Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Wild Card Game.
Eovaldi struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Yankees. The Red Sox advance to the AL Division Series Thursday against the Rays.
Eovaldi had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +7.1, best among all Red Sox players. During the regular season, Eovaldi had 14.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 16th among all players and sixth among AL pitchers. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)
Three Red Sox batters also had positive Box-Toppers game scores Tuesday:
+3.0—Shortstop Xander Bogaerts (HR 1-2 2R 2BI).
+1.0—Left fielder Alex Verdugo (2B 3-4 0R 3BI).
+1.0—Designated hitter Kyle Schwarber (HR 1-3 2R BI).
Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole had a Box-Toppers game score of -7.0 (2IP 4H 3R 2BB 3K L). Cole led all AL players in Box-Toppers points in 2021 with 22.4, second place overall behind Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer (25.1).
The Red Sox rank ninth in Box-Toppers team rankings with its players accumulating 115.9 points during the season, fifth among AL teams.
The Yankees, now eliminated from the postseason, rank sixth among all teams with 119.8 points, second among AL teams.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | BOS 6, NYY 2 | Nathan Eovaldi, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.