Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano is Wednesday's Player of the Day. Liriano pitched seven shutout innings, striking out six, in the 5-0 win over the Athletics.
Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson is American League Player of the Day. Wilson struck out six over seven innings in the 13-2 win over the Cubs.
Prince Fielder of the Tigers is AL Batter of the Day. Fielder homered, drove in three runs and went 3-for-4 in the 8-5 win over the White Sox.
Placido Polanco of the Marlins is NL Batter of the Day. Polanco went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs in the 6-2 win over the Braves.
Liriano receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Wilson receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Fielder and Polanco each receive 1.5 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:
| 710 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 8.0 | Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Francisco Liriano (W, 9-3) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AL | 7.0 | Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C.J. Wilson (W, 9-6) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5.0 | Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ivan Nova (W, 4-2) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| BAT | 4.0 | Tigers | Prince Fielder 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.0 | Red Sox | David Ortiz DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4.0 | Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zack Wheeler (W, 3-1) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 4.0 | `Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Esmil Rogers | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 3.0 | Orioles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wei-Yin Chen (W, 4-3) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3.0 | Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kenley Jansen (W, 3-3) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| BAT | 2.0 | Marlins | Placido Polanco 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.0 | Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gio Gonzalez (W, 7-3) | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 2.0 | `Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeremy Hellickson | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 1.0 | Reds | Shin-Soo Choo CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Cardinals | Matt Carpenter 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Rockies | Corey Dickerson PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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.