Rays pitcher Rich Hill is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Hill struck out nine over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 9-1 win over the Yankees.
Hill earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 50th among all players and 20th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Phillies.
American League Batter of the Day—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox homered, doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 8-1 win over the Athletics.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors. In fact, only one batter—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox—earned Player of the Game honors in the 12 games played. The other 11 Player of the Game winners are pitchers.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.0 |
| 2 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.4 |
| 5 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 6 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 7 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 |
| 8 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 |
| 9 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 |
| 10 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 |
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Rankings—Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Rogers (6IP 4H R 2BB 7K W in the 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers.
Scoring—Hill earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Corbin earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Bogaerts earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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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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).| 5/13 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.2 | TB 9, NYY 1 | Rich Hill, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| NL | +9.0 | WSH 5, PHI 1 | Patrick Corbin, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| +8.0 | CHW 4, MIN 2 | Lance Lynn, (W 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | SF 3, PIT 1 | Anthony DeSclafani, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +6.0 | STL 2, MIL 0 | Jack Flaherty, (W 7‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +5.0 | MIA 5, ARI 1 | Trevor Rogers, (W 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | `TOR 8, ATL 4 | Ross Stripling | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| +4.1 | DET 4, KC 3 | Spencer Turnbull, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | BOS 8, OAK 1 | Xander Bogaerts, DH | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | COL 13, CIN 8 | Chi Chi González, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 4, TEX 3 (F/11) | Brooks Raley, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +1.1 | CLE 4, SEA 2 | Bryan Shaw, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +5.0 |
| Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.0 | 9.7 | 39.3 | 39.3 | +0.3 |
| Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 4.7 | 13.8 | 40.5 | 96.4 | ‑4.4 |
| DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 | 6.7 | 21.7 | 29.4 | +1.3 |
| Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss dh | bos al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 24.2 | 29.7 | +2.0 |
| Hill, Rich 2215 | pi sp | tb al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 44.8 | 68.5 | +2.0 |
| Turnbull, Spencer 4086 | pi sp | det al | 2.7 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | ‑1.3 |
| Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | dc nl | 2.7 | 2.7 | 48.5 | 77.3 | +2.7 |
| Shaw, Bryan 2995 | pi mr cp | cle al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | +2.0 |
| Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp | tor al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 20.4 | 20.4 | +0.0 |
| Raley, Brooks 4336 | pi cp mr | hou al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +0.0 |
| Gonzalez, Chi Chi 3490 | pi sp mr | col nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.7 | +1.0 |
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