Mariners’ Miller tops players in Sunday’s ALCS Game 1 win over Blue Jays

Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 1.

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Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 1.

AL Championship Series Game 1: Seattle 3, Blue Jays 1

Miller struck out three over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and three walks.

Miller gave up a home run on his first pitch to George Springer of the Blue Jays, but kept them scoreless in his next 75 pitches. Miller and three Mariners relievers threw a combined 100 pitches.

The Mariners lead the best-of-seven game series, 1-0.

Miller earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 302nd among all players and 89th among AL pitchers. Miller was limited to 18 starts in 2025 as he had two injured-list stints with elbow inflammation—one during the second half of May and the second, more than two months, from June 7 to Aug. 19. In his 2023 rookie season, he earned 13.1 Box-Toppers points, 11th among AL pitchers and in 2024, he had 15.7 Box-Toppers points, third among AL pitchers.

George Springer of the Blue Jays hit a home run on the first pitch of ALCS Game 1, the only run Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller gave up.

He started one previous game this postseason, in the AL Division Series Game 4 loss against the Tigers on Oct. 8 (4.1IP 4H 2R 0BB 2K ND).

Miller records a +2.0 Box-Toppers game score Sunday. Andrés Muñoz, who picked up the save for the Mariners, had a +1.0 game score (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K Sv). Mariners top batter is Jorge Polanco with a 0.0 game score (2-4 0R 2BI). Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman recorded the game’s highest game score of +2.2 in the loss (5.2IP 3H 2R BB 5K L).

Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman recorded the game’s highest Box-Toppers game score of +2.2 in the loss.

All of Sunday Player of the Game winners are listed in the chart.

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).
10/12 BTG Game Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
  +2.0 SEA 3, TOR 1 Bryce Miller (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   6.0 2 1 1 3 3
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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 in 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career +/‑
Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 3.0 18.7 31.8 31.8 -12.7
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Monday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):

AL Championship Series Game 2, Mariners lead Blue Jays, 1-0

The pitching matchup Monday:

Mariners—Logan Gilbert, 13.1 points, 20th overall, 10th among AL pitchers.

He was Player of the Game in the ALDS Game 3 win over the Tigers on Oct. 7.

Blue Jays—Trey Yesavage, 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2025, tied for 709th among all players, tied for 194th among AL pitchers. Yesavage made his Major League debut Sept. 15 and has appeared in three regular season games.

He was Player of the Game in the ALDS Game 2 win over the Yankees on Oct. 5.

National League Championship Series Game 1, Dodgers at Brewers

The pitching matchup Monday:

Dodgers—Blake Snell, 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 98th among all players and 36th among NL pitchers.

He’s earned Player of the Game honors in both his 2025 postseason starts: In the NL Wild Card Game 1 win over the Reds on Sept. 30 and in the NL Division Series Game 2 win over the Phillies on Oct. 6.

Brewers—No starting pitcher had been named as of Monday morning, but Quinn Priester seems to be a likely candidate. Priester has 11.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 36th among all players and 14th among NL pitchers.

Priester struggled in his only 2025 postseason start, the NL Division Series Game 3 loss to the Cubs on Oct. 8, when he had a -11.8 Box-Toppers game score (0.2IP 3H 4R 2BB K ND), throwing 39 pitches.

A Box-Toppers look at Monday’s League Championship Series pitching matchups

A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2025 (’25), this year and last year (’24-25), over a six-year period (’20-25) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career
SEA Gilbert, Logan 4439 13.1 26.1 60.6 60.6
TOR Yesavage, Trey 5287 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
LAD Snell, Blake 3688 7.0 22.7 65.6 111.8
MIL Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Starters subject to change.
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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. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)

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