Dodgers' Greinke tops players for Thursday, July 9; Mariners' Hernandez regains Box-Toppers points lead

Shawn Plank July 10, 2015

Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to ninth in player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 9.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
3	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	13.4
4	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	13.1
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	12.4
6	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
7	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
8	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	11.7
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	11.0
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Thursday, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez rose to the top of Box-Toppers player rankings and two other players—David Price and Carlos Martinez—rose in the top 10 players list. Plus, Lorenzo Cain of the Royals earned American League Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day and now leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points for the season.

Player of the Day—Greinke pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight, in the 6-0 win over the Phillies.

Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season and rises to ninth in Box-Toppers player rankings, fifth among National League pitchers. He is the 10th player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.

Greinke also rose to 22nd place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. With his 2.0 points Thursday, Greinke now has 136.7 career Box-Toppers points and passes Bartolo Colon (136.4) on the “all-time” list. He now trails 21st-ranked player Andy Pettitte (138.5). Greinke ranks 16th among all pitchers since 1995 and fifth among active pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out five, in the 2-0 win over the Blue Jays.

American League Batter of the Day—Lorenzo Cain of the Royals hit a two-run homer and scored twice in the 8-3 win over the Rays.

Cain earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 8.2 for the season and moving him to first place among AL batters. He passes Mike Trout of the Angels (7.5 Box-Toppers points) who only rose to the top spot Wednesday. Cain ranks 20th among all players.

This was the second straight day Cain earned AL Batter of the Day honors—he was also the league’s top batter in the Royals win Wednesday over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.

Rankings—Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez regained the top spot in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Hernandez (7IP 5H 0R 6K W in the 7-2 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.4 for the season. He passes previous leader, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (14.0 Box-Toppers points).

Hernandez led in Box-Toppers points for more than two months when Scherzer passed him on June 26 with 14.0 points.

Hernandez now has 157.7 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 12th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He trails 11th-place player John Smoltz (160.9). Hernandez ranks ninth among pitchers since 1995 and second among active pitchers, behind CC Sabathia (175.3).

Also, two other players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday:

Tigers pitcher David Price rose to fourth place. Price (8IP 5H 2R 8K W in the 4-2 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.1 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Hernandez.
Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez rose to eighth place. Martinez (7.1IP 4H 0R 8K W in the 4-1 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.7 for the season. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers.

Notable—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez earned his first Player of the Game honor in more than a year after his return from Tommy John surgery. Fernandez (7IP 6H 0R 9K W in the 2-0 win over the Reds) last earned Player of the Game honors April 29, 2014, when he was Box-Toppers Player of the Day. At that point in the 2014 season, Fernandez had 7.0 Box-Toppers points to lead all players. But injury and the surgery cut his season short. Fernandez had 19.0 Box-Toppers points in 2013, ranked fourth among all players and fourth among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Samardzija earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Cain earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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.

(Note: Our usual Friday weekly team and player rankings reports will be postponed until Monday because of the All-Star break.)

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/9
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    Dodgers
    Zack Greinke (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    10.0
    Marlins
    Jose Fernandez (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    
    9.1
    Cardinals
    Carlos Martinez (W,10-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    4
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    AL
    9.0
    White Sox
    Jeff Samardzija (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    7.2
    Yankees
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    2
    2
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    6.0
    Tigers
    David Price (W,9-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    0
    3
    8
  

    
    6.0
    Mariners
    Felix Hernandez (W,11-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    Rockies
    John Axford (S,15)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Royals
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    3
    2
    1
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Indians
    Ryan Raburn, DH
    3
    1
    2
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Mets' deGrom tops players for Wednesday, July 8, rises to 3rd in player rankings; Trout rises to top AL batters in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank July 9, 2015

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place 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 July 8.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	13.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	12.4
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	12.1
6	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
7	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	cin nl	9.8

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Wednesday, Mike Trout of the Angels earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day and now leads American League batters in Box-Toppers points for the season. Plus, two players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors—Clayton Kershaw and David Ortiz.

Player of the Day—deGrom pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out 10, in the 4-1 win over the Giants.

deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season, rising to third place in player rankings. He ranks second among National League pitchers behind overall leader Max Scherzer of the Nationals (14.0 Box-Toppers points).

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer struck out nine over eight innings, allowing two runs on six hits, in the 4-2 win over the Astros.

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gomez of the Brewers hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, driving in four runs, in the 6-5 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Lorenzo Cain of the Royals homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-7 win over the Rays.

Rankings—Mike Trout of the Angels rose to top AL batters in Box-Toppers points for the season after earning Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Wednesday.

Trout (2HR 2-3 2R 2BI in the 3-2 win over the Rockies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.5 for the season, rising to first place among AL batters. He passes previous leader Prince Fielder of the Rangers, who also has 7.5 Box-Toppers points, but Trout beats Fielder on a tiebreaker because he had more Box-Toppers points in 2014 (8.5 vs. 1.0). Trout ranks 27th among all players.

Trout was also Player of the Game in Tuesday’s win over the Rockies.

Streak—David Ortiz of the Red Sox has now earned Box-Toppers points for 16 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Ortiz (2-R HR 2B 2-4 2R 2BI in the 6-3 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his first of the season.

Ortiz earned his first Box-Toppers point in 1997 with the Twins, but earned no points in 1999. His 16-year streak started in 2000 with the Twins. Ortiz has led American League batters in Box-Toppers points in two seasons, both with the Red Sox. In 2005, he had 14.7 Box-Toppers points and in 2006, his best season, he had 16.7 Box-Toppers points. In 2014, he had 7.0 Box-Toppers points with the Red Sox.

Ortiz has 134.4 career Box-Toppers points and ranks 24th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He trails 23rd-place player Zack Greinke (134.7). Ortiz ranks seventh among all batters since 1995 and ranks third among active batters, behind Alex Rodriguez (185.3 Box-Toppers points) and Albert Pujols (171.3).

Notable—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw now has 142.6 career Box-Toppers points, 20th-most among players since 1995, after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Kershaw (CG 0R 8H 13K W in the 5-0 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.0 for the season, ranking seventh among NL pitchers this season.

Kershaw trails 19th-place player on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” list, Jim Thome (146.7 Box-Toppers points). Kershaw’s 142.6 career Box-Toppers points ranks 14th among pitchers since 1995 and fourth among active pitchers.

Debut—Jefry Marte of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Marte (HR 2B 2-4 2R 2BI in the 5-4 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut July 5 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,529th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bauer earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Gomez and Cain each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/8
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    Mets
    Jacob deGrom (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    
    14.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    8
    0
    0
    0
    13
  

    AL
    7.0
    Indians
    Trevor Bauer (W,8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    6
    2
    2
    0
    9
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Brewers
    Carlos Gomez, CF
    3
    2
    2
    4
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Royals
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Pirates
    Deolis Guerra (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    Dbacks
    A.J. Pollock, CF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Yankees
    Mark Teixeira, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Angels
    Mike Trout, CF
    3
    2
    2
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Twins
    Tommy Milone (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.0
    Red Sox
    David Ortiz, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Tigers
    Jefry Marte, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    White Sox
    Adam Eaton, CF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Cardinals
    Pete Kozma, PR-2B
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Reds' Johnny Cueto (CG 0R 2H 11K) tops players for Tuesday, July 7, rises to 10th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank July 8, 2015

Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th in player rankings.

Also Tuesday, Giants pitcher Matt Cain, who earned his first Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the season, has now earned Box-Toppers points for 11 straight seasons.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 7.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	12.4
4	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	12.1
5	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
6	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
7	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	cin nl	9.8

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Cueto pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking one, in the 5-0 win over the Nationals.

Cueto earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.8 for the season, rising to 10th in Box-Toppers player rankings. He ranks fifth among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out seven, in the 2-0 win over the Astros.

American League Batter of the Day—Alex Gordon of the Royals doubled and went 4-for-4, driving in four runs, in the 7-1 win over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-4 win over the Cardinals.

Streak—Giants pitcher Matt Cain has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point for 11 straight seasons.

Cain was Player of the Game in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over the Mets (6IP 2H 0R 7K W) and earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his first of the season.

Cain earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2005 with the Giants. His best season was 2010 with the Giants, when he had 16.1 Box-Toppers points, seventh among NL pitchers. In 2014, he had 1.0 Box-Toppers point with the Giants.

Cain has 96.0 career Box-Toppers points and ranks 45th among all pitchers since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. His 96.0 career points ranks 15th among active NL pitchers.

Debut—Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Paulo Orlando of the Royals (HR 2-5 2R 4BI in the 9-5 win over the Rays) made his Major League debut April 19 and was playing in his 33rd career game. He is the 3,526th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Miguel Sano of the Twins (HR 2-3 R 3BI in the 8-3 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut July 2 and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,527th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Cubs pitcher Dallas Beeler (5IP 4H 2R 6K ND in the 5-3 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut July 28, 2014, and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,528th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Cueto earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Gordon and Rizzo each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/7
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    17.0
    Reds
    Johnny Cueto (W,6-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    11
  

    
    9.0
    Giants
    Matt Cain (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    AL
    6.2
    Indians
    Corey Kluber (W,4-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    
    4.2
    Dbacks
    Robbie Ray (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    2
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    4.0
    Braves
    Jason Grilli (S,24)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.2
    Blue Jays
    Felix Doubront (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    6
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Royals
    Alex Gordon, LF
    5
    0
    4
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Royals
    Paulo Orlando, CF
    5
    2
    2
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Angels
    Mike Trout, CF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Mariners
    Austin Jackson, CF
    4
    2
    1
    4
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Twins
    Miguel Sano, DH
    3
    1
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Cubs
    Anthony Rizzo, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Red Sox
    Koji Uehara (S,20)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    `Pirates
    Francisco Liriano
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    2.0
    Phillies
    Jeff Francoeur, LF
    5
    2
    2
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Athletics
    Drew Pomeranz (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    1.0
    `Cubs
    Dallas Beeler
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    4
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

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

  
  

Mets' Niese tops players for Monday, July 6; White Sox' Sale rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank July 7, 2015

Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, two players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game Monday—Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett and Cardinals pitcher John Lackey.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 6.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	12.4
4	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	12.1
5	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
6	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
7	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Niese pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out four, in the 3-0 win over the Giants.

American League Player of the Day—Nick Castellanos of the Tigers homered and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-5 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Howie Kendrick of the Dodgers tripled, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 10-7 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day Monday since the overall AL Player of the Day was a batter (Nick Castellanos).

Rankings—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to third place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday. Sale (CG 6H 2R 6K W in the 4-2 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.4 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Felix Hernandez of the Mariners (13.4).

Notable—Two pitchers with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Monday:

A.J. Burnett of the Pirates rose to 31st place among players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. Burnett (7.2IP 5H R 4K ND in the 2-1 win over the Padres) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 126.8 for his career. With his point, he passes Mariano Rivera (126.4) on the “all-time” list and now trails 30th-place player Roy Oswalt (127.2). Burnett has 5.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, 27th among NL pitchers.
John Lackey of the Cardinals (7IP 6H 0R 4K in the 6-0 win over the Cubs) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 103.8 for his career. He maintains his spot in 57th place among players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when record keeping began. He trails 56th-place player Jamie Moyer (104.0). Lackey has 5.7 Box-Toppers points on the season, ranking 21st among NL pitchers.

Debut—Preston Tucker of the Astros made his Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Tucker (HR 2B 4-5 2R 2BI in the 9-4 win over the Indians) made his Major League debut May 7 and was playing in his 48th career game. He is the 3,525th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Niese earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Castellanos earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Kendrick earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/6
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    7.0
    Mets
    Jonathon Niese (W, 4-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    AL
    5.0
    Tigers
    Nick Castellanos 3B
    5
    2
    4
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    White Sox
    Chris Sale (W, 7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    
    4.0
    Cardinals
    John Lackey (W, 7-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    3.0
    Astros
    Preston Tucker RF
    5
    2
    4
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `Twins
    Glen Perkins
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Dodgers
    Howie Kendrick 2B
    5
    2
    4
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Reds
    Eugenio Suarez SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Braves
    Kelly Johnson 1B
    4
    1
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    `Pirates
    A.J. Burnett
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    1
    1
    3
    4
  

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

  
  

Mets' Steven Matz (6IP 0R 8K) tops players for Sunday, July 5

Shawn Plank July 6, 2015

Mets pitcher Steven Matz is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels rose to 36th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when record keeping began.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 5.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	12.1
4	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
5	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
7	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Matz pitched six scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, in the 8-0 win over the Dodgers.

American League Player of the Day—Kole Calhoun of the Angels hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall AL Player of the Day was a batter (Kole Calhoun).

Notable—Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels rose to 36th place in Box-Toppers points among players since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Hamels (7IP 0R 6H 6K ND in the 4-0, 10-inning win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 118.8 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes Justin Verlander (118.2) on the “all-time” list and now trails 34th-place player Cliff Lee (119.1). Hamels ranks 25th among all pitchers since 1995 and 12th among active pitchers.

Hamels also has the highest Box-Toppers season player ranking of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday. Hamels has 8.0 Box-Toppers points on the season and ranks 18th among all players, 10th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Curt Casali of the Rays made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Casali (2B 1-2 R BI in the 8-1 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut July 18, 2014, and was playing in his 40th career game. He is the 3,524th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Matz earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Calhoun earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Gonzalez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/5
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    Mets
    Steven Matz (W, 2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    9.0
    Nationals
    Jordan Zimmermann (W, 7-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    8.0
    Cardinals
    Lance Lynn (W, 6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    0
    3
    8
  

    
    7.1
    Cubs
    Kyle Hendricks (W, 4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    7.0
    `Phillies
    Cole Hamels
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    4.0
    Brewers
    Taylor Jungmann (W, 3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    AL
    3.0
    Angels
    Kole Calhoun RF
    5
    2
    2
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Rockies
    Carlos Gonzalez RF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Blue Jays
    Devon Travis 2B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `Red Sox
    Eduardo Rodriguez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    6
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    2.0
    Orioles
    Steve Pearce 1B RF
    4
    2
    3
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Rays
    Curt Casali C
    2
    1
    1
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Pirates
    Mark Melancon (S, 27)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Royals
    Alex Gordon LF
    2
    1
    1
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Mariners
    Seth Smith RF
    2
    0
    1
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

Pirates' Locke tops players for Saturday, July 4; Tigers' Price rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank July 5, 2015

Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Tigers pitcher David Price rose to third place in Box-Toppers player rankings and Joe Mauer of the Twins earned a Box-Toppers point for his 12th straight season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 4.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	12.1
4	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
5	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
7	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Locke pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six, in the 1-0 win over the Indians.

American League Player of the Day—Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 10, in the 3-2 win over the Rays. Pineda did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because after he exited, the Rays tied the game 2-2.

American League Batter of the Day—C.J. Cron of the Angels homered and went 3-for-4, driving in six runs, in the 13-0 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Kris Bryant of the Cubs hit two home runs, including a grand slam and drove in six total runs, in the 7-2 win over the Marlins.

Rankings—Tigers pitcher David Price rose to third place in Box-Toppers player rankings for the season after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday. Price (7IP 8H R 7K W in the 8-3 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.1 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Felix Hernandez of the Mariners (13.4).

Streak—Joe Mauer of the Twins has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point for 12 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday. Mauer (HR 4-5 2R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his first of the season.

Mauer earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2004 with the Twins. His best season was 2008 with the Twins, when he had 9.5 Box-Toppers points, eighth among AL batters. In 2014, he had 5.0 Box-Toppers points.

Mauer has 67.6 career Box-Toppers points, fourth-most among active AL first basemen. Mauer spent most of his career as a regular catcher and if he were considered a catcher in ranking his career points, he would finish ahead of the current active AL catcher in career points, Brian McCann of the Yankees (50.7 Box-Toppers points).

Notable—Dodgers pitcher Zack Grienke now has 134.7 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Grienke (7IP 4H 0R 4K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) maintains his spot in 23rd place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He now has 9.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, sixth among NL pitchers.

Also notable—Cliff Pennington of the Diamondbacks earned Player of the Game honors Saturday for the second straight day. Pennington (PH 1-1 R BI in the 7-3 win over the Rockies) was also Player of the Game in the Diamondback’s win Friday.

Scoring—Locke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Pineda earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Cron and Bryant each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/4
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    Pirates
    Jeff Locke (W, 5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    AL
    11.0
    `Yankees
    Michael Pineda
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    
    9.2
    `White Sox
    Jeff Samardzija
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    1
    1
    2
    9
  

    
    9.0
    Red Sox
    Clay Buchholz (W, 7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    7.0
    Dodgers
    Zack Greinke (W, 7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    6.0
    Angels
    C.J. Cron DH
    4
    1
    3
    6
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    Cubs
    Kris Bryant 3B
    4
    2
    2
    6
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    `Nationals
    Stephen Strasburg
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.2
    1
    0
    0
    2
    3
  

    
    3.0
    Twins
    Joe Mauer 1B
    5
    2
    4
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Braves
    Cameron Maybin CF
    5
    3
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Tigers
    David Price (W, 8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    8
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    
    2.0
    Brewers
    Adam Lind 1B
    3
    2
    2
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Dbacks
    Cliff Pennington PH
    1
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Athletics
    Kendall Graveman (W, 6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Cardinals
    Seth Maness (W, 3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    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.
  

  
  

Nationals' Gio Gonzalez (7IP R 2H 6K) tops players for Friday, July 3

Shawn Plank July 4, 2015

Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Gonzalez struck out six over seven innings, allowing one run on two hits, in the 2-1 win over the Giants.

American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher John Danks pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out five, in the 1-0 win over the Orioles.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 3.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gomez of the Brewers hit a grand slam and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 12-1 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—Mark Teixeira of the Yankees hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 7-5 win over the Rays.

Notable—Angels pitcher Garrett Richards has the highest Box-Toppers player ranking of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Friday. Richards (7.2IP 6H R 6K W in the 8-2 win over the Rangers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season. He ranks 26th among all players and 11th among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Gonzalez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Danks earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Gomez and Teixeira each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/3
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    Nationals
    Gio Gonzalez (W, 6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    6.0
    `Mets
    Noah Syndergaard
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Brewers
    Carlos Gomez CF
    5
    2
    3
    5
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    AL
    5.0
    White Sox
    John Danks (W, 4-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    4.2
    Angels
    Garrett Richards (W, 9-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Yankees
    Mark Teixeira 1B
    5
    2
    2
    4
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Astros
    Jose Altuve 2B
    5
    2
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Royals
    Lorenzo Cain CF
    4
    2
    3
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Indians
    Michael Bourn CF
    3
    0
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Marlins
    Tom Koehler (W, 7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    2.0
    Padres
    Joaquin Benoit (W, 5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    Tigers
    Joakim Soria (S, 18)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.0
    Mariners
    Brad Miller SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Dbacks
    Cliff Pennington SS-3B
    4
    0
    2
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Braves
    Jonny Gomes LF
    3
    1
    1
    1
    0
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

Tigers' Max Scherzer rises to top Box-Toppers weekly player rankings

Shawn Plank July 3, 2015

Scherzer passes 10-week leader Felix Hernandez. Fielder leads AL batters, Frazier leads NL batters.

A look at determining Box-Toppers midseason 2015 All-Star teams

Shawn Plank July 3, 2015

Looking at Box-Toppers points leaders over three time spans (2015, 2014-15 and 2010-15) and selecting AL & NL All-Star teams.

St. Louis Cardinals remain Box-Toppers top-ranked team for fifth straight week

Shawn Plank July 3, 2015

Cards perched atop team rankings for 5th week. Astros maintain AL lead. Brewers are hot team of the week.

Athletics' Scott Kazmir (8IP 0R 7K) tops players for Thursday, July 2

Shawn Plank July 3, 2015

Athletics pitcher Scott Kazmir is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Kazmir pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven, in the 4-0 win over the Mariners.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 2.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Kazmir also has the highest Box-Toppers player ranking of any of the 12 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season and is ranked 12th among all players. He ranks seventh among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Manny Banuelos pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven, in the 2-1 win over the Nationals.

This was Baneulos’ Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. It was also his Major League debut. He is the 3,523rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Alejandro De Aza of the Red Sox tripled, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Blue Jays.

National League Batter of the Day—Justin Bour of the Marlins hit a three-run homer in the 5-4 win over the Giants. This was the second day in a row Bour earned Player of the Game honors.

Notables—Two pitchers with more than 10.0 Box-Toppers points started games Thursday but neither earned Player of the Game honors:

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (ranked first with 14.0 Box-Toppers points) did not earn Player of the Game in the 2-1 loss to the Braves. Scherzer (8.1IP 5H 2R 9K L) had a Box-Toppers game score of 8.1. Player of the Game was Braves pitcher Manny Banuelos, who had a Box-Toppers game score of 10.2.
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom (ranked sixth with 11.4 Box-Toppers points) did not earn Player of the Game honors in the 6-1 loss to the Cubs. deGrom (5.1IP 7H 4R 2K L) had a Box-Toppers game score of −8.9. Player of the Game was Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta, who had a Box-Toppers game score of 8.

Scoring—Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Banuelos earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. De Aza and Bour each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/2
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    Athletics
    Scott Kazmir (W, 5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    NL
    10.2
    `Braves
    Manny Banuelos
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    8.0
    Cubs
    Jake Arrieta (W, 8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    
    8.0
    Dbacks
    Jeremy Hellickson (W, 6-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    7.0
    `Indians
    Corey Kluber
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    7
    4
    3
    1
    14
  

    
    7.0
    Twins
    Kyle Gibson (W, 6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    4
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Red Sox
    Alejandro De Aza RF LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Pirates
    Francisco Liriano (W, 5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    Padres
    Shawn Kelley (W, 1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    3.0
    `Rangers
    Yovani Gallardo
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Marlins
    Justin Bour 1B
    3
    1
    1
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Brewers
    Michael Blazek (W, 5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

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

  
  

Indians' Carlos Carrasco, with near no-hitter, tops players for Wednesday, July 1

Shawn Plank July 2, 2015

Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco, who was one strike away from a no-hitter, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buehrle and Cubs pitcher Jon Lester earned Player of the Game honors and rose in Box-Toppers “all-time” top 50 player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 1.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Carrasco struck out 13 over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one hit and one run, in the 8-1 win over the Rays. Carrasco had a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning before allowing his first hit to Joey Butler, who was down to his final strike.

Carrasco also has the highest Box-Toppers player ranking of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday. Carrasco earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.0 for the season and is ranked 16th among all players. He ranks eighth among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, in the 2-1 win over the Twins.

National League Batter of the Day—Neil Walker of the Pirates hit two homers and went 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 9-3 win over the Tigers.

American League Batter of the Day—Jose Altuve of the Astros went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 6-5 win over the Royals.

Notables—Two pitchers who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday rose in Box-Toppers “all-time” player rankings top 50:

Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buehrle rose to 40th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995. Buehrle (7IP 4H R 7K W in the 11-2 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point and now has 116.7 career Box-Toppers points. He passes Todd Helton (116.4) on the “all-time” list and now trails 39th-place player Barry Zito (117.4).
Cubs pitcher Jon Lester rose to 45th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995. Lester (7IP 5H 0R 7K ND in the 2-0 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point and now has 114.1 for his career. He passes Sammy Sosa (113.2) and Chris Carpenter (113.3) on the “all-time” list and now trails 44th-place player Torii Hunter (114.4). Lester has 5.0 Box-Toppers points on the season—he has earned 4.0 of those points when he’s earned a no decision.

