Blue Jays' Tulowitzki tops players in Sunday, Oct. 11's ALDS playoff games

Troy Tulowitzki of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.

Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is top player in the other ALDS game.

ALDS Game 3: Blue Jays 5, Rangers 1

Troy Tulowitzki of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, driving in four total runs.

During the regular season, Tulowitzki had 6.0 Box-Toppers points, 133rd among all players, 28th among AL batters and third among AL shortstops, behind Eduardo Escobar of the Twins (7.7) and Carlos Correa of the Astros (7.2). Tulowitzkiled all National League batters in Box-Toppers points in 2014 (11.6).

The Rangers lead the best-of-five game series 2-1 and it resumes Monday in Texas.

ALDS Game 3: Astros 4, Royals 2

Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run and five hits to earn Player of the Game honors.

During the regular season, Keuchel had 21.4 Box-Toppers points, fourth among all players, first among AL pitchers. It is the second time this postseason Keuchel has earned Player of the Game honors—he was also top player in the Astros’ Oct. 6 NL Wild Card playoff game win against the Yankees.

The Astros lead the best-of-five game series 2-1 and it resumes Monday in Houston.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

10/11	Score	Team	Players	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
POG	4.0	Blue Jays	Troy Tulowitzki, SS	3	1	2	4	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
POG	4.0	Astros	Dallas Keuchel (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	1	1	3	7

Coming Monday: League Division Series playoff games resume:

AL Division Series Game 4, Astros lead Royals, 2-1

The pitching matchup Monday:

Royals—Yordano Ventura, 11.7 Box-Toppers points, 30th among all players, 15th among AL pitchers.

Astros—Lance McCullers, 6.7 Box-Toppers points, 120th among all players, 46th among AL pitchers.

See series preview and Box-Toppers point totals of all Royals and Astros who earned Player of the Game honors in the 2015 regular season.

AL Division Series Game 4, Rangers lead Blue Jays, 2-1

The pitching matchup Monday:

Blue Jays—R.A. Dickey, 5.0 Box-Toppers points, 180th among all players, 64th among AL pitchers.

Rangers—Derek Holland, 2.7 Box-Toppers points, 369th among all players, 106th among AL pitchers.

See series preview and Box-Toppers point totals of all Blue Jays and Rangers who earned Player of the Game honors in the 2015 regular season.

NL Division Series Game 3, Cardinals at Cubs, series tied, 1-1

The pitching matchup Monday:

Cardinals—Michael Wacha, 9.7 Box-Toppers points, 53rd among all players, 23rd among NL pitchers.

Cubs—Jake Arrieta, 29.1 Box-Toppers points, first among all players, first among NL pitchers.

See series preview and Box-Toppers point totals of all Cardinals and Cubs who earned Player of the Game honors in the 2015 regular season.

NL Division Series Game 3, Dodgers at Mets, series tied, 1-1

The pitching matchup Monday:

Dodgers—Brett Anderson, 6.0 Box-Toppers points, 147th among all players, 46th among NL pitchers.

Mets—Matt Harvey, 15.4 Box-Toppers points, 16th among all players, eighth among NL pitchers.

See series preview and Box-Toppers point totals of all Mets and Dodgers who earned Player of the Game honors in the 2015 regular season.

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.

Cubs' Jake Arrieta, pitching no-hitter, tops players for Sunday, Aug. 30, rises to 2nd in player rankings

(Other duties have put us behind updating Box-Toppers. Playing catch up …)

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta, pitching a no-hitter, is Box-Toppers Player of the Day for Sunday, Aug. 30 and rises to second in Box-Toppers player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Aug. 30.  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	19.4
2	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	19.1
3	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.7
4	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tor al	18.1
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	17.1
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	16.7
8	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	16.4
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	16.0
10	Gray, Sonny 3259	pi sp	oak al	15.8

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Sunday, Michael Cuddyer of the Mets extended to 12 the number of consecutive seasons in which he’s earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Player of the Day—Arrieta struck out 12 and walked one, pitching the complete-game no-hitter, shutting out the Dodgers, 2-0.

Arrieta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 19.1 for the season and rising to second in Box-Toppers season player rankings. He trails overall leader, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom (19.4 Box-Toppers points).

American League Player of the Day—Rangers pitcher Derek Holland pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 11 and allowing three hits, in the 6-0 win over the Orioles.

American League Batter of the Day—Stephen Drew of the Yankees homered and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 20-6 win over the Braves.

National League Batter of the Day—Jayson Werth of the Nationals hit a two-run homer and doubled, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Marlins.

Streak—Michael Cuddyer of the Mets has now earned Box-Toppers points for 12 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Cuddyer (3-3 2R BI in the 5-4 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his first of the season.

Cuddyer earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2004 with the Twins. His best year was 2013 with the Rockies when he had 11.5 Box-Toppers points, ranked third among NL batters. In 2014, he had 3.0 Box-Toppers points with the Rockies.

Cuddyer has 60.7 career Box-Toppers points and ranks 209th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He ranks third among active NL outfielders in career Box-Toppers points, behind Matt Holliday of the Cardinals (91.8) and Ryan Braun (77.7).

Trivial—This is the first time this season in which all players in the Box-Toppers top 10 have different Box-Toppers point totals. After the games of Aug. 29, Arrieta and White Sox pitcher Chris Sale both had 17.1 Box-Toppers points, but with Arrieta earning 2.0 Box-Toppers points, each player has a different point total.

Scoring—Arrieta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Holland earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Drew and Werth each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

8/30	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	20.0	Cubs	Jake Arrieta (W,17-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	0	0	0	1	12
AL	17.0	Rangers	Derek Holland (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	3	0	0	0	11
	11.0	Twins	Ervin Santana (W,3-4)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	0	0	0	10
	8.0	Rockies	Jorge De La Rosa (W,8-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	0	0	1	7
BAT	7.0	Yankees	Stephen Drew, 2B	4	3	4	4	2	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	6.0	Padres	James Shields (W,10-6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	1	1	1	8
	5.0	Indians	Josh Tomlin (W,3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	2	2	0	8
	5.0	White Sox	David Robertson (W,6-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	0	3
	4.0	Blue Jays	Russell Martin, C	3	3	2	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Brewers	Wily Peralta (W,5-8)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	7	1	1	0	6
BAT	3.0	Nationals	Jayson Werth, LF	4	2	2	3	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Mets	Michael Cuddyer, LF-1B	3	2	3	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Cardinals	Kevin Siegrist (S,6)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Rays	Brandon Guyer, RF	4	2	3	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Athletics	Pat Venditte (W,1-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	1	0	0	0	1

Rangers' Derek Holland (CG 0R 9K) tops players for Monday, Sept. 23

Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is Monday's Player of the Day. Holland pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out nine, in the 12-0 win over the Astros.

Holland earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.7 for the season, putting him in 36th place in Box-Toppers player rankings.

Brewers pitcher Marco Estrada is National League Player of the Day. Estrada pitched seven shutout innings, giving up only two hits, in the 5-0 win over the Braves. 

Nick Hundley of the Padres is NL Batter of the Day. Hundley hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4 in the 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks. 

Jed Lowrie of the Athletics is American League Batter of the Day. Lowrie hit a three-run homer in the 10-5 win over the Angels.

Notable: Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright had a chance to retake the lead in Box-Toppers player rankings in his start against the Nationals Monday, but did not score any Box-Toppers points. Though Wainwright earned the win in the 4-3 victory, he gave up seven hits and three runs over seven innings and his Box-Toppers game score was -1.0. Closing pitcher Trevor Rosenthal was the Cardinals Player of the Game with a Box-Toppers game score of 1.2.

Wainwright is still in third place in Box-Toppers player rankings (see the updated top 10 list on the home page) with 19.2 points. He trails overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who has 20.7. Wainwright has one last chance to catch or pass Kershaw in his scheduled start on the final day of the regular season Sunday against the Cubs. (Kershaw has his final regular season scheduled start Friday against the Rockies.)

Holland receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Estrada receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Hundley and Lowrie each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Monday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

923	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	11.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Derek Holland (W, 10-9)	9.0	6	0	0	1	9
NL	8.0	Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Marco Estrada (W, 7-4)	7.0	2	0	0	3	6
	8.0	`Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Charlie Morton	7.0	3	0	0	1	5
	7.2	Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Nathan Eovaldi (W, 4-6)	7.2	3	0	0	2	5
	4.2	`Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Yordano Ventura	5.2	2	1	1	3	6
	3.1	White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jose Quintana (W, 9-6)	7.1	5	2	2	1	6
	3.0	`Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Johnny Cueto	7.0	3	2	1	3	5
BAT	2.0	Padres	Nick Hundley C	4	1	2	3	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
BAT	2.0	Athletics	Jed Lowrie DH	4	2	1	3	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Rays	James Loney PH	1	1	1	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.2	Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Trevor Rosenthal (S, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Twins	Ryan Doumit PH	1	0	1	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Rangers' Holland, Cardinals' Lynn top players for Sunday, Aug. 4

Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Sunday, Aug. 4:

Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is Sunday's Player of the Day, while Cardinals pitcher Lance Lynn rises to seventh place among players in Box-Toppers points for the season.

Holland pitched eight shutout innings and struck out 10 in the 4-0 win over the Athletics. 

Lynn is National League Player of the Day, striking out 11 over eight innings in the 15-2 win over the Reds. Lynn earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 13.1 for the season, moving him into seventh place among players.

Khris Davis of the Brewers is National League Batter of the Day. Davis scored twice and went 1-for-2 in the 8-5 win over the Nationals. 

Justin Morneau of the Twins is American League Batter of the Day. Morneau homered and went 2-for-4 in the 3-2 win over the Astros. 

Holland receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Lynn receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Davis and Morneau each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

804	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	12.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Derek Holland (W, 9-6)	8.0	4	0	0	2	10
NL	9.0	Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Lance Lynn (W, 13-5)	8.0	4	2	2	2	11
	9.0	Indians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Scott Kazmir (W, 7-4)	6.0	2	0	0	2	7
	7.0	Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A.J. Burnett (W, 5-7)	9.0	8	1	1	1	9
	7.0	Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Felix Doubront (W, 8-5)	7.0	5	0	0	0	5
	6.0	`Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Yoervis Medina (H, 8)	2.0	0	0	0	0	4
	4.0	Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Bruce Rondon (W, 1-1)	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
	4.0	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kenley Jansen (S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
	3.1	Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Alex Torres (W, 4-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Alex Wood (W, 2-2)	6.0	2	1	1	2	3
	2.2	Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Brett Cecil (W, 5-1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2
BAT	2.0	Brewers	Khris Davis PH, LF	2	2	1	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Padres	Mark Kotsay LF	1	0	1	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
BAT	1.0	Twins	Justin Morneau 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Royals	Jarrod Dyson PR, CF	2	2	1	0	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Rangers' Derek Holland (CG 0R 2H) is top player for Thursday, June 27

Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is Thursday's Player of the Day. Holland threw a complete game, two-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over the Yankees.

Cubs pitcher Matt Garza is National League Player of the Day. Garza struck out 10 over seven innings and gave up only one run in the 7-2 win over the Brewers. 

Ryan Flaherty of the Orioles is American League Batter of the Day. Flaherty went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs in the 7-3 win over the Indians.  This was Flaherty's Box-Toppers debut, the first time he was named Player of the Game. He is the 3,211th player to debut since Box-Toppers began in 1995.

Matt Kemp of the Dodgers is NL Player of the Day. Kemp was 2-for-4 in the 6-4 win over the Phillies.

Standings update: Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to second place among players in Box-Toppers points for the 2013 season (see updated top 10 list on the home page).  Corbin (7IP 6K ND) was Player of the Game in the 11-inning, 3-2 win over the Nationals. Corbin earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 11.4 for the season. He now leads all NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points and trails only Indians pitcher Justin Masterson, who has 11.7 Box-Toppers points.

Holland receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Garza receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Flaherty and Kemp each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Thursday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:

627	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	12.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Derek Holland (W, 6-4)	9.0	2	0	0	2	7
NL	6.0	Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Matt Garza (W, 3-1)	7.0	8	1	1	1	10
	5.0	`Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jered Weaver	7.0	4	1	1	2	6
	3.0	Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Koji Uehara (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			LaTroy Hawkins (W, 3-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
BAT	2.0	Orioles	Ryan Flaherty 2B, 3B	3	1	2	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	`Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Patrick Corbin	7.0	5	2	2	2	6
	2.0	Twins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Samuel Deduno (W, 4-2)	7.0	5	1	1	1	3
BAT	1.0	Dodgers	Matt Kemp CF	4	2	2	1	0	2			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

St. Louis Cardinals remain atop Box-Toppers team rankings

The St. Louis Cardinals remain atop Box-Toppers team power rankings for the second straight week.

Cardinals players have accumulated the most Box-Toppers points for the season (36.9) and strengthened their dominant position by picking up more points than any other team in the past week (8.5).

The Texas Rangers remain at the number-two spot with 33.9 points and also picked up more points than any other American League team in the past week (6.5).​

The Cincinnati Reds made the biggest jump in the rankings from 10th place to third, picking up 7.5 points in the past week, giving them 30.2 for the season.​

The Cardinals have the best win-loss record in the National League at 26-14, but the Box-Toppers second-ranked Rangers have the best record in baseball at 27-14.

​The Cardinals are led by pitchers Shelby Miller, who has 7.7 Box-Toppers points and Adam Wainwright, with 6.0. The Rangers are led by pitchers Yu Darvish (8.0) and Derek Holland (4.0). Darvish is also overall leader in Box-Toppers points for the 2013 season.

516	Top 10 Teams	Pts	Last week rank
1	Cardinals	36.9	1
2	Rangers	33.9	2
3	Reds	30.2	10
4	Red Sox	29.8	3
5	Nationals	29.5	4
6	Tigers	29.1	5
7	Indians	28.4	9
8	Yankees	27.9	Not ranked
9	Diamondbacks	26.1	8
10	Braves	25.9	6

St. Louis Cardinals take top spot in Box-Toppers team power rankings

The St. Louis Cardinals take the top spot in this week's Box-Toppers team power rankings after being ranked second last week.

Cardinals players have accumulated the most Box-Toppers points for the season (28.4), followed by the Texas Rangers (27.4). The Rangers were  ranked third last week.

The Cardinals also have the best win-loss record in baseball at 21-12. The Rangers have the best record in the American League at 21-13.

The Boston Red Sox, last week's top team, fell to third place in Box-Toppers team rankings, accumulating the fewest Box-Toppers points of any AL team in the past week, 1.5.

The Cardinals are led by pitchers Lance Lynn, who has 5.7 Box-Toppers points and Adam Wainwright, with 4.0. The Rangers are led by pitchers Yu Darvish (7.0) and Derek Holland (4.0).

The hottest team in the past week has been the Cleveland Indians, accumulating 7.5 Box-Toppers points and rising to ninth place in team power rankings. The hottest National League team of the past week is the Arizona Diamondbacks, picking up 6.7 points and rising to eighth in power rankings.

The coldest team in the past week has been the Los Angeles Dodgers, accumulating no Box-Toppers points. The Dodgers, the Box-Toppers pre-season favorite to win the World Series, ranks 24th out of 30 teams in Box-Toppers power rankings, with 16.5 points. The Box-Toppers pre-season AL favorite team, ​the Toronto Blue Jays, ranks 27th with 15.2 points.

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509	Top 10 Teams	Pts	Last week rank
1	Cardinals	28.4	2
2	Rangers	27.4	3
3	Red Sox	26.1	1
4	Nationals	26.0	4
5	Tigers	25.4	5
6	Braves	24.4	8
7	Orioles	23.5	7
8	Diamondbacks	23.1	Not ranked
9	Indians	22.7	Not ranked
10	Reds	22.7	10

Derek Holland, A.J. Burnett top players for Friday, May 3

Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is Friday's Player of the Day. Holland threw eight shutout innings and struck out nine in the 7-0 win over the Red Sox.

Holland and Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez had identical 10.0 Box-Toppers game scores, but Holland was given the nod as Player of the Day by the strikeout tie-breaker—he had nine and Hernandez had seven.​

Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett is National League Player of the Day. Burnett gave up only one run over seven innings and struck out nine in the 3-1 win over the Nationals.​

Matt Holliday of the Cardinals is NL Batter of the Day. Holliday homered and went 3-for-4 in the 6-1 win over the Brewers.​

Drew Stubbs of the Indians is American League Batter of the Day. Stubbs hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 10th inning and went 4-for-5 in the 7-6 win over the Twins.​

Holland receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Burnett receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Holliday and Stubbs receive 1.5 each for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Friday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:

503	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	10.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Derek Holland (W, 2-2)	8.0	6	0	0	1	9
	10.0	Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Felix Hernandez (W, 4-2)	8.0	5	0	0	0	7
NL	8.0	Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A.J. Burnett (W, 3-2)	7.0	5	1	1	1	9
	7.0	Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jason Vargas (W, 1-3)	9.0	3	0	0	2	3
BAT	4.0	Cardinals	Matt Holliday LF	4	3	3	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.0	Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A.J. Griffin (W, 3-2)	7.0	6	0	0	1	4
	3.0	Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Drew Smyly (W, 2-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	1
	3.0	`Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Joel Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.2	`Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			LaTroy Hawkins	1.2	1	0	0	0	2
	2.1	Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jonathan Pettibone (W, 2-0)	6.1	5	1	1	0	3
	2.0	Giants	Buster Posey C	3	1	2	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.1	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			J.J. Hoover (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
BAT	1.0	Indians	Drew Stubbs CF	5	1	4	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Padres	Yonder Alonso 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Holland, Marquis top players for Tuesday, April 16

Rangers pitcher Derek Holland, who threw seven shutout innings in the 4-2 win over the Cubs, is Tuesday's Player of the Day. 

Padres pitcher Jason Marquis, who gave up one run over 7 2/3 innings in the 9-2 win over the Dodgers, is National League Player of the Day.​

Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, who went 3-for-5 with a homer and 4 RBIs in the 6-2 win over the Mariners, is AL Batter of the Day.

Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies, who went 3-for-4 in the 9-8 win over the Mets in 10 innings in the second game of a doubleheader, is NL Batter of the Day.

One game, the Phillies at the Reds was suspended in a 0-0 tie in the ninth inning because of heavy rain. It is set to resume Wednesday. Currently, Reds pitcher Homer Bailey has the highest Box-Toppers score of any player in the game—he pitched eight innings, gave up two hits, no runs, no walks and struck out 10. That would give him a Box-Toppers score of 16 and would likely make him Player of Game—if the Reds win. If the game is indeed concluded Wednesday, whoever is named Player of the Game will be included in Wednesday's Box-Toppers results. And if the Reds win, it seems likely Bailey, with his high Box-Toppers score, may be Wednesday's Player of the Day, even though he did all his pitching on Tuesday.

Holland receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Marquis receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Cabrera receives 1.5 points for AL Batter of the Day. Gonzalez receives 1.5 points for NL Batter of the Day.

All of Tuesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive one Box-Toppers point:​

416	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	11.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Derek Holland (W, 1-1)	7.0	2	0	0	0	6
NL	6.2	Padres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jason Marquis (W, 1-1)	7.2	3	1	1	1	5
	3.1	`Twins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Anthony Swarzak (H, 1)	3.1	2	2	0	0	4
BAT	3.0	Tigers	Miguel Cabrera 3B	5	1	3	4	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
BAT	3.0	Rockies	Carlos Gonzalez LF	4	3	3	1	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Braves	Juan Francisco 3B	3	2	2	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	White Sox	Paul Konerko DH	3	3	2	1	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Grant Balfour (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Rockies	Eric Young CF	5	2	3	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Brewers	Carlos Gomez CF	4	2	3	1	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Marlins	Justin Ruggiano CF	4	1	2	3	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Yankees	Robinson Cano 2B	4	1	2	3	1	2			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jake Arrieta (W, 1-0)	5.0	3	1	1	5	7
	1.0	Red Sox	Mike Napoli 1B	5	1	2	3	0	2			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.