Mariners' Roenis Elias (7IP 10K) tops players for Thursday, May 1

Mariners pitcher Roenis Elias is Thursday’s Player of the Day. Elias struck out 10 over seven innings in the 4-2 win over the Yankees.

Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio is National League Player of the Day. Nicasio pitched seven scoreless innings in the 7-4 win over the Mets.

Sean Rodriguez of the Rays is American League Batter of the Day. Rodriguez homered, doubled and went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs in the 6-5 win over the Red Sox.

Bryan Pena of the Reds is NL Batter of the Day. Pena hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in the 8-3 win over the Brewers.

Elias receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Nicasio receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Rodriguez and Pena each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

501	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	6.0	Mariners	Roenis Elias (W, 2-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	2	1	2	10
NL	5.0	Rockies	Juan Nicasio (W, 3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	0	0	1	2
BAT	4.0	Rays	Sean Rodriguez LF, 2B	4	3	3	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.2	Dodgers	Chris Perez (S, 1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.2	0	0	0	0	2
	3.1	Blue Jays	Aaron Loup (S, 1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.1	0	0	0	0	1
BAT	3.0	Reds	Brayan Pena PH	1	1	1	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Dodgers	Jamey Wright (W, 2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		3.0	1	0	0	1	2
	3.0	Marlins	Mike Dunn (W, 3-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.2	`Orioles	Darren O`Day	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.2	0	0	0	1	2
	2.0	Rays	David DeJesus DH	2	1	1	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.1	Orioles	Tommy Hunter (S, 7)	-	-	-	-	-	-		0.1	0	0	0	0	1

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