Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 15-1 win over the Royals.
Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.7 for the season, 38th among all players and ninth among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes struck out five over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 7-2 win over the Pirates.
Burnes earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.4 for the season, 25th among all players and 18th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Joey Gallo of the Rangers homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-3 win over the Athletics.
National League Batter of the Day—Elias Diaz of the Rockies hit a walk-off three-run homer, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 5-2 win over the Cardinals.
Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Thursday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Reds closing pitcher Art Warren (1IP H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 5-4 win over the Padres) made his Major League debut Sept. 12, 2019, and was playing in his 19th career game.
Zack Collins of the White Sox (HR 2-3 R 2BI in the 8-5 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut June 19, 2019, and was playing in his 76th 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, July 1.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.4 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 8 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 10.0 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
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Scoring—Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Burnes earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Gallo and Diaz each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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).| 7/1 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.0 | BOS 15, KC 1 | Nathan Eovaldi, (W 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| NL | +5.1 | MIL 7, PIT 2 | Corbin Burnes, (W 4‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | TEX 8, OAK 3 | Joey Gallo, RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | SEA 7, TOR 2 | Yusei Kikuchi, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | COL 5, STL 2 | Elias Díaz, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | ARI 5, SF 3 | Josh Reddick, RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 6, WSH 2 (F/5) | Max Muncy, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | HOU 7, CLE 2 | Jose Altuve, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 5, SD 4 | Art Warren, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | CHW 8, MIN 5 | Zack Collins, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | ATL 4, NYM 3 | Austin Riley, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.4 | 15.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | ‑0.3 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 | 10.7 | 27.1 | 46.2 | +2.7 |
| Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 4.5 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +2.5 |
| Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | +2.3 |
| Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 40.5 | +3.0 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 1b 2b 3b | lad nl | 2.5 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | +1.0 |
| Gallo, Joey 3485 | rf | tex al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | +2.5 |
| Diaz, Elias 3813 | ca | col nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.5 |
| Reddick, Josh 2936 | rf | ari nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 38.9 | +1.0 |
| Colins, Zack 4459 | ca | chi al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Warren, Art 4458 | pi cp | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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