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Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
NL Championship Series Game 1: Phillies 2, Padres 0
Wheeler struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk.
The Phillies take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
Wheeler earned 14.4 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 22nd among all players, 11th among NL pitchers. Wheeler was Player of the Game in the NL Wild Card series Game 1 win over the Cardinals. He also started the NLDS Game 2 loss to the Braves.
Wheeler becomes the fourth player this season to earn Player of the Game honors for a second time in the postseason, joining Padres closing pitcher Josh Hader, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola.
Wheeler had a Box-Toppers game score of +13.0, best among all Phillies players Tuesday. Phillies top batter was left fielder Kyle Schwarber with a +1.0 game score (HR 2-3 R BI). Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish had a +9.0 game score (8IP 3H 2R BB 9K L).
Details on Tuesday’s NLCS Game 1 Player of the Game winner in the chart below.
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).Back to top
| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +13.0 | PHI 2, SD 0 | Zack Wheeler, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
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 in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.4 | 35.5 | 57.2 | 68.9 | -6.7 |
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Wednesday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):
NL Championship Series Game 2: Phillies lead Padres, 1-0
Phillies—Aaron Nola, 16.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 13th overall and ninth among NL pitchers.
Padres—Blake Snell, 13.1 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 29th overall and 14th among NL pitchers.
Nola is one of four players who have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors twice this postseason, doing it Oct. 8 in the NL Wild Card Game 2 win over the Phillies and Oct. 14 in the NL Division Series Game 3 win over the Braves.
Snell has made two postseason appearances but did not win Player of the Game honors in either—an Oct. 8 NL Wild Card Game 2 loss to the Mets and an Oct. 14 NLDS Game 3 win over the Dodgers.
More details—Preview of NL Championship Series.
AL Championship Series Game 1: Yankees at Astros
Yankees—Jameson Taillon, 10.7 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 48th among all players, 22nd among AL pitchers.
Astros—Justin Verlander, 26.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, first among all players, first among AL pitchers.
Taillon has made one 2022 postseason appearance, pitching the 10th inning in the Oct. 14 AL Division Series Game 2 loss to the Guardians, giving up the two runs that gave Cleveland the lead and the win (0IP 3H 2R 0BB 0K L).
Verlander did not earn Player of the Game honors in his only 2022 postseason appearance—an Oct. 11 AL Division Series win over the Mariners.
A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | Nola, Aaron 3569 | 16.0 | 26.7 | 81.0 | 89.7 |
| SD | Snell, Blake 3688 | 13.1 | 24.5 | 70.4 | 74.4 |
| NYY | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 10.7 | 19.7 | 41.1 | 46.1 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 93.3 | 232.6 |
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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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