Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 25:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
6	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
7	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
10	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Ray struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Brewers.

Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, most of any of the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. Ray ranks 18th among players in 2017 Box-Toppers points, seventh among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Drew Pomeranz struck out 11 over six innings, allowing two runs, four hits and one walk, in the 6-2 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Francisco Cervelli of the Pirates doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 9-4 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Carlos Correa of the Astros homered and went 3-for-4, driving in two runs, in the 7-6 win over the Tigers.

Debut—Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Lamet (5IP 3H R 2BB 8K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) was also making his Major League debut Thursday. He is the 3,808th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Pomeranz earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Cervelli and Correa each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/25
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    ARI 4, MIL 0
    Robbie Ray (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    AL
    8.0
    BOS 6, TEX 2
    Drew Pomeranz (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    11
  

    
    6.0
    SD 4, NYM 3
    Dinelson Lamet (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    5.0
    TB 4, LAA 0
    Matt Andriese (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    6
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    3.0
    PIT 9, ATL 4
    Francisco Cervelli, C
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 7, STL 3
    Hyun-Jin Ryu (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    HOU 7, DET 6
    Carlos Correa, SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SEA 4, WSH 2
    Nelson Cruz, RF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CHC 5, SF 1
    Mike Montgomery (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    0
  

    
    2.0
    `PHI 2, COL 1 (F/11)
    Hector Neris
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	5.0	11.7	15.7	15.7	-1.7
Andriese, Matt 3505	pi sp	tb al	3.7	5.7	8.7	8.7	1.7
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	2.5	10.2	17.4	17.4	-5.2
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	2.0	8.5	29.5	55.7	-4.5
Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp cp	lad nl	2.0	2.0	23.1	23.1	2.0
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp	bos al	1.7	14.1	25.1	25.1	-10.7
Cervelli, Francisco 3387	ca	pit nl	1.5	2.5	7.5	7.5	0.5
Montgomery, Mike 3513	pi cp	chi nl	1.0	6.0	10.0	10.0	-4.0
Neris, Hector 3553	pi mr	phi nl	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	-1.0
Lamet, Dinelson 3808	pi sp	sd nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0