Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, who was one out away from pitching a perfect game against the Astros, was Tuesday's Player of the Day, earning 2 Box-Toppers points. Darvish gave up one hit in 8 2/3 innings, striking out 14 and walking none in the 7-0 win, racking up a huge Box-Toppers game score of 21.2.
Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, who gave up only two hits over eight innings in a 3-0 win over the Dodgers, was National League Player of the Day, earning 1.7 Box-Toppers points.
Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, who went 2-for-3 with two home runs, was AL Batter of the Day, earning 1.5 Box-Toppers points.
Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who went 2-for-5 with a homer, was NL Batter of the Day.
Here are Players of the Game for Tuesday:
402 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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MLB | 21.2 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yu Darvish (W, 1-0) | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
NL | 12.0 | Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Madison Bumgarner (W, 1-0) | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
9.0 | Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hisashi Iwakuma (W, 1-0) | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
BAT | 3.0 | Orioles | Matt Wieters C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Masterson (W, 1-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
1.2 | Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jaime Garcia (W, 1-0) | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
BAT | 1.0 | Rockies | C Gonzalez LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |