Dodgers’ Ohtani, Mariners’ Suárez top players in Friday’s LCS games

Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani and Eugenio Suárez of the Mariners are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s league championship series games.

Ohtani, the 10-strikeout pitcher, beat Ohtani, the three home-run hitter, for Player of the Game honors in the National League Championship Series Game 4 win, as the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers in a four-game series sweep. Suárez hit a pair of homers, including a grand slam, as the Seattle Mariners won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, taking a 3-2 series lead over the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Kirby tops players in Friday’s ALDS Game 5, as Mariners eliminate Tigers in 15 innings

Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s American League Division Series Game 5, as the Seattle Mariners win the series, eliminating the Detroit Tigers.

The game took six extra innings to finish and was tied 2-2 from the seventh inning until Jorge Polanco of the Mariners hit a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th inning to win it, 3-2. However, Player of the Game winner Kirby’s contributions came entirely within the game’s first six innings.

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