Braves pitcher Julio Teheran is Wednesday's Player of the Day. Teheran was four outs away from a no-hitter when he gave up his first and only hit in the 5-0 win over the Braves. Teheran struck out 11 over eight innings and gave up only two walks.
Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey is American League Player of the Day. Dickey gave up no runs and only two hits over 8 1/3 innings in the 4-0 win over the Giants.
Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies is National League Batter of the Day. Gonzalez homered three times and drove in six runs in the 12-4 win over the Reds.
Brett Gardner of the Yankees is AL Batter of the Day. Gardner hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3 in the 6-4 win over the Indians.
Standings update: Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt rises to seventh place in Box-Topper player standings (see updated standings on the home page) for the 2013 season. Goldschmidt (grand slam, 2-for-5, 4 RBI) was Player of the Game in the 10-3 win over the Cardinals. Goldschmidt earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game and now has 8.7 points for the season. Goldschmidt has scored 3.5 Box-Toppers points in the past week: He also earned 1.5 points on June 1 for being NL Batter of the Day and earned 1.0 point on June 2 for being Player of the Game. Goldschmidt is the current leader in Box-Toppers points among NL batters.
Teheran receives 2.0 Box-Toppers
points for being Player of the Day. Dickey receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Gonzalez and Gardner each receive 1.5 for being top
Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Wednesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 605 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 16.0 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Julio Teheran (W, 4-2) | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 11.0 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cole Hamels (W, 2-9) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| AL | 9.1 | Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R.A. Dickey (W, 5-7) | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| BAT | 7.0 | Rockies | Carlos Gonzalez LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.2 | `Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Cobb | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 5.0 | `White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nate Jones | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 4.0 | Mets | Marlon Byrd RF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.2 | `Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alexi Ogando | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 3.1 | Padres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Marquis (W, 7-2) | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| BAT | 3.0 | Yankees | Brett Gardner CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.0 | Diamondbacks | Paul Goldschmidt 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Athletics | Josh Donaldson 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Astros | Matt Dominguez 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Cubs | Cody Ransom 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Royals | Billy Butler DH | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.