Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez is Monday’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 July 31:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	22.1
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	20.0
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	17.1
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	13.4
5	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	13.0
6	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	12.7
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	12.4
8	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	12.4
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	11.4
10	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	10.7

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Gonzalez lost a no-hit bid in the ninth inning, pitching eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit, three walks and striking out five, in the 1-0 win over the Marlins.

American League Player of the Day—Jake Marisnick of the Astros hit two homers, including a three-run shot, in the 14-7 win over the Rays. Marisnick also doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring four times and driving in five runs.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because AL batter Marisnick was overall AL Player of the Day.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Monday because no NL batters earned Player of the Game honors.

Notable—Yankees pitcher Luis Severino Monday became the 14th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

Severino (5IP 4H R 3BB 8K W in the 7-3 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season, most among the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Severino ranks 11th among all players in 2017 Box-Toppers points, fifth among AL pitchers.

Debut—Yolmer Sanchez of the White Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Sanchez (HR 2-2 R BI in the 7-6 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut July 13, 2014, and was playing in his 290th career game. He is the 3,864th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Gonzalez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Marisnick earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. There are no AL or NL Batters of the Day for Monday; they would each receive 1.5 points. All of Saturday’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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/31
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    WSH 1, MIA 0
    Gio Gonzalez (W, 9-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    AL
    8.0
    HOU 14, TB 7
    Jake Marisnick (CF)
    4
    4
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.2
    SEA 6, TEX 4
    David Phelps (W, 1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    5.0
    PHI 7, ATL 6
    Nick Pivetta (W, 4-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 7, DET 3
    Luis Severino (W, 8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    4
    1
    1
    3
    8
  

    
    4.0
    `BAL 2, KC 1
    Ubaldo Jimenez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 8, SF 5
    Marcus Semien (SS)
    5
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 7, TOR 6
    Yolmer Sanchez (2B)
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    BOS 6, CLE 2
    Doug Fister (W, 1-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    2
    5
  


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	+/-
Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	10.7	12.7	15.7	15.7	8.7
Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	6.0	12.0	63.1	92.5	0.0
Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Jimenez, Ubaldo 2349	pi sp	bal al	3.0	7.7	39.6	82.5	-1.7
Marisnick, Jake 3428	cf	hou al	2.7	3.7	6.7	6.7	1.7
Phelps, David 2994	pi mr sp	sea al	2.0	8.7	25.5	25.5	-4.7
Semien, Marcus 3302	ss	oak al	1.0	7.0	10.5	10.5	-5.0
Fister, Doug 2688	pi sp	bos al	1.0	5.0	42.1	56.2	-3.0
Sanchez, Yolmer 3864	2b	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0