Cardinals pitcher Dakota Hudson is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of Aug. 19.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	20.8
2	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	18.8
3	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	16.1
4	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	15.8
5	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	15.7
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	15.7
7	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	15.4
8	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.4
9	Corbin, Patrick 3027	sp pi	dc nl	13.4
10	Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840	pi sp	cin nl	13.4

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Hudson struck out seven over 6 2/3 scoreless and hitless innings, allowing four walks, in the 3-0 win over the Brewers. Hudson was pitching a no-hitter, but Cardinals reliever Giovanny Gallegos gave up an eighth-inning double, the Brewers only hit Monday, ending the combined no-hit bid.

Hudson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season, 123rd among all players and 46th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Tom Murphy of the Mariners hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, going 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-3 win over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 13-0 win over the Pirates.

Cabrera earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season, most among the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Cabrera ranks 87th among all players and 10th among NL batters.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Tom Murphy.

Debut—Nicky Lopez of the Royals made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Lopez (HR 2-4 2R BI in the 5-4 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut May 14 and was playing in his 79th career game.

Scoring—Hudson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Murphy earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Cabrera earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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)




  
    8/19
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +9.2
    STL 3, MIL 0
    Dakota Hudson (W, 12‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.2
    0
    0
    0
    4
    7
  

    AL
    +6.0
    SEA 9, TB 3
    Tom Murphy C
    3
    2
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +6.0
    WSH 13, PIT 0
    Asdrubal Cabrera 2B
    3
    2
    2
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.0
    SD 3, CIN 2
    Luis Perdomo (W, 2‑3)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +2.0
    CHW 6, MIN 4
    Ryan Goins 3B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    ARI 5, COL 3
    Carson Kelly C
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    HOU 5, DET 4
    Roberto Osuna (S, 28)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +1.0
    TEX 8, LAA 7 (F/11)
    Hunter Pence DH
    4
    1
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.0
    KC 5, BAL 4
    Nicky Lopez 2B
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  
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 (’19). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’18-19), the period 2014-2019 (’14-19) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2019 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2018 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’19	’18‑19	’14‑19	Career	+/‑
Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362	3b	dc nl	6.5	10.0	20.5	55.7	+3.0
Hudson, Dakota 4035	pi sp	stl nl	5.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	+4.7
Pence, Hunter 2287	dh lf	tex al	5.5	7.5	19.0	63.2	+3.5
Osuna, Roberto 3512	pi cp mr	hou al	3.0	6.0	17.0	17.0	0.0
Perdomo, Luis D. 3715	pi mr sp	sd nl	2.0	3.0	7.0	7.0	+1.0
Kelly, Carson 4098	ca	ari nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+2.0
Murphy, Tom 4030	ca	sea al	1.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	+0.7
Goins, Ryan 3478	3b ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	12.0	12.0	+1.0
Lopez, Nicky 4224	2b	kc al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0