Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is Saturday's Player of the Day and rises to ninth place among players in Box-Toppers points for the 2013 season (see updated top 10 list on the home page).
Wainwright pitched a complete game, struck out eight and gave up only one run in the 7-1 win over the Athletics.
Wainwright earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.7 for the season. He is the 10th player to reach 10.0 or more Box-Topers points this season.
Chris Davis of the Orioles is American League Player of the Day. Davis homered twice and drove in five runs in the 11-3 win over the Yankees.
Hanley Ramirez of the Dodgers is National League Batter of the Day. Ramirez homered, drove in three runs and went 3-for-4 in the 4-3 win over the Phillies.
Wainwright receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Davis receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Ramirez receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 629 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 8.0 | Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Wainwright (W, 11-5) | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| AL | 7.0 | Orioles | Chris Davis 1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.0 | Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jacob Turner (W, 2-0) | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 5.0 | `Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Esmil Rogers | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| BAT | 4.0 | Dodgers | Hanley Ramirez SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.0 | Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Blanton (W, 2-10) | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 4.0 | `Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Torres | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3.0 | Braves | Freddie Freeman 1B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Cubs | Alfonso Soriano DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Reds | Shin-Soo Choo CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Indians | Jason Kipnis 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Twins | Justin Morneau 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.0 | Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Francisco Liriano (W, 7-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 2.0 | Rockies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rafael Betancourt (W, 2-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1.0 | Mets | Marlon Byrd RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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.