Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta and Leury Garcia of the White Sox are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s pair of American League Division Series games.
ALDS Game 3: Red Sox 6, Rays 4 (13 innings)
Pivetta struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk. Pivetta entered in the 10th inning, pitched the final four innings and picked up the win.
The Red Sox lead the best-of-five game series, 2-1, which resumes Monday in Boston.
Pivetta earned 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, all as a starting pitcher, 184th among all players and 61st among AL pitchers.
Pivetta had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +7.0, best among Red Sox players. Red Sox top batter, first baseman Kyle Schwarber, had a game score of +1.0 (HR 3-5 2R BI). Christian Vazquez, who hit the walk-off, two-run homer for the Red Sox in the 13th inning, also had a game score of +1.0 (HR 1-3 R 2BI), but ranked lower than Schwarber because he had fewer at bats (three vs. five).
Red Sox starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi had a game score of +5.0 (5IP 3H 2R BB 8K ND). Rays starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen had a game score of -9.0 (2IP 6H 3R 0BB K ND).
ALDS Game 3: White Sox 12, Astros 6
Garcia hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
The Astros lead the best-of-five game series, 2-1, which resumes Monday in Chicago.
Garcia earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 371st among all players and 89th among AL batters.
Garcia had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +3.0, best among White Sox players. White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease had a game score of -7.9 (1.2IP 2H 3R 3BB 2K ND). White Sox reliever Michael Kopech, who picked up the win, had a game score of -3.9 (2.1IP 4H 3R BB 5K W). Astros starting pitcher Luis Garcia had a game score of -12.8 (2.2IP 5H 5R 3BB 3K ND). Astros reliever Yimi Garcia, who picked up the loss, had a game score of -10.9 (0.1IP 4H 4R 0BB K L).
Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7.0 | BOS 6, TB 4 (F/13) | Nick Pivetta, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| +3.0 | CHW 12, HOU 6 | Leury García, RF‑LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Coming Monday: All four league championship series resume, two in the American League and two in the National League:
NLDS Game 3: Brewers at Braves, series tied 1-1
The pitching matchup Monday:
Brewers—Freddy Peralta, 12.7 Box-Toppers points, 25th among all players, 17th among NL pitchers.
Braves—Ian Anderson, 7.0 Box-Toppers points, 99th among all players, 40th among NL pitchers.
ALDS Game 4: Astros lead White Sox, 2-1
Astros—Jose Urquidy, 8.4 Box-Toppers points, 74th among all players, 28th among AL pitchers.
White Sox—Carlos Rodon, 11.7 Box-Toppers points, 33rd among all players, 12th among AL pitchers.
ALDS Game 4: Red Sox lead Rays, 2-1
Rays—Collin McHugh, 4.0 Box-Toppers points, 246th among all players, 76th among AL pitchers.
Red Sox—Eduardo Rodriguez, 10.0 Box-Toppers points, 47th among all player, 17th among AL pitchers.
NLDS Game 3: Giants at Dodgers, series tied 1-1
Giants—Alex Wood, 13.0 Box-Toppers points, 22nd among all players, 14th among NL pitchers.
Dodgers—Max Scherzer, 25.1 Box-Toppers points, first among all players, first among NL 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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