Marlins' Dan Straily tops players for Saturday, April 22; Indians' Carrasco rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Marlins pitcher Dan Straily is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of April 22:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	5.0
2	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	5.0
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	4.7
4	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	4.7
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	4.0
6	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	4.0
7	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	3.7
8	Chacin, Jhoulys 2711	pi mr sp	sd nl	3.7
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	3.4
10	Morrison, Logan 2794	1b	tb al	3.2

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Straily struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits, in the 6-3, 11-inning win over the Padres. Straily picked up a no decision and did not earn the win because the game was tied when he exited.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits, in the 7-0 win over the White Sox.

Carrasco earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season and rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

National League Batter of the Day—Willson Contreras of the Cubs hit a grand slam, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 12-8 win over the Reds.

This was Contreras’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Contreras made his Major League debut June 17, 2016, and was playing in his 91st career game. He is the 3,776th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Yankees hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 11-5 win over the Pirates.

Scoring—Straily earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Carrasco earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Contreras and Carter each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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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Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 

4/22	Score	Game	Player of the Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	13.0	`MIA 6, SD 3 (F/11)	Dan Straily	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	2	2	0	14
AL	12.0	CLE 7, CHW 0	Carlos Carrasco (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	0	0	1	8
BAT	6.0	CHC 12, CIN 8	Willson Contreras, C	4	3	3	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	6.0	STL 4, MIL 1	Lance Lynn (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	1	1	2	7
	6.0	`PHI 4, ATL 3 (F/10)	Jerad Eickhoff	-	-	-	-		5.0	2	1	1	2	7
	5.1	WSH 3, NYM 1	Gio Gonzalez (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-		6.1	2	1	1	3	6
	4.1	TB 6, HOU 3	Austin Pruitt (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-		2.1	0	0	0	0	2
	4.0	COL 12, SF 3	Mark Reynolds, 1B	5	2	3	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	ARI 11, LAD 5	Yasmany Tomas, LF	3	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	4.0	NYY 11, PIT 5	Chris Carter, PH	1	1	1	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.1	OAK 4, SEA 3	Ryan Madson (S,1)	-	-	-	-		1.1	1	0	0	0	3
	3.0	LAA 5, TOR 4	Andrelton Simmons, SS	4	1	2	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	`TEX 2, KC 1	Nick Martinez	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	1	1	1	3
	1.0	DET 5, MIN 4	Nicholas Castellanos, 3B	5	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	BAL 4, BOS 2	Jonathan Schoop, 2B	3	1	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.
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 top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).  

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	3.7	16.1	44.8	50.2	-8.7
Straily, Dan 3080	pi sp	fla nl	3.0	10.0	20.7	20.7	-4.0
Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	2.7	2.7	58.6	58.6	2.7
Reynolds, Mark 2297	1b	col nl	2.5	6.5	21.2	53.9	-1.5
Schoop, Jonathan 3307	2b	bal al	2.0	6.5	11.5	11.5	-2.5
Pruitt, Austin 3773	pi cp mr	tb al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Carter, Chris 2828	1b ph	nyy al	1.5	11.0	29.9	30.9	-8.0
Contreras, Willson 3776	ca	chi nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	1.0	9.0	14.0	14.0	-7.0
Tomas, Yasmany 3489	lf	ari nl	1.0	8.7	12.2	12.2	-6.7
Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	1.0	7.0	58.1	87.5	-5.0
Castellanos, Nick 3349	3b	det al	1.0	6.5	14.7	14.7	-4.5
Madson, Ryan 1841	pi cp	oak al	1.0	4.0	4.0	24.7	-2.0
Simmons, Andrelton 3165	ss	ana al	1.0	2.5	8.0	8.0	-0.5
Martinez, Nick 3430	pi sp	tex al	1.0	1.0	4.7	4.7	1.0

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Dodgers' Rich Hill tops players for Saturday, Sept. 3; Orioles' Gausman tops AL players

Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Hill pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit, two walks and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Padres.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of Sept. 3:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	22.7
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	18.4
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	18.2
5	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	17.1
6	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	16.8
7	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	14.1
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	14.0
10	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	13.7

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Hill earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.4 for the season. He ranks 18th among all players and 11th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman pitched six scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Yankees.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Brewers hit a two-run homer and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Pirates.

American League Batter of the Day—Byron Buxton of the Twins homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 11-3 win over the White Sox.

Notable—Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has the most season Box-Toppers points among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Bumgarner (6IP 5H 2R 0BB 10K in the 3-2 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.0 for the season. He ranks 11th among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.

Bumgarner now also has 105.7 career points, 61st-most since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his point Saturday, he passes Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (105.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 60th-ranked player Aramis Ramirez (105.8).

Also notable—Two other players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Saturday:

• David Ortiz of the Red Sox (2-2B 3-4 R 2BI in the 11-2 win over the Athletics) now has 143.9 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 24th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Saturday, he passes Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels (143.0) on the “all-time” list and now ranks eighth among active players in career points. Ortiz trails 23rd-ranked player Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers. Both Cabrera and Ortiz have 143.9 career points, but Cabrera holds the tiebreaking edge because he has more 2016 Box-Toppers points—11.0 vs. 6.0.
• Carlos Beltran of the Rangers (2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 12-4 win over the Astros) now has 104.9 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 63rd place since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Saturday, he passes Jamie Moyer (104.0) on the “all-time” list and now trails 62nd-ranked player, Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (105.1). Beltran has 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season.

Scoring—Hill earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gausman earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carter and Buxton each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

9/3	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	11.0	LAD 5, SD 1	Rich Hill (W,11-3)	-	-	-	-		6.0	1	0	0	2	8
AL	10.0	BAL 2, NYY 0	Kevin Gausman (W,7-10)	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	0	0	2	8
	7.0	SF 3, CHC 2	Madison Bumgarner (W,14-8)	-	-	-	-		6.0	5	2	2	0	10
	7.0	TB 7, TOR 5	Blake Snell (W,5-7)	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	1	1	2	7
BAT	4.0	MIL 7, PIT 4	Chris Carter, 1B	5	2	4	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	ATL 6, PHI 4 (10)	Adonis Garcia, 3B	4	3	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	MIN 11, CHW 3	Byron Buxton, CF	4	2	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	LAA 10, SEA 3	Kole Calhoun, RF	4	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	NYM 3, WSH 1	Jeurys Familia (S,45)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.2	KC 5, DET 2	Wade Davis (S,22)	-	-	-	-		0.2	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	CLE 8, MIA 3	Francisco Lindor, SS	4	1	4	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	ARI 9, COL 4	Chris Owings, SS	4	1	4	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	BOS 11, OAK 2	David Ortiz, DH	4	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	TEX 12, HOU 4	Carlos Beltran, DH	3	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	CIN 9, STL 1	Joey Votto, 1B	2	2	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	13.0	30.0	100.0	105.7	-4.0
Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	lad nl	12.4	16.4	16.4	36.1	8.4
Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	9.5	14.5	31.2	63.2	4.5
Gausman, Kevin 3191	pi sp	bal al	9.1	14.8	22.5	22.5	3.4
Carter, Chris 2828	1b	mil nl	8.5	9.5	27.4	28.4	7.5
Familia, Jeurys 3446	pi cp	nym nl	6.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	-2.0
Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	6.0	10.5	41.9	143.9	1.5
Beltran, Carlos 1194	dh rf	tex al	6.0	9.5	26.9	104.9	2.5
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	5.0	8.2	15.7	15.7	1.8
Lindor, Francisco 3586	ss	cle al	4.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	3.5
Buxton, Byron 3604	cf	min al	3.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	2.2
Davis, Wade 2681	pi cp	kc al	3.0	7.0	22.0	25.0	-1.0
Garcia, Adonis 3613	3b	atl nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Owings, Chris 3347	cf ss	ari nl	2.0	3.0	5.5	5.5	1.0

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Phillies' Eickhoff tops players for Tuesday, June 7; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 9th in Box-Toppers '16 rankings

Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 7:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0

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Also Tuesday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. 

Player of the Day—Eickhoff struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run and two hits, in the 3-2 win over the Cubs.

American League Player of the Day—Mark Trumbo of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-1 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Brewers hit two homers and went 2-for-4, driving in five runs, in the 5-4 win over the Athletics.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Mark Trumbo.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Grienke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Greinke (CG 3H 0R 2K in the 5-0 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 154.4 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 16th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. (See list of Box-Toppers’ updated top 20 players since 1995.) Greinke trails 15th-ranked player, Mike Mussina (155.6).

Debut—Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

• Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias (4IP 3H R 7K ND in the 5-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut May 27 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,652nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995. 
• Twins pitcher Fernando Abad (1IP H 0R 3K ND in the 6-4 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut July 28, 2010, and was playing in his 284th career game. He is the 3,653rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
• Reds pitcher John Lamb (7.1IP 4H 3R 5K ND in the 7-6 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Aug. 14, 2015, and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,654th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Eickhoff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Trumbo earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carter earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

6/7	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	9.0	PHI 3/CHC 2	Jerad Eickhoff (W,3-8)	-	-	-	-		7.0	2	1	1	2	8
	6.0	ARI 5/TB 0	Zack Greinke (W,8-3)	-	-	-	-		9.0	3	0	0	2	2
BAT	5.0	MIL 5/OAK 4	Chris Carter, 1B	4	2	2	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
	5.0	PIT 3/NYM 1	Juan Nicasio (W,5-4)	-	-	-	-		5.0	3	1	1	2	7
	5.0	`LAD 5/COL 3	Julio Urias	-	-	-	-		4.0	3	1	1	1	7
AL	4.0	BAL 9/KC 1	Mark Trumbo, RF	4	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	SEA 7/CLE 1	Nelson Cruz, RF	3	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	DC 10/CHW 5	Anthony Rendon, 3B	5	2	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	PIT 3/NYM 1	Jonathon Niese (W,6-2)	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	2	2
	3.0	`MIN 6/MIA 4	Fernando Abad	-	-	-	-		1.0	1	0	0	0	3
	2.1	`CIN 7/STL 6	John Lamb	-	-	-	-		7.1	4	3	1	2	5
	2.0	TEX 4/HOU 3	Jake Diekman (W,1-1)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	1	2
	2.0	DET 3/TOR 2	Justin Wilson (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	BOS 5/SF 3	Junichi Tazawa (W,1-1)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	NYY 6/LAA 3	Starlin Castro, 2B	4	2	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	SD 4/ATL 3	Matt Thornton (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	0
		`Denotes that the 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 top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0	28.7	93.8	154.4	-12.7
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	5.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Carter, Chris 2828	1b	mil nl	5.0	6.0	23.9	24.9	4.0
Nicasio, Juan 2888	pi sp	pit nl	5.0	6.0	21.4	21.4	4.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf dh	bal al	4.2	6.7	29.9	29.9	1.7
Castro, Starlin 2767	ss 2b	nyy al	3.0	7.5	20.5	21.5	-1.5
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	3.0	5.0	30.7	50.2	1.0
Niese, Jonathon 2531	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	8.0	23.7	30.7	-4.0
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	1.0	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Tazawa, Junichi 3151	pi mr	bos al	1.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.0
Wilson, Justin 3140	pi cp	det al	1.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Diekman, Jake 3266	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Thornton, Matt 1928	pi cp mr	sd nl	1.0	1.0	4.7	26.4	1.0
Abad, Fernando 3653	pi mr	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Lamb, John 3654	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Urias, Julio 3652	pi sp	lad nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Kershaw tops players for Sunday, May 1, rises to 1st in season player rankings, 10th in ‘all-time' rankings

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 1:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
2	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	5.0
3	Velasquez, Vince 3611	pi sp	phi nl	5.0
4	Cespedes, Yoenis 3008	cf lf dh ph	nym nl	4.5
5	Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	kc al	4.4
6	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	4.4
7	Machado, Manny 3087	3b ss	bal al	4.2
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	4.0
9	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	4.0
10	De La Rosa, Rubby 3342	pi sp mr	ari nl	4.0

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In addition, Kershaw rises to 10th place among all players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began).

Kershaw pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 14 and allowing three hits, in the 1-0 win over the Padres.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, rising to first place in player rankings, displacing previous leader, Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta (5.0 Box-Toppers points).

Kershaw also now has 165.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 10th place in “all-time” rankings, passing two players—Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez (163.7) and Roger Clemens (164.8). Kershaw now trails ninth-place player Johan Santana (166.6).

Kershaw had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +20.0, the third time this season a player has had a game score of +20.0 or more. It is the second-highest game score of the season, behind only the +22.0 earned April 14 by Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez.

American League Player of the Day—Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 5-1 win over the Rays.

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	179.0
6	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	175.3
7	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
8	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
9	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
10	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	165.3
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	163.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
17	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
18	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
19	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	148.4
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Brewers homered twice and doubled, going 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 14-5 win over the Marlins.

American League Batter of the Day—Nick Castellanos of the Tigers homered and went 1-for-3, driving in four runs, in the 6-5 win over the Twins.

Rankings—Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez rose to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Velasquez (6IP 2H 0R 6K W in the 2-1 win over the Indians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.0 for the season.

Notable—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rose to 53rd place in “all-time” Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. 

Scherzer (7IP 4H 0R 9K W in the 6-1 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 109.0 for his career. With his point, he passes three players on Box-Toppers “all-time” list—Lance Berkman (108.1), Kevin Millwood (108.3) and Billy Wagner (108.7). Scherzer now trails the 52nd-ranked player on the list, Jeff Kent (109.7). (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.) Scherzer has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Debut—Reds pitcher Tim Adleman made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Adleman (6IP 3H 2R 6K ND in the 6-5 win over the Pirates) was making his Major League debut. He is the 3,625th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Stroman earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carter and Castellanos each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

5/1	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	20.0	Dodgers	Clayton Kershaw (W,3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	3	0	0	0	14
	13.0	`Braves	Julio Teheran	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	2	0	0	1	9
	12.0	Nationals	Max Scherzer (W,3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	0	9
AL	10.0	Blue Jays	Marcus Stroman (W,4-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	1	1	2	9
	6.0	Phillies	Vince Velasquez (W,4-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	0	0	4	6
BAT	4.0	Brewers	Chris Carter, 1B	5	3	3	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Giants	Madison Bumgarner (W,3-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	0	0	3	7
	3.0	Rockies	Nolan Arenado, 3B	4	2	2	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	Tigers	Nick Castellanos, 3B	3	1	1	4	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	`Reds	Tim Adleman	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	2	2	2	6
	3.0	Royals	Ian Kennedy (W,3-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	4	1	1	2	6
	3.0	Red Sox	Craig Kimbrel (S,8)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Angels	Kole Calhoun, RF	4	1	3	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	White Sox	Melky Cabrera, LF	4	2	3	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Astros	Luke Gregerson (S,5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
		`Denotes that the 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 top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	6.0	31.7	131.8	165.3	-19.7
Velasquez, Vince 3611	pi sp	phi nl	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	3.5	12.0	13.5	13.5	-5.0
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	3.0	24.0	88.6	109.0	-18.0
Kennedy, Ian 2723	pi sp	kc al	3.0	9.7	53.5	59.5	-3.7
Castellanos, Nick 3349	3b	det al	3.0	9.2	11.2	11.2	-3.2
Carter, Chris 2828	1b dh	mil nl	2.5	3.5	21.4	22.4	1.5
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	2.0	19.0	89.0	94.7	-15.0
Kimbrel, Craig 2825	pi cp	bos al	2.0	8.0	51.7	52.7	-4.0
Gregerson, Luke 2563	pi cp	hou al	2.0	8.0	12.0	17.0	-4.0
Stroman, Marcus 3327	pi sp	tor al	1.7	4.4	18.1	18.1	-1.0
Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	8.7	36.8	36.8	-6.7
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	1.0	4.2	11.7	11.7	-2.2
Cabrera, Melky 2143	lf	chi al	1.0	2.0	16.5	27.5	0.0
Adleman, Tim 3625	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Nationals' Jordan Zimmermann (7IP 0R 8K) tops players for Saturday, Aug. 2

Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is Saturday’s Player of the Day. Zimmermann pitched seven shutout innings and struck out eight in the 11-0 win over the Phillies.

Zimmermann earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.0 for the season. He ranks 28th among all players and 14th among National League pitchers.

Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello is American League Player of the Day. Porcello struck out 10 over eight innings, allowing two runs, in the 11-5 win over the Rockies.

Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter homered and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 8-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Kolten Wong of the Cardinals is NL Batter of the Day. Wong homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-7 win over the Brewers.

Zimmermann receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Porcello receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Carter and Wong each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Box-Toppers watches the daily performances of selected star players and Box-Toppers points leaders. To see how they performed Saturday, click here.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

802	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	10.0	Nationals	Jordan Zimmermann (W, 7-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	0	0	0	8
AL	7.0	Tigers	Rick Porcello (W, 13-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	5	2	2	2	10
	7.0	`Marlins	Nathan Eovaldi	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	2	1	1	2	6
	7.0	`Indians	T.J. House	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	3	0	0	2	7
	5.1	Mets	Jacob deGrom (W, 6-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.1	4	2	2	1	7
	4.1	Yankees	Shawn Kelley (W, 2-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.1	0	0	0	0	3
BAT	4.0	Astros	Chris Carter DH	4	3	3	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	Cardinals	Kolten Wong 2B	5	2	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Dodgers	Hanley Ramirez SS	5	2	3	3	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Pirates	Josh Harrison 2B	4	3	3	1	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Rays	Brandon Guyer LF	2	1	2	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	`Padres	Ian Kennedy	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	2	1	1	5	7
	2.2	Mariners	Dominic Leone (W, 4-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.2	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	Twins	Trevor Plouffe 3B	5	1	4	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Athletics	Jonny Gomes LF	4	1	2	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Braves' Ervin Santana (8IP 0R 11K) tops players for Monday, July 28

Braves pitcher Ervin Santana is Monday’s Player of the Day. Santana pitched eight shutout innings and struck out 11 in the 2-0 win over the Padres.

Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season. He is the 21st player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points and ranks 21st in Box-Toppers player rankings. He ranks ninth among National League pitchers.

Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey is American League Player of the Day. Dickey struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, in the 14-1 win over the Red Sox.

Travis d’Arnaud of the Mets is NL Batter of the Day. d’Arnaud hit a three-run homer and two doubles, going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs, in the 7-1 win over the Phillies.

Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter hit a three-run homer and scored twice in the 7-3 win over the Athletics.

Notable: Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish rose to 12th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday. Darvish (7IP 8K W in the 4-2 win over the Yankees) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.4 for the season. He ranks eighth among AL pitchers.

Santana receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Dickey receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. d’Arnaud and Carter each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Box-Toppers watches the daily performances of selected star players and Box-Toppers points leaders. To see how they performed Monday, click here.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

728	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	14.0	Braves	Ervin Santana (W, 10-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	5	0	0	0	11
AL	11.0	Blue Jays	R.A. Dickey (W, 9-10)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	1	1	1	10
	8.0	`Dbacks	Chase Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	1	1	2	8
	7.0	Pirates	Vance Worley (W, 4-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	4	0	0	1	3
	7.0	Rays	Jake Odorizzi (W, 7-8)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	1	1	0	5
	5.0	Cubs	Tsuyoshi Wada (W, 1-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	1	1	1	6
BAT	4.0	Mets	Travis d`Arnaud C	4	2	3	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	Astros	Chris Carter DH	3	2	1	3	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Marlins	Mike Dunn (W, 8-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Rangers	Yu Darvish (W, 10-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	9	2	2	1	8

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Nats' Zimmermann pitches shutout, tops players for Sunday, June 8

Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is Sunday’s Player of the Day. Zimmermann pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only two hits and striking out 12 in the 6-0 win over the Padres.

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is American League Player of the Day. Hernandez pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out 15 in the 5-0 win over the Rays. Hernandez did not pick up the win because he left the game with the score tied 0-0.

Hernandez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.8 for the season, rising to fifth place in Box-Toppers player rankings (see the updated top 10 list on the home page). He is in second place among AL pitchers, behind Masahiro Tanaka of the Yankees (10.7 Box-Toppers points).

Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter hit a grand slam and scored two runs in the 14-5 win over the Twins.

There was no National League Batter of the Day Sunday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.

Notable: Athletics pitcher Scott Kazmir rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday (see the updated top 10 list on the home page). Kazmir (7IP 0R 7K W in the 11-1 win over the Orioles) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.7 points for the season. He moves up to third place among AL pitchers in Box-Toppers points.

Zimmermann receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Hernandez receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Carter receives 1.5 for being AL Batter of the Day.

All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

608	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	19.0	Nationals	Jordan Zimmermann (W, 5-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	2	0	0	0	12
AL	17.0	`Mariners	Felix Hernandez	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	1	15
	10.0	Brewers	Yovani Gallardo (W, 4-4)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	1	8
	9.0	Dodgers	Clayton Kershaw (W, 5-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	3	1	1	0	9
	8.0	Athletics	Scott Kazmir (W, 7-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	2	7
	6.1	Angels	C.J. Wilson (W, 7-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.1	3	1	1	2	6
	5.0	Dbacks	Chase Anderson (W, 5-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	2	2	1	8
	5.0	Cardinals	Jaime Garcia (W, 2-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	0	0	3	4
	5.0	Royals	James Shields (W, 7-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	1	0	2	8
	4.0	Reds	Homer Bailey (W, 7-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	6	1	1	3	7
BAT	3.0	Astros	Chris Carter DH	4	2	1	4	0	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Indians	Cody Allen (S, 6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	Marlins	Steve Cishek (S, 14)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	Giants	Sergio Romo (S, 20)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	1.0	Red Sox	Mike Napoli 1B	4	1	3	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Mets' Colon, Mariners' Fernandez top players for Wednesday, May 28

Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon is Wednesday’s Player of the Day. Colon pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out nine in the 5-0 win over the Pirates.

Colon earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 128.4 for his career, moving him into 24th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” list (record keeping began in 1995). He is just ahead of Vladimir Guerrero (128.3 Box-Toppers points).

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is American League Player of the Day. Hernandez gave up one run over 8 2/3 innings and struck out nine in the 3-1 win over the Angels.

Hernandez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.1 for the season, moving into eighth place on Box-Toppers season player rankings (see the updated top 10 list on the home page). He is in third place among AL pitchers.

Hernandez also has 129.6 Box-Toppers points for his career, in 21st place on the “all-time” list (record keeping began in 1995), moving past Trevor Hoffman (129.4) and David Ortiz (128.9).

A.J. Pollock of the Diamondbacks is National League Batter of the Day. Pollock doubled twice, went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs in the 12-6 win over the Padres.

Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter hit two homers and drove in four runs in the 9-3 win over the Royals.

Notable: Athletics pitcher Scott Kazmir rose to 10th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday (see the updated top 10 list on the home page). Kazmir (CG 1R 8K W in the 3-1 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 6.7 for the season. He is in fourth place among AL pitchers.

Colon receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Hernandez receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Pollock and Carter each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

528	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	10.1	Mets	Bartolo Colon (W, 4-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.1	5	0	0	1	9
AL	9.2	Mariners	Felix Hernandez (W, 7-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.2	4	1	1	2	9
	9.0	Athletics	Scott Kazmir (W, 6-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	6	1	1	0	8
	7.1	Red Sox	John Lackey (W, 6-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.1	8	0	0	0	9
	6.0	`Giants	Tim Lincecum	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	0	0	0	4	5
	5.1	`White Sox	Hector Noesi	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.1	5	1	1	0	5
BAT	4.0	Dbacks	A.J. Pollock CF	4	3	3	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	4.0	Astros	Chris Carter DH	4	2	2	4	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Brewers	Khris Davis LF	3	2	2	3	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	`Blue Jays	Liam Hendriks	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	2	2	0	5
	4.0	`Rangers	Joe Saunders	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	5	0	0	2	6
	3.0	Yankees	Jacoby Ellsbury CF	5	2	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Phillies	Ryan Howard 1B	4	1	2	4	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Reds	Homer Bailey (W, 5-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	2	2	1	6
	2.0	Marlins	Casey McGehee 3B	5	2	4	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Rockies' Nicasio tops players for Monday, Aug. 26; Dodgers' Greinke rises to 6th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Monday, Aug. 26:

Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio is Monday's Player of the Day, while Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke rises to sixth in Box-Toppers player rankings. 

Nicasio pitched six shutout innings and struck out nine in the 6-1 win over the Giants. 

Greinke, who was top player in his game Monday, moves from 10th to sixth place in season player rankings in Box-Toppers points. Greinke (8.2IP 9K W in 6-2 win vs. Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 15.7 for the season.

Chris Carter of the Astros is American League Player of the Day. Carter hit two home runs, drove in four runs and went 3-for-4 in the 10-8 win over the White Sox. 

Allen Craig of the Cardinals is National League Batter of the Day. Craig hit a grand slam and went 3-for-4 in the 8-6 win over the Reds. 

Notable:  Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee rises to 30th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday. Lee (8IP 1R 7K W in 2-1 win vs. Mets) picks up 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.4 for the season.

Nicasio receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Carter receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Craig receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.

All of Monday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

826	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	9.0	Rockies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Juan Nicasio (W, 8-6)	6.0	4	0	0	2	9
	7.0	Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Cliff Lee (W, 11-6)	8.0	5	1	1	1	7
	6.2	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Zack Greinke (W, 13-3)	8.2	5	2	2	2	9
AL	6.0	Astros	Chris Carter DH	4	3	3	4	1	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	6.0	Royals	Billy Butler DH	3	3	3	3	2	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	6.0	Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Brandon McCarthy (W, 3-8)	7.0	5	1	0	0	5
BAT	4.0	Cardinals	Allen Craig RF	4	1	3	4	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.1	`Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Aaron Loup (H, 7)	1.1	1	0	0	0	3
	1.0	Athletics	Coco Crisp CF	6	2	3	2	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Rangers	Alex Rios RF	4	1	2	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Brewers' Kyle Lohse, Astros' Chris Carter top players for Wednesday, July 3

Brewers pitcher Kyle Lohse is Wednesday's Player of the Day. Lohse struck out seven over eight innings in the 4-1 win over the Nationals.

Chris Carter of the Astros is American League Player of the Day. Carter homered twice and drove in all four runs in the 4-1 win over the Rays. 

Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals is National League Batter of the Day. Carpenter homered, drove in three runs and went 3-for-6 in the 12-2 win over the Angels. 

Lohse receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Carter receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Carpenter receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.

All of Wednesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:

703	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	8.0	Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kyle Lohse (W, 4-6)	8.0	4	1	1	1	7
AL	5.0	Astros	Chris Carter LF, 1B	3	2	2	4	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	5.0	Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Randall Delgado (W, 1-2)	7.0	7	2	2	0	9
	4.0	Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Matt Garza (W, 4-1)	8.0	4	1	1	3	5
	4.0	Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Ricky Nolasco (W, 5-8)	7.0	6	2	2	0	7
	4.0	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			J.J. Hoover (W, 2-5)	2.0	1	0	0	1	4
BAT	3.0	Cardinals	Matt Carpenter 2B	6	3	3	3	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Dodgers	Hanley Ramirez SS	5	3	4	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	`Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jon Lester	7.0	6	1	1	1	5
	3.0	Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Greg Holland (S, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.1	Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Max Scherzer (W, 13-0)	6.1	7	2	2	1	8
	2.0	Orioles	Chris Davis 1B	4	1	2	3	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Pirates	Pedro Alvarez 3B	4	1	2	3	0	2			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Yankees	Robinson Cano 2B	3	1	2	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.2	Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Charlie Furbush (W, 2-4)	1.2	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Mets' Dillon Gee, Orioles' Freddy Garcia top players for Thursday, May 30

Mets pitcher Dillon Gee is Thursday's Player of the Day. Gee struck out 12 over 7 1/3 innings in the 3-1 win over the Yankees.

Orioles pitcher Freddy Garcia is American League Player of the Day. Garcia gave up no runs over eight innings and struck out six in the 2-0 win over the Nationals.​

Ramiro Pena of the Braves is National League Batter of the Day. Pena went 3-for-4 with four RBIs in the 11-3 win over the Blue Jays.​

Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter homered and drove in three runs in the 7-5 win over the Rockies.​

Note: Cubs pitcher Travis Wood is Player of the Game in the team's 8-3 win over the White Sox. However, Wood was given the honor for his batting performance. He went 2-for-4 and hit a grand slam. (He also pitched six innings, struck out six and gave up only two runs.)

Gee receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Garcia receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Pena and Carter each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Thursday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:​

530	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	13.1	Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Dillon Gee (W, 3-6)	7.1	4	1	1	0	12
AL	11.0	Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Freddy Garcia (W, 2-2)	8.0	3	0	0	0	6
	6.0	Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Felix Hernandez (W, 6-4)	8.0	3	1	1	3	6
	4.2	Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Alex Colome (W, 1-0)	5.2	5	1	0	2	7
BAT	4.0	Braves	Ramiro Pena 2B	4	1	3	4	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.0	Cubs	Travis Wood P	3	1	2	4	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
BAT	2.0	Astros	Chris Carter LF	3	1	1	3	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Red Sox	David Ortiz 1B	2	2	1	1	2	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Indians	Ryan Raburn RF	1	1	1	1	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Royals	Jeff Francoeur RF	1	1	1	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jason Vargas (W, 5-3)	7.0	5	2	2	2	6
	2.0	`Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Mark Melancon	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	Twins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jared Burton (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Giants	Pablo Sandoval 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Rangers	Nelson Cruz RF	4	2	2	1	1	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.