Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 2.
The Houston Astros win 7-2 to tie the best-of-seven game series with the Atlanta Braves at 1-1.
Urquidy struck out seven over five innings, allowing two runs, six hits and no walks. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0, best among all Astros players. Jose Altuve had the best Box-Toppers game score (0.0) among Astros batters (HR 2B 2-5 2R BI).
Every Astros batter Wednesday had at least one run, one hit or one run batted in, so they all spread out their offensive output relatively evenly. That meant no Astros batter particularly stood out among the others and also no Astros batter had a positive game score in Game 2.
Braves starting pitcher Max Fried had a Box-Toppers game score of -8.0 in the loss (5IP 7H 6R 5ER BB 6K L). Braves top batter Travis d'Arnaud had a game score of +1.0 (HR 2-4 2R BI).
Urquidy earned 8.4 Box-Toppers points in the 2021 regular season, 74th among all players and 28th among AL pitchers. This was his first Player of the Game honor in the 2021 postseason in his second appearance (he started in the ALCS Game 3 loss to the Red Sox on Oct. 18).
The World Series resumes with Game 3 in Atlanta on Friday.
Top Astros in World Series Game 2: Houston 7, Atlanta 2
Here are the Box-Toppers game scores (BTG) of all Astros players who appeared in World Series Game 2, listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score. Player of the Game (POG) is Jose Urquidy.| 10/27 | BTG | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POG | +2.0 | Jose Urquidy, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| +2.0 | Ryan Pressly | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | Kendall Graveman | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +1.1 | Cristian Javier, (Hld 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +0.2 | Phil Maton | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.0 | Jose Altuve, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑1.0 | Michael Brantley, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑1.0 | Yuli Gurriel, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑2.0 | Jose Siri, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑1.0 | Martin Maldonado, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑1.0 | Kyle Tucker, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑1.0 | Yordan Alvarez, DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑2.0 | Alex Bregman, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| ‑3.0 | Carlos Correa, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
World Series Game 3, Astros vs. Braves, series tied 1-1
Friday’s starting pitchers:
Astros—Luis Garcia, 10.0 Box-Toppers points, 49th among all players, 18th among AL pitchers.
This is Garcia’s fourth appearance of the 2021 postseason. He was Player of the Game Oct. 22 in the AL Championship Game 6 win over the Red Sox. He also started Oct. 10 in the AL Division Series Game 3 loss to the White Sox and Oct. 16 in the AL Championship Series loss to the Red Sox.
Braves—Ian Anderson, 7.0 Box-Toppers points, 99th among all players, 40th among NL pitchers.
This is Anderson’s fourth 2021 postseason appearance. He was Player of the Game in the NLDS Game 3 win over the Brewers on Oct. 11. He also started in the NLCS Game 2 win over the Dodgers on Oct. 17 and in the NLCS Game 6 win over the Dodgers on Oct. 23.
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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