Braves pitcher Max Fried and Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s pair of National League Division Series games.
NLDS Game 2: Braves 3, Brewers 0
Fried struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
The Braves tied the best-of-five game series, 1-1. It resumes Monday in Atlanta.
Fried earned 11.8 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 30th among all players, 19th among NL pitchers.
Fried had a Box-Toppers game score Saturday of +12.0, most among Braves players Saturday. Braves top batter Saturday, third baseman Austin Riley, had a game score of 0.0 (HR 2-4 R BI). Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff had a game score of +1.0 in the loss (6IP 5H 3R BB 7K L).
NLDS Game 2: Dodgers 9, Giants 2
Urias struck out five over five innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 9-2 win over the Giants.
The Dodgers tied the best-of-five game series, 1-1. It resumes Monday in Los Angeles.
Urias earned 19.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fourth among all players, third among NL pitchers.
Urias had a Box-Toppers game score Saturday of +4.0, best among all Dodgers players. Dodgers top batter was left fielder AJ Pollock with a game score of +3.0 (2B 2-3 2R 2BI). Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman had a game score of -2.9 in the loss (5.1IP 4H 4R 3BB 7K L).
Box‑Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +12.0 | ATL 3, MIL 0 | Max Fried, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| +4.0 | LAD 9, SF 2 | Julio Urías, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Coming Sunday: The American League Division Series playoffs resume with two Game 3s:
ALDS Game 3: Rays at Red Sox, series tied, 1-1
The pitching matchup Sunday:
Rays—Drew Rasmussen, 2.0 Box-Toppers points, 502nd among all players, 146th among AL pitchers.
Red Sox—Nathan Eovaldi, 14.1 Box-Toppers points, 16th among all players, sixth among AL pitchers.
ALDS Game 3: Astros lead White Sox, 2-0
The pitching matchup Sunday:
Astros—Luis Garcia, 10.0 Box-Toppers points, 49th among all players, 18th among AL pitchers.
White Sox—Dylan Cease, 14.4 Box-Toppers points, 15th among all players, fifth among AL pitchers.
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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