Nationals pitcher Anibal Sanchez is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
Sanchez struck out five over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Cardinals.
Sanchez carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning before giving up a two-out single.
Sanchez had 7.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, 104th among all players and 43rd among NL pitchers.
Sanchez had a Box-Toppers game score Friday of +10.2, highest among all Nationals players. Second baseman Howie Kendrick had the highest game score (0.0) among Nationals batters (2B 2-4 R BI). Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas had a game score of +2.0 (6IP 7H R 2BB 7K L).
The Nationals take a 1-0 lead over the Cardinals in the best-of-seven game series, which resumes Saturday in St. Louis.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | WSH 2, STL 0 | Anibal Sanchez (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Coming Saturday
NL Championship Series Game 2, Nationals lead Cardinals, 1-0
The pitching matchup Saturday:
Nationals—Max Scherzer, 15.4 Box-Toppers points, 15th among all players, ninth among NL pitchers.
This is Scherzer’s fourth postseason appearance of 2019. He started in the NL Wild Card Game agains the Brewers, pitched in relief in NL Division Series Game 2 against the Dodgers and started NLDS Game 4 (in which he earned Player of the Game honors).
Cardinals—Adam Wainwright, 7.4 Box-Toppers points, 102nd among all players, 42nd among NL pitchers.
This is Wainwright’s second postseason appearance of 2019. He started NLDS Game 3 against the Braves and did not earn Player of the Game honors.
American League Championship Series Game 1, Yankees at Astros
The pitching matchup Saturday:
Yankees—Masahiro Tanaka, 9.7 Box-Toppers points, 52nd among all players, 20th among AL pitchers.
Astros—Zack Greinke, 17.9 Box-Toppers points, seventh among all players, fifth among AL pitchers.
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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