Marlins' Jose Fernandez takes lead among players in Box-Toppers points; Giants' Petit, nearly perfect, tops players for Friday, Sept. 6

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez takes the lead in Box-Toppers player rankings for the season after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. 

Meanwhile, Giants pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, who nearly threw a perfect game, is Friday's overall Player of the Day. 

Fernandez pitched seven shutout innings, giving up only one hit and striking out nine in the 7-0 win over the Nationals. He earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being top player in the game, giving him 19.0 for the season. He moves from second to first in the Box-Toppers player ranking list, passing previous leader Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (18.7 points), who had led since Aug. 17 (see the updated top 10 player rankings list on the home page). This is the first time Fernandez has led in Box-Toppers points this season. 

Though Fernandez' performance Friday was impressive and his Box-Toppers game score of 13.0 would usually be enough to earn Player of the Day honors, there were three other players who had better scores Friday. 

Petit, who had a Box-Toppers game score of 15.0, is Friday's overall top player. Petit was one strike away from a perfect game in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks. He gave up one hit with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. He struck out seven in the complete game shutout.

This is Petit's first Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor since Aug. 27, 2009 when he was with the Diamondbacks.

Indians pitcher Scott Kazmir is American League Player of the Day. Kazmir struck out 12 over six scoreless innings in the 8-1 win over the Mets. 

Omar Infante of the Tigers is AL Batter of the Day. Infante went 5-for-6 and drove in six runs in the 16-2 win over the Royals.

Jon Jay of the Cardinals is National League Batter of the Day. Jay went 3-for-4, scored three times and drove in three runs in the 12-8 win over the Pirates.  

Notable: Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee rises to 29th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Lee (8IP 2H 1R 10K W in 2-1 win vs. Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.4 for the season. 

Petit receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Kazmir receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Infante and Jay each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Friday'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

906	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	15.0	Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Yusmeiro Petit (W, 3-0)	9.0	1	0	0	0	7
	14.0	Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Cliff Lee (W, 12-6)	8.0	2	1	1	0	10
AL	14.0	Indians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Scott Kazmir (W, 8-7)	6.0	4	0	0	0	12
	13.0	Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jose Fernandez (W, 11-6)	7.0	1	0	0	2	9
BAT	8.0	Tigers	Omar Infante 2B	5	2	5	6	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	7.1	Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Carlos Villanueva (W, 5-8)	2.1	0	0	0	0	5
	7.0	Red Sox	Mike Napoli 1B	3	3	3	4	2	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	6.0	Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Scott Feldman (W, 5-4)	9.0	5	0	0	1	3
BAT	5.0	Cardinals	Jon Jay CF	4	3	3	3	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.0	Reds	Joey Votto 1B	2	2	2	2	2	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Athletics	Josh Donaldson 3B	5	3	3	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Angels	Mark Trumbo 1B	4	1	1	3	0	2			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Mariners	Kyle Seager 3B	3	1	1	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Blue Jays	Jose Reyes SS	3	2	1	1	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Padres	Jesus Guzman PH	1	0	1	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Rangers' Yu Darvish tops players for Thursday, Aug. 1, rises to 7th place in player Box-Toppers points

Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Thursday, Aug. 1:

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is Thursday's Player of the Day and rises to seventh place among players in Box-Toppers points for the season.

Darvish struck out 14 over seven scoreless innings in the 7-1 win over the Diamondbacks.  Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.0 for the season. 

Braves pitcher Juiio Teheran is National League Player of the Day. Teheran struck out 11 over five innings in the 11-2 win over the Rockies. 

Ryan Raburn of the Indians is American League Batter of the Day. Raburn hit two home runs, went 3-for-4 and drove in four in the 6-1 win over the White Sox. 

Jon Jay of the Cardinals is NL Batter of the Day. Jay scored three runs and went 2-for-4 in the 13-0 win over the Pirates. 

Darvish receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Teheran receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Raburn and Jay 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

801	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	16.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Yu Darvish (W, 10-5)	7.0	5	0	0	0	14
NL	7.0	Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Julio Teheran (W, 8-5)	5.0	5	1	1	2	11
BAT	5.0	Indians	Ryan Raburn RF	4	2	3	4	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	5.0	Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Matt Cain (W, 7-6)	8.0	6	1	1	2	7
	4.0	Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Bud Norris (W, 7-9)	6.0	4	2	2	2	8
	4.0	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kenley Jansen (S, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
BAT	3.0	Cardinals	Jon Jay CF	4	3	2	2	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	`Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A.J. Ramos (H, 7)	2.0	0	0	0	1	2
	2.0	Red Sox	Shane Victorino RF	5	2	2	3	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Angels	Mark Trumbo 1B	4	2	2	2	1	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Royals	Lorenzo Cain CF	2	2	1	0	3	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.