Dodgers’ Yamamoto tops players in Tuesday’s NLCS Game 2 win over Brewers

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Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 2.

NL Championship Series Game 2: Dodgers 5, Brewers 1

Yamamoto pitched a complete game, striking out three and allowing one run, three hits and one walk.

The Dodgers lead the best-of-seven game series, 2-0.

Yamamoto earned 17.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, seventh among all players and fourth among NL pitchers.

He recorded a +10.0 Box-Toppers game score on Tuesday, the highest among all Dodgers. The top Dodgers batter was Enrique Hernández, who recorded a +1.0 game score (2B 2-3 2R 0BI). Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta recorded a -2.8 game score in the loss (5.2IP 5H 3R BB 4K L).

This is Yamamoto’s second Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the 2025 postseason. He also did it  Oct. 1 in the NL Wild Card Game 2 win over the Reds. It was his third start of the postseason. He also started in the NLDS Game 3 loss against the Phillies Oct. 8.

Yamamoto is the fourth player to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors at least twice this postseason, joining Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell (who’s done it three times), Jorge Polanco of the Mariners (who’s done it twice) and Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (who’s also done it twice).

All of Tuesday’s 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).
10/14 BTG Game Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
  +10.0 LAD 5, MIL 1 Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W, 2‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   9.0 3 1 1 1 7
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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 +/‑
Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 pi sp lad nl 17.7 24.1 24.1 24.1 +11.3
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Wednesday’s pitching matchup (for more, see matchups chart below):

AL Championship Series Game 3, Mariners lead Blue Jays, 2-0

Blue Jays—Shane Bieber, 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 330th overall and 98th among AL pitchers.

Bieber began the season with the Guardians, rehabbing from elbow reconstruction surgery. He was traded to the Blue Jays on July 31 and made his season debut Aug. 22, winning Box-Toppers Player of the Day honors.

Bieber started in the ALDS Game 3 loss to the Yankees on Oct. 7.

Mariners—George Kirby, 11.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 34th overall and 19th among AL pitchers.

Kirby was Player of the Game in the ALDS Game 5 win over the Tigers on Oct. 10. He also started in the ALDS Game 1 loss to the Tigers on Oct. 4.

More details—Previews of AL Championship Series.

A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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
TOR Bieber, Shane 4005 3.0 5.0 40.8 65.3
SEA Kirby, George 4595 11.0 26.4 51.5 51.5
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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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. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)

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