Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Sunday's Player of the Day. Kluber struck out eight over eight shutout innings in the 2-0 win over the Nationals.
Reds pitcher Alfredo Simon is National League Player of the Day. Simon earned a three-inning save, striking out six, in the 5-1 win over the Brewers.
Josh Reddick of the Athletics is American League Batter of the Day. Reddick homered and went 4-for-5 in the 10-2 win over the Mariners.
Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies is NL Batter of the Day. Gonzalez homered and went 2-for-4 in the 5-2 win over the Phillies. With the Batter of the Day honor, Gonzalez rises to sixth place among players in Box-Toppers points for the 2013 season (see updated top 10 standings on the home page). Gonzalez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for the honor, giving him 9.5 points for the season. He becomes the top NL batter in Box-Toppers points, passing Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks (8.7). In addition, Gonzalez already has more Box-Toppers points this season than he did in 2012 (9.2).
Kluber receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Simon receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Reddick and Gonzalez each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 616 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 9.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corey Kluber (W, 5-4) | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| NL | 7.0 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alfredo Simon (S, 1) | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 6.2 | Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Fister (W, 6-4) | 7.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 6.0 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Julio Teheran (W, 5-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 5.0 | Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Nolasco (W, 4-7) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| BAT | 3.0 | Athletics | Josh Reddick RF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.0 | Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chien-Ming Wang (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 2.0 | Orioles | Nick Markakis RF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| BAT | 2.0 | Rockies | Carlos Gonzalez LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.0 | Pirates | Garrett Jones 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Yankees | Travis Hafner DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Mets | Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Royals | Alcides Escobar SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Astros | Jason Castro DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Padres | Kyle Blanks 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |