Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke is Saturday's Player of the Day. Greinke struck out eight over eight innings and allowed only one run in the 6-1 win over the Padres.
Victor Martinez of the Tigers is American League Player of the Day. Martinez hit a grand slam and went 2-for-3 in the 10-3 win over the Red Sox.
Ryan Howard of the Phillies is National League Batter of the Day. Howard hit two home runs and drove in four runs in the 8-7 win over the Mets.
Standings update: Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to fourth place among players in Box-Toppers season points standings (see the updated top 10 list on the home page). Corbin (8IP 1R ND) was Player of the Game in the 4-3 win over the Reds. He earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 10.4 for the season.
Greinke receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Martinez receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Howard receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 622 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 9.0 | Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zack Greinke (W, 4-2) | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| AL | 7.0 | Tigers | Victor Martinez DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BAT | 5.0 | Phillies | Ryan Howard 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | `Brewers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donovan Hand | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 4.0 | `Diamondbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Patrick Corbin | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4.0 | Rockies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jhoulys Chacin (W, 6-3) | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3.2 | `Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sergio Romo | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 3.1 | `Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chien-Ming Wang | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 3.0 | Indians | Michael Bourn CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Yankees | Zoilo Almonte LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jose Veras (S, 15) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2.0 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Nathan (S, 24) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1.1 | Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yoervis Medina (W, 2-2) | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1.0 | Pirates | Gaby Sanchez 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | White Sox | Jeff Keppinger 2B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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.