Rays pitcher Matt Moore, who is Saturday's Player of the Day, takes over as season leader in Box-Toppers points.
Moore struck out nine over six innings in the 10-4 win over the White Sox. Moore receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day and now has 6.7 points for the season, passing Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (6.0 points).
Bryce Harper of the Nationals is National League Player of the Day. Harper went 2-for-3 with a homer in the 6-3 win over the Reds.
Omar Infante of the Tigers is American League Batter of the Day. Infante went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the 7-4 win over the Braves.
Harper receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Infante receives 1.5 for being American League Batter of the Day,
All of Saturday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
427 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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MLB | 9.0 | Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Moore (W, 5-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
6.0 | Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Felix Hernandez (W, 3-2) | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
6.0 | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ervin Santana (W, 3-1) | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
BAT | 4.0 | Tigers | Omar Infante 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3.0 | Yankees | Travis Hafner DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
NL | 3.0 | Nationals | Bryce Harper LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3.0 | Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Travis Wood (W, 2-1) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
2.0 | Padres | Yonder Alonso 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Brewers | Carlos Gomez CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Twins | Josh Willingham LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Pirates | Russell Martin C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Red Sox | David Ortiz DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Diamondbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.J. Putz (W, 2-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1.0 | Orioles | Nate McLouth LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1.0 | Phillies | Domonic Brown LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |