked up the loss in Game 3.
ALCS Game 4, Red Sox lead Tigers 2-1
Red Sox: Jake Peavy, 8.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 84th overall
Tigers: Doug Fister, 6.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked 113th overall
In
regular season games, 2.0 Box-Toppers points are awarded for Player of
the Day, 1.7 for top player in the opposite league, 1.5 for top batter
in each league and 1.0 for the top player in each of the other games.
However, no Box-Toppers points are awarded during the postseason.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 1015 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 10.2 | Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Lackey (W, 2-0) | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| NL | 1.0 | Cardinals | Matt Holliday LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |