Mets pitcher Shaun Marcum is Sunday's Player of the Day. Marcum struck out 12 over seven innings in the 4-2 win over the Braves.
Marcum left the game on the hook for the loss after giving up two runs to put the Braves ahead, but the Mets came back to win the game, giving Marcum a no-decision (and Box-Toppers Player of the Game and Player of the Day honors).
Rays pitcher Alex Cobb is American League Player of the Day. Cobb struck out eight over 8 1/3 innings in the 8-3 win over the Yankees.
Pete Kozma of the Cardinals is National League Batter of the Day. Kozma hit a three-run double and went 4-for-4 in the 5-3 win over the Dodgers.
J.P. Arencibia of the Blue Jays is AL Batter of the Day. Arencibia went 3-for-4 in the 6-5 win over the Orioles.
Marcum receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Cobb receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Kozma and Arencibia each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 526 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 11.0 | `Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shaun Marcum | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 10.0 | Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stephen Strasburg (W, 3-5) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| AL | 7.1 | Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Cobb (W, 6-2) | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 7.0 | `Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hisashi Iwakuma | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7.0 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bartolo Colon (W, 5-2) | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| BAT | 5.0 | Cardinals | Pete Kozma SS | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.0 | Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Max Scherzer (W, 7-0) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 4.0 | `White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jesse Crain (H, 15) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 3.0 | Giants | Brandon Belt 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Diamondbacks | Martin Prado 2B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| BAT | 2.0 | Blue Jays | J.P. Arencibia C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.0 | Red Sox | Stephen Drew SS | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Cubs | Alfonso Soriano LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Angels | J.B. Shuck LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Pirates | Michael McKenry C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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.