Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of July 30:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	18.4
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	17.1
3	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	16.7
4	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	16.1
5	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	14.4
6	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	14.4
7	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	14.0
8	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	14.0
9	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	12.7
10	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	12.1

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Newcomb had a no-hitter intact through 8 2/3 innings before giving up his only hit. He struck out eight over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, one hit and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Dodgers.

Newcomb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season, 14th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out five, in the 3-0 win over the Twins.

American League Batter of the Day—Chris Davis of the Orioles hit a pair of two-run homers and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—Buster Posey of the Giants doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-5 win over the Brewers.

Notable—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber has the most 2018 Box-Toppers points among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Kluber (7.1IP 5H R BB 5K W in the 8-1 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.7 for the season, 14th among all players and 10th among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Newcomb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Eovaldi earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Davis and Posey each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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
    +12.2
    ATL 4, LAD 1
    Sean Newcomb (W, 10‑5)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    8.2
    1
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    +11.0
    CIN 4, PHI 0
    Luis Castillo (W, 6‑8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    9
  

    AL
    +8.0
    BOS 3, MIN 0
    Nathan Eovaldi (W, 4‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    +7.0
    CHC 5, STL 2
    Kyle Hendricks (W, 7‑9)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    0
    8
  

    
    +7.0
    NYM 1, PIT 0
    Zack Wheeler (W, 5‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    +6.0
    BAL 11, TB 5
    Chris Davis 1B
    3
    3
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +6.0
    MIA 5, WSH 0
    Jose Urena (W, 3‑10)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    4
    5
  

    
    +5.2
    COL 3, OAK 2
    German Marquez (W, 9‑8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    +5.0
    TEX 4, HOU 3
    Mike Minor (W, 7‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    +4.1
    CLE 8, DET 1
    Corey Kluber (W, 13‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.1
    5
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    SF 8, MIL 5
    Buster Posey C
    5
    2
    4
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    NYY 6, KC 3
    Aaron Hicks CF
    3
    2
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    SEA 8, LAA 5
    Ben Gamel RF
    3
    2
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    ARI 5, SD 4
    Brad Boxberger (S, 25)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +2.0
    TOR 7, CHW 4
    Brandon Drury 3B‑2B
    3
    2
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  
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 Player of the Game winners. 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’18	’17‑18	’13‑18	Career	+/‑
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	11.7	33.7	99.1	99.1	-10.3
Newcomb, Sean 3831	pi sp	atl nl	8.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	+5.4
Marquez, German 3788	pi sp	col nl	7.7	12.4	12.4	12.4	+3.0
Eovaldi, Nathan 2928	pi sp	bos al	5.7	5.7	27.8	31.5	+5.7
Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840	pi sp	cin nl	4.0	12.4	12.4	12.4	-4.4
Urena, Jose 3492	pi sp	fla nl	4.0	10.0	13.7	13.7	-2.0
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	4.0	7.7	35.8	35.8	+0.3
Hicks, Aaron 3170	cf	nyy al	4.0	7.0	12.0	12.0	+1.0
Minor, Mike 2894	pi sp	tex al	4.0	6.0	22.4	33.1	+2.0
Wheeler, Zack 3204	pi sp	nym nl	4.0	5.0	16.7	16.7	+3.0
Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	2.5	6.0	43.4	63.9	-1.0
Gamel, Ben 3784	lf rf ph	sea al	2.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	-4.0
Boxberger, Brad 3111	pi cp mr	ari nl	2.0	3.0	14.0	15.0	+1.0
Posey, Buster 2745	ca 1b	sf nl	1.5	11.0	34.0	44.0	-8.0
Drury, Brandon 3744	3b 2b	tor al	1.0	5.5	7.0	7.0	-3.5