Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Alcantara struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 6-0 win over the Phillies.
Alcantara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 107th in season player rankings, 37th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Yankees pitcher Domingo German struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Rangers.
German earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, most among the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. German is 31st in Box-Toppers season player rankings, 11th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Crawford of the Giants hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-6, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 19-4 win over the Reds.
American League Batter of the Day—Randy Arozarena of the Rays hit a three-run homer and went 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 10-1 win over the Orioles.
This was the second straight day Arozarena earned AL Batter of the Day honors after also earning it in Wednesday’s win over the Orioles (2HR 2B 3-5 2R 4BI). Arozarena has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, all earned Wednesday and Thursday, sixth among AL batters. He now has 4.5 career Box-Toppers points after earning 1.5 points during the 2020 regular season.
Debut—Cubs pitcher Justin Steele made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Steele (1.1IP 0H 0R BB 3K W in the 5-2 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut April 12 and was playing in his 11th career game.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.0 |
| 2 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 8.7 |
| 3 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.4 |
| 5 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 7.0 |
| 6 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 |
| 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.4 |
| 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.4 |
| 9 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 10 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
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Scoring—Alcantara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and German earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Crawford and Arozarena each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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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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).| 5/20 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | MIA 6, PHI 0 | Sandy Alcantara, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| +7.0 | `LAD 3, ARI 2 | Jimmy Nelson | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | SF 19, CIN 4 | Brandon Crawford, SS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| AL | +6.0 | NYY 2, TEX 0 | Domingo Germán, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | TB 10, BAL 1 | Randy Arozarena, DH | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 7, MIN 1 (F/7) | Phil Gosselin, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.1 | CHC 5, WSH 2 | Justin Steele, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | HOU 8, OAK 4 | Martin Maldonado, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | BOS 8, TOR 7 | Bobby Dalbec, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 6, LAA 3 (F/7) | Miguel Sanó, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | PIT 6, ATL 4 (F/10) | Richard Rodríguez, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 Player of the Game winners
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 (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German, Domingo 3957 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.7 | 4.7 | 23.4 | 23.4 | +4.7 |
| Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf dh | tb al | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +1.5 |
| Crawford, Brandon 2878 | ss | sf nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 17.7 | 32.2 | +2.5 |
| Sano, Miguel 3527 | 1b 3b | min al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 28.0 | +2.5 |
| Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 11.4 | 11.4 | ‑1.0 |
| Maldonado, Martin 3082 | ca | hou al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 17.0 | +2.0 |
| Dalbec, Bobby 4403 | 1b | bos al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Gosselin, Philip 3398 | 1b dh 2b lf ph | ana al | 1.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.7 | ‑1.7 |
| Rodriguez, Richard 4023 | pi cp | pit nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Nelson, Jimmy 3299 | pi mr sp | lad nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 28.4 | +1.0 |
| Steele, Justin 4415 | pi mr | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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