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Berrios struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 6-2, 11-inning win over the White Sox. Berrios did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tatis hit three home runs and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, rising to first among National League pitchers. Plus, Indians pitcher Aaron Civale rises to 10th in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Read MoreMarlins’ Lopez tops players for Saturday, May 22; Yankees’ Cole extends player rankings lead
Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole extends his lead in season Box-Toppers player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors, becoming the first player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2021.
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Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rose into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to seventh place and Braves pitcher Huascar Ynoa rises to eighth place.
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Also Sunday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, becoming the 38th player this season to earn 10 or more Box-Toppers points.
Also Wednesday, Rays pitcher Blake Snell who leads American League pitchers in 2018 Box-Toppers points and is ranked second overall, edged closer to overall leader Max Scherzer of the Nationals after earning AL Player of the Day honors. In addition Wednesday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Mike Minor tops players for Wednesday, June 27; Red Sox’ Martinez rises to lead AL batter rankings
Rangers pitcher Mike Minor is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
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Read MoreRoyals’ Jason Hammel tops players for Sunday, May 27; Blue Jays’ Happ rises to 9th in player rankings
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Also Sunday, Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Mariners pitcher Erasmo Ramirez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to 20th place in career Box-Toppers points (since 1995, when player tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox' Chris Sale tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 20, rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings
Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead season player rankings, passing Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who only took the lead Tuesday.
Sale struck out 13 over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreTwins' Ervin Santana tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 2, rises to 4th in Box-Toppers player rankings
Twins pitcher Ervin Santana is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth in season player rankings.
Santana pitched a four-hit complete game, striking out nine and allowing two runs, four hits and one walk, in the 5-2 win over the Padres. He retired the first 10 batters he faced.
Read MoreAthletics' Sonny Gray tops players for Sunday, June 25; Twins' Santana maintains 3rd-place rank in Box-Toppers points
Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Twins pitcher Ervin Santana earns Player of the Game honors, maintaining his rank of third place in season player rankings, first among American League pitchers.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 25:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 13.0 |
| 3 | Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | min al | 12.4 |
| 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | bos al | 10.1 |
| 5 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.0 |
| 6 | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 9.4 |
| 7 | McCullers, Lance 3488 | pi sp | hou al | 9.4 |
| 8 | Wood, Alex 3246 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 |
| 9 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 8.2 |
| 10 | Vargas, Jason 2055 | pi sp | kc al | 8.0 |
Player of the Day—Gray struck out seven over seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits and one walk, in the 5-3 win over the White Sox.
National League Player of the Day—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 3-for-5, driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Rockies.
Bellinger earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 6.2 for the season, rising to second among NL batters, behind Matt Adams of the Braves (6.5).
American League Batter of the Day—Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays homered and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 8-2 win over the Royals.
Bautista has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2017. He earned his first points in 2006 with the Pirates and has 64.4 career points, 10th among active AL batters. His best season was 2010 with the Blue Jays when he had 15.2 Box-Toppers points, first among AL batters. He’s had three seasons with 10 or more Box-Toppers points. He’s barely kept the streak alive in two seasons, earning just 1.0 Box-Toppers point in both 2009 and 2016, both with the Blue Jays.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Cody Bellinger.
Rankings—Twins pitcher Ervin Santana, third in Box-Toppers season player rankings, earns Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Santana (6IP 9H 0R 0BB 7K W in the 4-0 win over the Indians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.4 for the season. He maintains his rank of third among all players in 2017 points, behind Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (16.4) and Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (13.0). Santana ranks first among AL pitchers, ahead of Chris Sale of the Red Sox (10.1).
Santana also now has 109.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 55th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Sunday, he passes Jeff Kent (109.7) on the “all-time” list and now trails 54th-ranked player Tom Glavine (110.6).
Debut—Kaleb Cowart of the Angels made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Cowart (2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 4-2 win over the Red Sox) made his Major League debut Aug. 18, 2015, and was playing in his 66th career game. He is the 3,837th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bellinger earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Bautista earns 1.5 points for being AL 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.
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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score| 6/25 | Score | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 6.0 | OAK 5, CHW 3 | Sonny Gray (W,3-3) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 6.0 | HOU 8, SEA 2 | Michael Feliz (W,3-1) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| NL | 4.0 | LAD 12, COL 6 | Cody Bellinger, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | MIN 4, CLE 0 | Ervin Santana (W,10-4) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4.0 | `ARI 2, PHI 1 (F/11) | Randall Delgado | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3.2 | NYM 8, SF 2 | Rafael Montero (W,1-4) | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3.0 | CIN 6, WSH 2 | Scooter Gennett, 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | TOR 8, KC 2 | Jose Bautista, RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | MIL 7, ATL 0 | Keon Broxton, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | BAL 8, TB 5 | Caleb Joseph, C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | STL 8, PIT 4 | Yadier Molina, C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | DET 7, SD 5 | Justin Wilson (S,6) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.1 | MIA 4, CHC 2 | AJ Ramos (S,12) | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | LAA 4, BOS 2 | Kaleb Cowart, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | TEX 7, NYY 6 | Shin-Soo Choo, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | +/- |
| Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | min al | 12.4 | 16.4 | 49.2 | 109.7 | 8.4 |
| Bellinger, Cody 3781 | 1b | lad nl | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Gennett, Scooter 3254 | 2b | cin nl | 4.5 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 |
| Broxton, Keon 3785 | cf | mil nl | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Ramos, A.J. 3210 | pi cp | fla nl | 4.0 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 |
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 5.0 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 3.0 |
| Choo, Shin-Soo 2267 | rf dh | tex al | 3.5 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 51.2 | 2.5 |
| Molina, Yadier 1967 | ca | stl nl | 2.0 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 36.7 | -2.0 |
| Wilson, Justin 3140 | pi cp | det al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Bautista, Jose 2169 | rf | tor al | 1.5 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 64.4 | 0.5 |
| Feliz, Michael 3632 | pi mr cp | hou al | 1.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | -2.7 |
| Joseph, Caleb 3368 | ca | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Delgado, Randall 2939 | pi sp | ari nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 1.0 |
| Montero, Rafael 3410 | pi sp | nym nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Cowart, Kaleb 3837 | 3b | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |