Brewers pitcher Wily Peralta is Tuesday's Player of the Day. Peralta pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over the Reds.
Adrian Beltre of the Rangers is American League Player of the Day. Beltre hit two home runs, drove in five runs and went 4-for-4 in the 8-4 win over the Orioles.
Justin Upton of the Braves is National League Batter of the Day. Upton homered and went 3-for-5 in the 6-4 win over the Marlins.
Standings update: Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright rises to sixth place among players in Box-Toppers points for the season (see the updated Top 10 list on the home page). Wainwright (7IP 1R 9K) was Player of the Game in the 9-5 win over the Astros, earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.7 for the season. Wainwright and Peralta had identical 8.0 Box-Toppers game scores, but Peralta broke the tie and earned Player of the Day honors (and an extra Box-Toppers point) because he had more innings pitched.
Peralta receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Beltre receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Upton receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Tuesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 709 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 8.0 | Brewers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wily Peralta (W, 6-9) | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8.0 | Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Wainwright (W, 12-5) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| AL | 7.0 | Rangers | Adrian Beltre 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.1 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Straily (W, 6-2) | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 6.0 | Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Nolasco (W, 6-8) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 5.0 | White Sox | Dayan Viciedo LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5.0 | Padres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Stults (W, 7-7) | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 4.0 | Mets | Marlon Byrd RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4.0 | Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Archer (W, 3-3) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 3.0 | Red Sox | David Ortiz DH | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| BAT | 3.0 | Braves | Justin Upton LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.0 | Cubs | Alfonso Soriano LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cole Hamels (W, 4-11) | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 3.0 | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Shields (W, 4-6) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3.0 | Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ubaldo Jimenez (W, 7-4) | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |