Athletics pitcher Daniel Mengden is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Brandon Crawford of the Giants rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	11.4
2	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	10.7
3	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	10.1
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	10.0
5	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	9.4
6	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	9.0
7	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
8	Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	7.7
9	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	6.7
10	Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	6.7

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Player of the Day—Mengden pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out five and walking none, in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

National League Player of the Day—Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, one hit and three walks, in the 2-1 win over the Blue Jays. Nola picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was tied, 1-1, when he exited.

American League Batter of the Day—Mike Trout of the Angels homered and hit three doubles, going 5-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-4 win over the Yankees.

National League Batter of the Day—Christian Yelich of the Brewers tripled, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 17-6 win over the Mets.

Notable—Brandon Crawford of the Giants rises to lead NL batters in 2018 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday. He also has the most 2018 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 Player of the Game winners Saturday.

Crawford (HR 2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 5-4 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season. He passes previous NL batting leader Travis Shaw of the Brewers (5.0 points). (Shaw only took the lead Friday.) Crawford ranks 15th in overall season player rankings.

Scoring—Mengden earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Nola earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Trout and Yelich each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. 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 (BTG)




  
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    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    OAK 3, ARI 0
    Daniel Mengden (W, 5‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    NL
    10.2
    `PHI 2, TOR 1
    Aaron Nola
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.2
    1
    1
    1
    3
    10
  

    
    7.1
    TB 5, BAL 1
    Anthony Banda (W, 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.1
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    7.0
    LAA 11, NYY 4
    Mike Trout CF
    5
    3
    5
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    5.0
    CHW 8, DET 4
    Tim Anderson SS
    4
    3
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    5.0
    CLE 8, HOU 6
    Edwin Encarnacion DH
    3
    3
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    4.0
    MIL 17, NYM 6
    Christian Yelich RF‑CF
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    4.0
    BOS 8, ATL 6
    Andrew Benintendi CF‑LF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    4.0
    `WSH 4, MIA 1
    Tanner Roark
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.2
    SD 7, LAD 5
    Craig Stammen (W, 2‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 6, COL 5
    Scooter Gennett 2B
    5
    1
    5
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    SF 5, CHC 4
    Brandon Crawford SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    STL 4, PIT 1
    Jack Flaherty (W, 2‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    1.0
    SEA 4, MIN 3 (F/12)
    Jean Segura SS
    4
    1
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    1.0
    TEX 4, KC 3 (F/10)
    Alex Claudio (W, 3‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  
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	+/‑
Crawford, Brandon 2878	ss	sf nl	6.0	7.7	19.2	24.2	4.3
Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	5.7	21.5	30.2	30.2	-10.1
Mengden, Daniel 3741	pi sp	oak al	5.0	9.0	11.0	11.0	1.0
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	4.0	9.0	45.5	58.0	-1.0
Segura, Jean 3173	ss	sea al	4.0	5.0	16.0	16.0	3.0
Yelich, Christian 3334	rf lf cf	mil nl	3.5	8.5	24.0	24.0	-1.5
Flaherty, Jack 3971	pi sp	stl nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh 1b	cle al	2.5	14.6	51.2	81.7	-9.6
Gennett, Scooter 3254	2b	cin nl	2.5	13.2	24.7	24.7	-8.2
Benintendi, Andrew 3815	lf cf	bos al	2.0	9.2	9.2	9.2	-5.2
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	2.0	9.0	37.7	37.7	-5.0
Claudio, Alex 3459	pi cp	tex al	2.0	3.0	5.0	5.0	1.0
Stammen, Craig 2506	pi mr	sd nl	2.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	1.0
Banda, Anthony 3867	pi sp	tb al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Anderson, Tim 3659	ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.0