Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Wednesday, July 31:
Braves pitcher Mike Minor is Wednesday's Player of the Day. Minor pitched seven scoreless innings in the 9-0 win over the Rockies.
Minor earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 points for the season, putting him in 24th place among players.
Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda is American League Player of the Day. Kuroda pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight in the 3-0 win over the Dodgers.
Torii Hunter of the Tigers is AL Batter of the Day. Hunter homered and went 4-for-5 in the 11-1 win over the Nationals.
David DeJesus of the Cubs is National League Batter of the Day. DeJesus went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs in the 6-1 win over the Brewers.
Minor receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Kuroda receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Hunter and DeJesus 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.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 731 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 11.0 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Minor (W, 11-5) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 10.0 | Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brett Oberholtzer (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| AL | 9.0 | `Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hiroki Kuroda | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 8.1 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Homer Bailey (W, 6-10) | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 7.1 | Diamondbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wade Miley (W, 8-8) | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 5.0 | Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chad Gaudin (W, 5-2) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| BAT | 4.0 | Tigers | Torii Hunter RF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | `Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Martin Perez | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| BAT | 3.0 | Cubs | David DeJesus CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.0 | Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Watson (W, 3-1) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2.1 | Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Dunn (S, 2) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2.0 | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Holland (S, 28) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2.0 | Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Casey Janssen (W, 4-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Perez (W, 4-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1.0 | Red Sox | Dustin Pedroia 2B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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.