World Series Game 3 preview: Red Sox' Peavy vs. Cardinals' Kelly

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Red Sox pitcher Jake Peavy matches up against Cardinals pitcher Joe Kelly in Game 3 of the World Series Saturday.  

Peavy had 8.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 84th overall. Kelly had 4.0 points, ranking 264th overall. 

The best-of-seven series is tied at one game apiece as it moves to St. Louis for Game 3.

Related story:  Box-Toppers previews 2013 World Series in this post from Oct. 21. 

Box-Toppers tracks players who most help their team win the most games. Top players from the winning team of each game are determined by a formula using standard box score statistics. 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.