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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.
▪️ Top 10 players in 2022 Box-Toppers points.
▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.
Reds pitcher Hunter Greene is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Greene struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 7-0, seven-inning win over the Diamondbacks.
Greene earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 188th among all players and 64th among National League pitchers.
This was Greene’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Greene made his Major League debut April 10 and was playing in his 11th career game.
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Michael Wacha pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, walking one and striking out six, in the 1-0 win over the Angels.
Wacha earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.4 for the season, 41st among all players and 17th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Eduardo Escobar of the Mets homered, tripled, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 11-5 win over the Padres.
American League Batter of the Day—Cal Raleigh of the Mariners hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-4 win over the Astros.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Monday, June 6.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 |
| 2 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.7 |
| 3 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 8.7 |
| 4 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
| 5 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 |
| 6 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 8.0 |
| 7 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 7.7 |
| 8 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 7.7 |
| 9 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 7.7 |
| 10 | Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | tex al | 7.1 |
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Scoring—Greene earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wacha earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Escobar and Raleigh each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Player of the Game winners (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).Back to top
| 6/6 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | CIN 7, ARI 0 (F/7) | Hunter Greene, (W 3‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| AL | +11.0 | BOS 1, LAA 0 | Michael Wacha, (W 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| BAT | +8.0 | NYM 11, SD 5 | Eduardo Escobar, 3B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | TOR 8, KC 0 | Ross Stripling, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | SEA 7, HOU 4 | Cal Raleigh, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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.
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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 | +/‑ |
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| Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | bos al | 4.4 | 11.5 | 26.5 | 46.2 | -2.7 |
| Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp mr | tor al | 3.0 | 9.7 | 24.4 | 29.1 | -3.7 |
| Greene, Hunter 4651 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Escobar, Eduardo 3135 | 3b | nym nl | 1.5 | 8.0 | 25.2 | 36.9 | -5.0 |
| Raleigh, Cal 4481 | ca | sea al | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +0.5 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’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 |
| TEX | Gray, Jon 3634 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 32.4 | 39.4 |
| CLE | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| ARI | Gilbert, Tyler 4509 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| CIN | Ashcraft, Graham 4645 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WSH | Lee, Evan* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIA | Cabrera, Edward 4641 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| CHC | Thompson, Keegan 4579 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| BAL | Bradish, Kyle 4597 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 7.7 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| PIT | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 38.5 | 73.7 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| TB | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| TEX | Hearn, Taylor 4604 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CLE | Pilkington, Konnor 4642 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OAK | Irvin, Cole 4140 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| ATL | Wright, Kyle 4349 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| NYY | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 35.1 | 40.1 |
| MIN | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| LAD | White, Mitch 4519 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| MIL | Alexander, Jason* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SEA | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 75.3 | 214.6 |
| TOR | Manoah, Alek 4424 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| KC | Keller, Brad 4008 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| BOS | Whitlock, Garrett 4431 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| NYM | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 21.4 | 42.8 |
| SD | Darvish, Yu 3003 | 3.7 | 16.8 | 55.3 | 110.9 |
| COL | Marquez, German 3788 | 1.0 | 18.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 |
| SF | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 25.7 | 41.8 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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