World Series Game 6 Wednesday features a pitching rematch of Game 2 won by the Cardinals.
Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha faces Red Sox pitcher John Lackey, the same two who started Game 2 in Boston last Thursday won by the Cardinals 4-2. St. Louis closing pitcher Trevor Rosenthal was Box-Toppers Player of the Day in that game. Wacha, who pitched six innings, earned the win.
The Red Sox lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 and could wrap up the World Series championship with a win Wednesday.
Wacha had 3.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 361st overall. However, the rookie has earned Player of the Game honors for the Cardinals three times already this postseason (Game 4 of the National League Divisional Series vs. the Pirates, and Game 2 and Game 6 of the NL Championship Series vs. the Dodgers).
Lackey had 6.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 148th overall. Lackey was Player of the Day in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series vs. the Tigers.
Related story: Box-Toppers previews 2013 World Series in this post from Oct. 21.
Box-Toppers tracks who most helps 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 players in each of the other games.