Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day in the National League Wild Card Game.
Freeland struck out six over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Cubs, as the Rockies advance to the NL Division Series Thursday against the Brewers.
Freeland did not earn the win, picking up the no-decision, because the Cubs tied the game after he exited.
Freeland had a Box-Toppers game score of +7.2 Tuesday, highest among all Rockies players. Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester had a higher game score of +8.0 in the loss (6IP 4H R BB 9K ND).
Freeland had 12.4 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranked 30th among all players, 13th among NL pitchers.
The Rockies are Box-Toppers’ lowest-ranked team in the 2018 postseason, 13th in overall Box-Toppers team rankings with its players accumulating 106.0 Box-Toppers points in 2018, seventh among NL teams.
The Cubs are now eliminated from the postseason. They ranked seventh in overall Box-Toppers team rankings with its players accumulating 122.5 Box-Toppers points in 2018, third among NL teams.
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Top player from NL Wild Card Game
| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| +7.2 | `COL 2, CHC 1 (F/13) | Kyle Freeland | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |