Dodgers’ Snell, Brewers’ Misiorowski top players in Monday’s NL Division Series games

Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s the NLDS Game 2 win over the Phillies.

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Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell and Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two National League Division Series games.

NL Division Series Game 2: Dodgers 4, Phillies 3

Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and four walks.

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

Snell earned 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 98th among all players and 36th among NL pitchers. This was his second Player of the Game honor of the 2025 postseason. He also did it in the NL Wild Card Game 1 on Sept. 30.

Snell recorded a +10.0 Box-Toppers game score to lead all Dodgers. Top Dodgers batter was Will Smith (1-2 0R 2BI) with a +1.0 game score. Phillies starting pitcher Jesús Luzardo had a +3.0 game score in the loss (6IP 3H 2R BB 5K L).

Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s the NLDS Game 2 win over the Cubs.

NL Division Series Game 2: Brewers 7, Cubs 3

Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski struck out four over three scoreless innings of middle relief, allowing one hit and two walks.

The Brewers now lead the best-of-five game series, 2-0.

Misiorowski earned 6.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 155th among all players, 50th among NL pitchers and fourth among NL rookie pitchers.

Misiorowski, who pitched the third, fourth and fifth innings and picked up the win, had a Box-Toppers game score Monday of +4.0. Top Brewers batter Jackson Chourio (HR 2-4 R 3BI) had a +2.0 game score. Brewers starting pitcher Aaron Ashby had a -8.8 game score (1.2IP 3H 3R 2BB K ND). Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga had a -7.8 game score in the loss (2.2IP 5H 4R 0BB 3K L).

Both NL Division Series take Tuesday off and resume with Game 3s on Wednesday.

All of Monday’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).
10/6 BTG Game Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
  +10.0 LAD 4, PHI 3 Blake Snell (W, 2‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   6.0 1 0 0 4 9
  +4.0 MIL 7, CHC 3 Jacob Misiorowski (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   3.0 1 0 0 2 4
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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 +/‑
Snell, Blake 3688 pi sp lad nl 7.0 22.7 65.6 111.8 -8.7
Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 pi sp mil nl 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 +6.0
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Tuesday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):

AL Division Series Game 3: Mariners at Tigers, series tied, 1-1

Mariners—Logan Gilbert, 13.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 20th among all players, 10th among AL pitchers.

Tigers—Jack Flaherty, 8.4 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 70th among all players, 30th among AL pitchers. Flaherty was Player of the Game in the Wild Card Game 3 win against the Guardians on Oct. 2.

More details—Previews of AL Division Series

AL Division Series Game 3: Blue Jays lead Yankees, 2-0

Blue Jays—Shane Bieber, 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 330th among all players, 98th among AL pitchers

Yankees—Carlos Rodón, 13.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 17th among all players, eighth among AL pitchers.

More details—Previews of AL Division Series

A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’s League Division 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
DET Flaherty, Jack 3971 8.4 20.4 36.1 65.7
TOR Bieber, Shane 4005 3.0 5.0 40.8 65.3
NYY Rodon, Carlos 3494 13.7 26.4 58.9 84.0
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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