Braves' Mike Minor, Rangers' Derek Holland top players for Saturday, May 25

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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:

525ScoreTeamBATTERSABRHRBIBBSO--PITCHERSIPHRERBBSO
MLB12.1Braves 0000000  Mike Minor (W, 6-2)7.1300210
AL7.2Rangers 0000000  Derek Holland (W, 4-2)6.2420310
 7.0Pirates 0000000  Jeff Locke (W, 5-1)6.030037
BAT4.0Padres Everth Cabrera SS523400  00.000000
BAT4.0Athletics Josh Donaldson 3B424210  00.000000
 4.0Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez 1B313320  00.000000
 4.0White Sox 0000000  Jake Peavy (W, 6-2)9.061125
 4.0`Yankees 0000000  Preston Claiborne 2.000002
 3.0Braves Freddie Freeman 1B432211  00.000000
 3.0Phillies 0000000  Jonathan Papelbon (S, 9)1.010003
 3.0Red Sox 0000000  Junichi Tazawa (W, 4-2)1.000002
 3.0Reds 0000000  Aroldis Chapman (S, 12)1.000002
 2.0Angels 0000000  Billy Buckner (W, 1-0)5.020032
 2.0Orioles 0000000  Jim Johnson (S, 15)1.000001
 1.0Twins Joe Mauer C413101  00.000000
 1.0Giants Brandon Crawford SS312110  00.000000

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.