Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Hendricks pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, no walks and striking out five, in the 1-0 win over the Brewers.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of April 26:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.7
3	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	6.7
4	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	6.0
5	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	6.0
6	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	5.4
7	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	4.7
8	Manaea, Sean 3637	pi sp	oak al	4.7
9	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	4.4
10	Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	4.2

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American League Player of the Day—Matt Davidson of the White Sox hit two homers and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-3 win over the Royals.

Davidson earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 3.2 for the season, most among the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. He ranks 16th among all players in Box-Toppers season player rankings, third among AL batters.

National League Batter of the Day—Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-4 win over the Reds.

This was Acuña’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Acuña made his Major League debut April 25 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,947th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the AL Player of the Day is batter Matt Davidson.

Scoring—Hendricks earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Davidson earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Acuña earns 1.5 points for being NL 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 (BTG)



 



  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    4/26
    Score
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.0
    CHC 1, MIL 0
    Kyle Hendricks (W, 2‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    7.0
    `PIT 1, DET 0
    Ivan Nova
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    8.0
    6
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    AL
    4.0
    CHW 6, KC 3
    Matt Davidson (1B)
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    4.0
    STL 4, NYM 3 (F/13)
    John Gant (W, 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 4, MIN 3
    Dellin Betances (W, 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    `SEA 5, CLE 4
    James Paxton
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    5
    2
    2
    3
    10
  

    BAT
    3.0
    ATL 7, CIN 4
    Ronald Acuna Jr. (LF)
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 8, PHI 2
    David Peralta (LF)
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    TB 9, BAL 5
    Wilson Ramos (C)
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 5, TOR 4
    J.D. Martinez (RF)
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
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    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  


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 (’18). also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’17-18), the period 2013-2018 (’13-18) and each players’ career point total. also shown is how their 2018 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2017 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	’18	’17‑18	’13‑18	Career	+/‑
Davidson, Matt 3292	dh 1b	chi al	3.2	6.2	8.2	8.2	0.2
Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	3.0	16.7	27.8	27.8	-10.7
Martinez, J.D. 2922	lf	bos al	2.0	7.5	20.7	24.7	-3.5
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	2.0	5.7	33.8	33.8	-1.7
Acuña, Ronald Jr. 3947	lf	atl nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Nova, Ivan 2796	pi sp	pit nl	1.0	8.0	26.0	39.1	-6.0
Betances, Dellin 3333	pi cp mr	nyy al	1.0	6.0	18.7	18.7	-4.0
Ramos, Wilson 2904	ca	tb al	1.0	4.5	16.5	20.5	-2.5
Peralta, David 3370	lf	ari nl	1.0	3.0	14.9	14.9	-1.0
Gant, John 3660	pi cp	stl nl	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0