Yandy Diaz of the Rays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s American League Wild Card Game.
Diaz hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-1 win over the Athletics. The Rays advance to the AL Division Series Friday against the Astros.
Diaz had a Box-Toppers game score Wednesday of +3.0, best among all Rays players. During the regular season, Diaz had just 1.0 Box-Toppers point (earned May 11) and has just 3.7 career points, earned from 2017-19.
Rays starting pitcher Charlie Morton had a Box-Toppers game score of 0.0 (5IP 5H R 0ER 3BB 4K W).
Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea had a Box-Toppers game score of -5.0 (2IP 4H 4R 0BB 5K L).
The Rays rank sixth in Box-Toppers team rankings with its players accumulating 123.2 Box-Toppers points during the season, fourth among all AL teams.
The Athletics, now eliminated from the postseason, rank fourth among all teams with 124.9 points, second among AL teams. Though the Athletics rank two spots higher than the Rays, they only have 1.7 more points.
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 AL Wild Card game
| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +3.0 | TB 5, OAK 1 | Yandy Diaz 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.