Indians pitcher Justin Masterson is Sunday's Player of the Day. Masterson threw seven innings, struck out eight and gave up two hits, three walks and no runs in the 13-0 win over the Rays.
Braves pitcher Tim Hudson is National League Player of the Day. Hudson struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings in the 5-1 over the Cubs.
Billy Butler of the Royals was American League Batter of the Day. Butler hit a grand slam homer and drove in seven runs in a 9-8 win over the Phillies.
Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals was National League Batter of the Day. Carpenter went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs in the 14-3 win over the Giants, the day the Giants received their World Series championship rings.
Masterson receives two Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Hudson receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Butler receives 1.5 points for AL Batter of the Day. Carpenter receives 1.5 points for NL Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive one Box-Toppers point:
407 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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MLB | 10.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Masterson (W, 2-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
8.0 | Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Lester (W, 2-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
7.0 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brett Anderson (W, 1-1) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |||
NL | 6.2 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Hudson (W, 1-0) | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
BAT | 6.0 | Royals | Billy Butler 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6.0 | Rangers | Ian Kinsler 2B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
BAT | 4.0 | Cardinals | Matt Carpenter 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4.0 | Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CC Sabathia (W, 1-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
3.1 | Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hyun-Jin Ryu (W, 1-1) | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
3.0 | Diamondbacks | Eric Hinske PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
3.0 | Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Perkins (S, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
2.0 | Rockies | Jonathan Herrera SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2.0 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aroldis Chapman (S, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
1.0 | Mets | Ruben Tejada SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1.0 | `White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Sale | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |