Rangers' Nomar Mazara tops players for Friday, April 7; Scherzer earns his 1st point of 2017

Nomar Mazara of the Rangers is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer—who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2016—earned his first Box-Toppers point of the season after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Mazara hit a grand slam and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 10-5 win over the Athletics.

National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Amir Garrett pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four, in the 2-0 win over the Cardinals.

This was Garrett’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. It was also his Major League debut. He is the 3,672nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Garrett had a Box-Toppers game score Friday of 6.0, tied with two other Friday Players of the Game—Mazara and Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson. Mazara won the tiebreaker over Garrett because in cases of Box-Toppers game score ties, batters top pitchers. Garrett won the tiebreaker over Nelson because Garrett earned the win in his game, while Nelson picked up the no-decision.

National League Batter of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Padres doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-6 win over the Giants.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Nomar Mazara.

Debut—Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors (6IP 4H R 2BB 6K W in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers). Freeland was also making his Major League debut. He is the 3,763rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Streak—Seth Smith of the Orioles has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Smith (HR 2B 2-4 2R 2BI in the 6-5 win over the Yankees) made his Box-Toppers debut in 2008 with the Rockies and has 39.2 career Box-Toppers points, ninth among active AL outfielders. His best season was 2008 with the Rockies when he had 8.5 Box-Toppers points, fifth among NL batters.

Notable—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer now has 132.7 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday (6.2IP 4H 2R 2BB 7K W in the 7-6 win over the Phillies). Scherzer ranks 31st among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 30th-ranked player Jason Giambi (133.4).

Scherzer led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2016 with 25.7. This was his first point of the year. He now leads all players in Box-Toppers points over 2016 and 2017 with 26.7, passing Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (26.4).

Scoring—Mazara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Garrett earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Solarte earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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 

4/7	Score	Game	Player	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	6.0	TEX 10, OAK 5	Nomar Mazara, RF	5	2	3	6		-	-	-	-	-	-
NL	6.0	CIN 2, STL 0	Amir Garrett (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	0	0	2	4
	6.0	`MIL 2, CHC 1 (F/11)	Jimmy Nelson	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	1	1	2	8
	4.2	LAA 5, SEA 1	Jesse Chavez (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		5.2	4	1	1	1	6
	4.0	COL 2, LAD 1	Kyle Freeland (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	1	1	2	6
	4.0	`DET 6, BOS 5	Michael Fulmer	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	0	0	2	4
	3.2	WSH 7, PHI 6	Max Scherzer (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.2	4	2	2	2	7
BAT	3.0	SD 7, SF 6	Yangervis Solarte, 2B	5	1	3	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	MIA 7, NYM 2	Derek Dietrich, 3B	3	1	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	KC 5, HOU 1	Jason Vargas (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	1	1	1	6
	3.0	PIT 5, ATL 4	Ivan Nova (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	1	0	0	4
	2.1	TB 10, TOR 8	Alex Colome (S,3)	-	-	-	-		1.1	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	BAL 6, NYY 5	Seth Smith, RF	4	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	ARI 7, CLE 3	Paul Goldschmidt, 1B	3	2	1	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	MIN 3, CHW 1	Phil Hughes (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		6.0	5	1	1	0	3

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 Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	2.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	-5.0
Garrett, Amir 3762	pi sp	cin nl	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Solarte, Yangervis 3304	3b	sd nl	1.5	4.5	10.5	10.5	-1.5
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	1.0	26.7	104.9	132.7	-24.7
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	1.0	13.7	13.7	13.7	-11.7
Colome, Alex 3189	pi cp	tb al	1.0	10.0	18.7	18.7	-8.0
Nova, Ivan 2796	pi sp	pit nl	1.0	9.0	24.7	32.1	-7.0
Smith, Seth 2489	rf	bal al	1.0	6.0	18.5	39.2	-4.0
Goldschmidt, Paul 2935	1b	ari nl	1.0	5.5	36.9	40.9	-3.5
Nelson, Jimmy 3299	pi sp	mil nl	1.0	4.0	14.4	14.4	-2.0
Dietrich, Derek 3199	3b	fla nl	1.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	-1.0
Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	1.0	2.0	27.4	48.2	0.0
Chavez, Jesse 2780	pi sp	ana al	1.0	1.0	20.1	21.1	1.0
Hughes, Phil 2272	pi sp	min al	1.0	1.0	30.5	49.2	1.0
Freeland, Kyle 3763	pi sp	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Mariners' Iwakuma tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 3; Nationals' Scherzer edges closer to Kershaw's lead

Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma is Wednesday’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 Aug. 3:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	18.7
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	16.4
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	14.5
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
6	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	14.1
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	14.1
8	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	12.4
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	11.0

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Also Wednesday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, ranked second among players in Box-Toppers points this season, got within striking distance of overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Iwakuma pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing five hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Red Sox.

National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer struck out 11 over eight innings, allowing three runs, four hits and one walk, in the 8-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

Scherzer earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 18.7 for the season, maintaining second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings. With his points Wednesday, he now has the chance to pass overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0 Box-Toppers points) on his next start. 

Scherzer’s 1.3-point gap behind Kershaw is the closest any player has been to the leader since May 22, when Kershaw had 10.0 Box-Toppers points and Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta trailed him in second place with 8.7 (Arrieta now has 10.7 points, 11th among all players). Kershaw has led all players since May 7, but last earned Box-Toppers points on June 20 before going on the disabled list June 27. On Wednesday, he was retroactively placed on the 60-day disabled list, eligible to return Aug. 27.

Scherzer also now has 124.7 career Box-Toppers points, ranked 37th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Wednesday, he passes Gary Sheffield (124.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 36th-ranked player, Angels pitcher Jered Weaver (125.1).

American League Batter of the Day—Joe Mauer of the Twins hit two doubles and tripled, going 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 13-5 win over the Indians.

This was Mauer’s first Player of the Game honor in 2016 and he has now earned Box-Toppers points in 13 straight seasons, all with the Twins. He earned his first points in 2004 and has 70.6 career points, 11th among active AL batters. His best season was 2008 when he had 9.5 Box-Toppers points, eighth among AL batters. In 2015, he had 2.5 points.

National League Batter of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Padres homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 12-3 win over the Brewers.

Notable—Besides Scherzer, two other players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday:

• Albert Pujols of the Angels (HR 2B 3-5 2R 3BI in the 8-6 win over the Athletics) now has 181.3 career Box-Toppers points, ranked sixth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began (see updated list of the overall top 20 players in career points). He now trails fifth-place player, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (182.0), by only 0.7 points. Pujols has 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 10th among AL batters.
• Cubs pitcher John Lackey (7IP 7H 3R 0BB 8K ND in the 5-4 win over the Marlins) rises to 40th place in career Box-Toppers points (118.2) among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes two players on the “all-time” list, Barry Zito (117.4) and Carlos Delgado (117.7) and now trails 39th-ranked player Cliff Lee (119.1). Lackey also becomes the 19th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points—he has 10.4 and ranks 14th among all players, 10th among NL pitchers.

Streak—Ryan Howard has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons—all with the Phillies—after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Wednesday.

Howard (HR 3-4 R BI in the 5-4, 12-inning win over the Giants) earned his first points in 2005 and has 97.7 career points, second among active NL batters, trailing Matt Holliday of the Cardinals (97.8) by 0.1 point. Howard’s best season was 2009 when he had 15.4 points, third among NL batters. In 2015, he had 5.5 points.

Scoring—Iwakuma earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Scherzer earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Mauer and Solarte each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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

8/3	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	9.1	SEA 3, BOS 1	Hisashi Iwakuma (W,12-7)	-	-	-	-		7.1	5	0	0	0	7
NL	8.0	WSH 8, ARI 3	Max Scherzer (W,12-6)	-	-	-	-		8.0	4	3	3	1	11
	8.0	TOR 3, HOU 1	Marco Estrada (W,7-4)	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	1	1	0	7
	8.0	TB 12, KC 0	Jake Odorizzi (W,6-5)	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	0	0	2	6
	6.1	NYY 9, NYM 5	Luis Severino (W,1-6)	-	-	-	-		4.1	1	1	0	1	5
BAT	5.0	MIN 13, CLE 5	Joe Mauer, 1B	5	2	4	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	SD 12, MIL 3	Yangervis Solarte, 3B	5	4	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	5.0	COL 12, LAD 2	Nolan Arenado, 3B	3	3	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.1	DET 2, CHW 1	Shane Greene (W,2-2)	-	-	-	-		1.1	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	LAA 8, OAK 6	Albert Pujols, DH	5	2	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	ATL 8, PIT 4	Ender Inciarte, CF	4	2	3	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	BAL 3, TEX 2	Kevin Gausman (W,3-8)	-	-	-	-		7.0	7	2	2	1	7
	2.0	`CHC 5, MIA 4	John Lackey	-	-	-	-		7.0	7	3	3	0	8
	1.0	PHI 5, SF 4 (12)	Ryan Howard, 1B	4	1	3	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	STL 5, CIN 4	Brandon Moss, 1B	4	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
		`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	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	18.7	39.7	104.3	124.7	-2.3
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	10.4	20.1	39.8	118.2	0.7
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	7.0	15.0	39.1	39.1	-1.0
Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	7.0	14.0	44.0	181.3	0.0
Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	6.5	15.0	16.5	16.5	-2.0
Gausman, Kevin 3191	pi sp	bal al	5.4	11.1	18.8	18.8	-0.3
Odorizzi, Jake 3291	pi sp	tb al	4.7	13.4	24.4	24.4	-4.0
Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048	pi sp	sea al	4.0	17.1	52.2	52.2	-9.1
Solarte, Yangervis 3304	3b	sd nl	3.0	8.0	9.0	9.0	-2.0
Greene, Shane 3381	pi sp	det al	3.0	6.0	13.0	13.0	0.0
Moss, Brandon 2520	rf lf 1b	stl nl	2.5	7.5	23.5	25.5	-2.5
Mauer, Joe 1869	1b	min al	1.5	4.0	26.0	70.6	-1.0
Howard, Ryan 2040	1b	phi nl	1.0	6.5	31.4	97.7	-4.5
Inciarte, Ender 3360	cf	atl nl	1.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	-2.0
Severino, Luis 3567	pi mr sp	nyy al	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	-2.0

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Twins' Ervin Santana tops players for Wednesday, July 6; Giants' Cueto rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers rankings

Twins pitcher Ervin Santana is Wednesday’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 July 6:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Also Wednesday, Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to second place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Santana pitched a two-hit, complete-game shutout, striking out eight and walking none, in the 4-0 win over the Athletics.

Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first Box-Toppers points of the season, and has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons. 

He earned his first points in 2005 with the Angels and has 95.3 for his career, ninth among active American League pitchers. His best season was 2008 with the Angels, when he had 16.7 points, leading all AL pitchers. In 2015, he had 5.4 points with the Twins.

National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto pitched a complete game, allowing one run, five hits, one walk and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Rockies.

Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season and rising from fourth to second in season player rankings, trailing overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0).

Cueto’s rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings is the first movement in that chart in a week. None of the players in the top 10 have earned Player of the Game honors since June 29.

National League Batter of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Padres hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 13-6 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Nick Castellanos of the Tigers homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 12-2 win over the Indians.

Notable—Angels pitcher Jered Weaver now has 125.1 Box-Toppers points—37th-most among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began—after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Weaver (6IP 4H R BB 5K W in the 7-2 win over the Rays) now trails the 36th-ranked player on the “all-time” list, Mariano Rivera (126.4). Weaver has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Debut—Bryce Brentz of the Red Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Brentz (2-4 2R 3BI in the 11-6 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut Sept. 17, 2014, and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,680th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cueto earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Solarte and Castellanos each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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

7/6	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	15.0	MIN 4/OAK 0	Ervin Santana (W,3-7)	-	-	-	-		9.0	2	0	0	0	8
NL	9.0	SF 5/COL 1	Johnny Cueto (W,13-1)	-	-	-	-		9.0	5	1	1	1	8
	6.0	TOR 4/KC 2	Marcus Stroman (W,7-4)	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	2	2	1	6
BAT	5.0	SD 13/ARI 6	Yangervis Solarte, 3B	5	2	3	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	DET 12/CLE 2	Nick Castellanos, 3B	5	2	3	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	CHW 5/NYY 0	Miguel Gonzalez (W,2-4)	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	0	0	1	3
	4.0	LAA 7/TB 2	Jered Weaver (W,7-7)	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	1	1	1	5
	4.0	DC 7/MIL 4	Jonathan Papelbon (S,17)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	3
	3.0	HOU 9/SEA 8	Carlos Gomez, CF	4	1	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	BOS 11/TEX 6	Bryce Brentz, LF	4	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	BAL 6/LAD 4	Mark Trumbo, RF	6	3	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	NYM 4/MIA 2	Wilmer Flores, 3B	4	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	PIT 7/STL 5	A.J. Schugel (W,2-2)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	CIN 5/CHC 3	Tony Cingrani (S,10)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	PHI 4/ATL 3	Freddy Galvis, SS	4	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-

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	+/-
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4	26.2	77.4	96.8	0.6
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf	bal al	7.2	9.7	32.9	32.9	4.7
Castellanos, Nick 3349	3b	det al	5.5	11.7	13.7	13.7	-0.7
Galvis, Freddy 3202	ss	phi nl	4.0	8.0	12.0	12.0	0.0
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	3.7	10.4	32.5	32.5	-3.0
Stroman, Marcus 3327	pi sp	tor al	3.7	6.4	20.1	20.1	1.0
Flores, Wilmer 3345	3b ss 2b	nym nl	2.5	5.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	2.0	9.7	64.3	125.1	-5.7
Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	2.0	7.4	45.8	95.3	-3.4
Papelbon, Jonathan 2110	pi cp	dc nl	2.0	6.0	23.7	54.4	-2.0
Schugel, A.J. 3669	pi mr	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Solarte, Yangervis 3304	3b	sd nl	1.5	6.5	7.5	7.5	-3.5
Gomez, Carlos 2397	cf	hou al	1.0	7.0	17.5	28.5	-5.0
Cingrani, Tony 3158	pi cp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	8.4	8.4	1.0
Brentz, Bryce 3680	lf	bos al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Brewers' Jungmann tops players for Saturday, July 11; White Sox' Sale rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Brewers pitcher Taylor Jungmann is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, A.J. Burnett of the Pirates became the fifth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting and rose to 30th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 11.  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	13.4
4	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	13.4
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	13.1
6	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
7	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
8	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	11.7
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	11.0
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7

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Player of the Day—Jungmann pitched a complete game, allowing one run on three hits and striking out seven, in the 7-1 win over the Dodgers.

American League Player of the Day—Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out six, in the 5-0 win over the Angels.

Jungmann and Iwakuma both had Box-Toppers game scores of 9.0 Saturday, but Jungmann earned overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker—he pitched nine innings, while Iwakuma pitched eight.

National League Batter of the Day—J.T. Realmuto of the Marlins homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-3 win over the Reds.

Realmuto had a Box-Toppers game score of 4.0, tied with Yangervis Solarte of the Padres, Player of the Game in the 6-5 win over the Rangers, but Solarte earned NL Batter of the Day honors on a tiebreaker—he had more at bats (five vs. three).

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Reddick of the Athletics doubled and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 5-4 win over the Indians.

Reddick had a Box-Toppers game score of 3.0, tied with Danny Valencia of the Blue Jays, who was Player of the Game in the 6-2 win over the Royals, but Reddick earned AL Batter of the Day honors on a tiebreaker—he had more hits (two vs. one).

Rankings—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday. Sale (7IP 6H R 10K W in the 5-1 win over the Cubs) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind overall leader Felix Hernandez of the Mariners (14.4 Box-Toppers points).

Notable—A.J. Burnett of the Pirates became the fifth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting. Burnett (HR 1-1 R BI in the 6-5, 14-inning win over the Cardinals) also rose to 30th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. With his 1.0 Box-Toppers point earned Saturday, Burnett has 127.8 career points and passes Roy Oswalt (127.2 Box-Toppers points) on the “all-time” list. He trails 29th-place player, Vladimir Guerrero (128.3). Burnett has 6.0 Box-Toppers points this season and ranks 22nd among NL pitchers.

Saturday was the first time in Burnett’s career he earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for batting. He made his Box-Toppers debut in 1999 and pitched for NL teams (where he was more likely to bat) all but six seasons.

Also notable—Mets pitcher Matt Harvey became the 11th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors. Harvey (7IP 5H 2R 9K W in the 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season. He ranks 11th among all players, sixth among NL pitchers. (Harvey also hit his first career home run in the win Saturday.)

Scoring—Jungmann earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Iwakuma earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Realmuto and Reddick each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers 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

7/11	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	9.0	Brewers	Taylor Jungmann (W,4-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	3	1	1	2	7
AL	9.0	Mariners	Hisashi Iwakuma (W,1-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	0	0	2	6
	8.0	White Sox	Chris Sale (W,8-4)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	1	1	1	10
	5.2	Rays	Jake Odorizzi (W,5-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.2	2	0	0	3	5
BAT	4.0	Marlins	J.T. Realmuto, C	5	2	3	4	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Padres	Yangervis Solarte, 3B	3	3	2	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Nationals	Danny Espinosa, 2B	4	2	2	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	Athletics	Josh Reddick, RF	2	2	2	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Blue Jays	Danny Valencia, 3B	2	1	1	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Mets	Matt Harvey (W,8-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	2	2	4	9
	3.0	`Rockies	Jorge De La Rosa	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	2	2	2	7
	2.0	Giants	Brandon Crawford, SS	4	2	3	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Twins	Aaron Hicks, CF	3	1	2	2	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Pirates	A.J. Burnett, P	1	1	1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Red Sox	Koji Uehara (S,22)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	1	0	0	0	2
		`Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.