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Mets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Thursday’s Wild Card series-clinching win.
Quintana struck out five over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers. Quintana did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
The New York Mets win the best-of-three series, 2-1, eliminating the Milwaukee Brewers.
Quintana earned 10.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 58th among all players and 25th among NL pitchers.
Quintana had a +6.0 Box-Toppers game score Thursday, the best among all Mets players. Mets top better was Pete Alonso with a +1.0 game score (HR 1-4 R 3BI), hitting the go-ahead, ninth-inning, three-run home run. Brewers starting pitcher Tobias Myers had a +8.0 game score in the loss (5IP 2H 0R 0BB 5K ND).
The Mets were both the lower seed in the series and ranked lower in final Box-Toppers team rankings for 2024. The Brewers, winners of the NL Central Division, were the third-seeded team in the NL while the Mets were the sixth seed.
The Brewers ranked second in Box-Toppers team rankings with its players accumulating 123.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024. The Mets ranked seventh with 113.8 Box-Toppers points.
The Mets will face the Philadelphia Phillies, the second-seeded NL postseason team, in the NL Division Series beginning Saturday in Philadelphia.
No games Friday
With all four Wild Card series completed, there are no games scheduled for Friday. The four League Division Series begin Saturday. Box-Toppers previews for those series are coming soon.
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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. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)
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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).| 10/3 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.0 | `NYM 4, MIL 2 | Jose Quintana | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
` 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 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’23-24), the period 2019-2024 (’19-24) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2024 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2023 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’24 | ’23‑24 | ’19‑24 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana, Jose 3040 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.0 | 10.0 | 32.8 | 93.1 | +10.0 |
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