Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is Wednesday's Player of the Day. Zimmermann threw eight shutout innings and struck out eight in the 2-0 win over the Braves.
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz is American League Player of the Day. Buchholz pitched seven shutout innings and struck out eight in the 10-1 win over the Blue Jays. Buchholz earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for AL Player of the Day and takes over as 2013 season leader in Box-Toppers points with 7.1, passing Rays pitcher Matt Moore, who has 6.7.
Kendrys Morales of the Mariners is American League Batter of the Day. Morales went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs in the 8-3 win over the Orioles.
Angel Pagan of the Giants is National League Batter of the Day. Pagan went 2-for-4 with a home run in the 9-6 win over the Diamondbacks.
Zimmermann receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Buchholz receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Morales and Pagan receive 1.5 each 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:
| 501 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 14.0 | Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jordan Zimmermann (W, 5-1) | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 13.0 | Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Feldman (W, 2-3) | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||
| AL | 10.0 | Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clay Buchholz (W, 6-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | Mariners | Kendrys Morales DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | Giants | Angel Pagan CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.0 | Mets | Jordany Valdespin PH, CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lance Lynn (W, 5-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trevor Bauer (W, 1-1) | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 2.0 | White Sox | Alejandro De Aza LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Rockies | Carlos Gonzalez LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Yankees | Ben Francisco RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Chen (W, 2-0) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1.0 | Angels | Howie Kendrick 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Twins | Chris Parmelee RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Pirates | Pedro Alvarez 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |