Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Gallen struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Padres.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of Sept. 4.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	24.2
2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	23.8
3	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	18.7
4	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	16.8
5	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	16.7
6	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	16.1
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	14.4
10	Buehler, Walker 3943	pi sp	lad nl	14.4

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Gallen, who took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 139th among all players and 52nd among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Red Sox hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, going 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 6-2 win over the Twins.

Betts earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, most among the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday. He ranks 49th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, sixth among AL batters.

National League Batter of the Day—Joc Pederson of the Dodgers homered twice and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Rockies.

This is the second time in three days Pederson has earned NL Batter of the Day honors. He also did it Monday (2HR 2B 3-3 3R 5BI in the 16-9 win over the Rockies). Pederson earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points each time he earned NL Batter of the Day honors and has 4.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 47th among NL batters.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Mookie Betts.

Scoring—Gallen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Betts earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Pederson earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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
    +13.0
    ARI 4, SD 1
    Zac Gallen (W, 3‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    AL
    +6.0
    BOS 6, MIN 2
    Mookie Betts RF
    5
    2
    4
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.2
    OAK 4, LAA 0
    Tanner Roark (W, 9‑8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    +5.0
    LAD 7, COL 3
    Joc Pederson RF
    3
    3
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    NYM 8, WSH 4
    Robinson Cano 2B
    3
    2
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    CLE 8, CHW 6
    Franmil Reyes DH
    3
    3
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    NYY 4, TEX 1
    Luis Cessa (W, 2‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +3.0
    SF 9, STL 8
    Kevin Pillar CF
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    CIN 8, PHI 5
    Joey Votto 1B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    KC 5, DET 4
    Alex Gordon LF
    3
    1
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    PIT 6, MIA 5
    Elias Diaz C
    1
    1
    1
    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	+/‑
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	8.7	19.6	36.8	36.8	-2.2
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	oak al	7.7	11.7	42.4	47.4	+3.7
Gallen, Zac 4171	pi sp	ari nl	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	+5.7
Reyes, Franmil 4036	rf	cle al	5.0	7.7	7.7	7.7	+2.3
Pillar, Kevin 3486	cf	sf nl	4.5	6.5	14.0	14.0	+2.5
Pederson, Joc 3621	lf	lad nl	4.0	9.0	14.0	14.0	-1.0
Gordon, Alex 2328	lf	kc al	3.5	4.5	14.5	37.0	+2.5
Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	3.5	3.5	23.0	71.7	+3.5
Cano, Robinson 2092	2b	nym nl	2.0	6.0	31.0	85.4	-2.0
Cessa, Luis 3703	pi mr	nyy al	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	+2.0
Diaz, Elias 3813	ca	pit nl	1.0	2.0	3.5	3.5	0.0