Braves pitcher Mike Minor is Saturday's Player of the Day. Minor struck out 10 over 7 1/3 innings in the 6-0 win over the Mets.
Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is American League Player of the Day. Holland struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings in the 5-2 win over the Mariners.
Everth Cabrera of the Padres is National League Batter of the Day. Cabrera homered and went 3-for-5 in the 10-4 win over the Diamondbacks.
Josh Donaldson of the Athletics is AL Batter of the Day. Donaldson homered and went 4-for-4 in the 11-5 win over the Astros.
Minor receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Holland receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Cabrera and Donaldson each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Saturday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
525 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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MLB | 12.1 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Minor (W, 6-2) | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
AL | 7.2 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Derek Holland (W, 4-2) | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
7.0 | Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Locke (W, 5-1) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||
BAT | 4.0 | Padres | Everth Cabrera SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
BAT | 4.0 | Athletics | Josh Donaldson 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4.0 | Dodgers | Adrian Gonzalez 1B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
4.0 | White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Peavy (W, 6-2) | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
4.0 | `Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Preston Claiborne | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
3.0 | Braves | Freddie Freeman 1B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
3.0 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jonathan Papelbon (S, 9) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
3.0 | Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Junichi Tazawa (W, 4-2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
3.0 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aroldis Chapman (S, 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
2.0 | Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Buckner (W, 1-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
2.0 | Orioles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Johnson (S, 15) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
1.0 | Twins | Joe Mauer C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1.0 | Giants | Brandon Crawford SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.