Debut—Braves pitcher Matt Wisler made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Wisler (5.1IP H 0R 6K W in the 4-1 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut June 19 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,522nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Carrasco earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Walker and Altuve each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/1
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    16.2
    Indians
    Carlos Carrasco (W, 10-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.2
    1
    1
    1
    2
    13
  

    
    12.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W, 7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    NL
    9.0
    Reds
    Johnny Cueto (W, 5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    8.0
    Blue Jays
    Mark Buehrle (W, 9-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    
    8.0
    `Cubs
    Jon Lester
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    6.0
    White Sox
    Jose Quintana (W, 4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    5.1
    Braves
    Matt Wisler (W, 2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.1
    1
    0
    0
    5
    6
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Pirates
    Neil Walker 2B
    6
    3
    4
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Athletics
    Jesse Hahn (W, 6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    4.0
    Orioles
    Zach Britton (S, 23)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    Brewers
    Scooter Gennett 2B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Dodgers
    Brett Anderson (W, 5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    7
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    2.2
    `Yankees
    Chasen Shreve (H, 5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Astros
    Jose Altuve 2B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Marlins
    Justin Bour 1B
    4
    1
    2
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

Mariners' Montgomery tops players for Tuesday, June 30; Sale, Keuchel rise in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings

Shawn Plank July 1, 2015

Mariners pitcher Mike Montgomery is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	11.4
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	10.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Tuesday, two players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to fifth place and Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rose to eighth place. Plus, Brewers closing pitcher Francisco Rodriguez has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point for 13 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Player of the Day—Montgomery pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout, striking out seven, in the 5-0 win over the Padres.

Montgomery had a Box-Toppers game score of 11, tied with White Sox pitcher Chris Sale, who was Player of the Game in the 2-1 win over the Cardinals. But Montgomery won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker because he earned the win in his game, while Sale picked up a no decision in his.

National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks pitched six scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing three hits, in the 1-0 win over the Mets.

American League Batter of the Day—Mitch Moreland of the Rangers hit two home runs and drove in four runs in the 8-6 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—Howie Kendrick of the Dodgers homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, driving in two runs, in the 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks.

Rankings—Two pitchers in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings who started Tuesday earned Player of the Game honors. But another top 10 pitcher who started Tuesday did not:

White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to fifth in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors in the 2-1, 11-inning win over the Cardinals (8IP 6H R 12K ND). Sale earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.
Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rose to eighth in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors in the 4-0 win over the Royals (8IP 7H 0R 7K W). Keuchel earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season. He is the ninth player with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points this season. He ranks fifth among AL pitchers.
Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole, ranked fourth in Box-Toppers player rankings, did not earn Player of the Game honors in his start Tuesday. Cole (6.2IP 9H 2R 6K ND) had a Box-Toppers game score of −0.8 in the 5-4, 14-inning win over the Tigers. Player of the Game was closing pitcher Deolis Guerra (3IP 3H 0R 3K W), who had a Box-Toppers game score of 3. Cole has 12.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked second among NL pitchers.

Streak—Brewers closing pitcher Francsico Rodriguez has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point for 13 straight seasons.

Rodriguez was Player of the Game in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Phillies (1IP 0H 0R 2K Sv) and earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his first of the season.

Rodriguez earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2003 with the Angels. The most Box-Toppers points he had in a single season was 10.0, in both 2005 and 2008 with the Angels. In 2014, he had 4.0 Box-Toppers points with the Brewers.

Rodriguez has 60.4 career Box-Toppers points and ranks 12th among all closing pitchers since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He has more career Box-Toppers points than all active closing pitchers—second place is Joe Nathan of the Tigers (52.0).

Debut—Pirates pitcher Deolis Guerra made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Guerra (3IP 3H 0R 3K W in the 5-4, 14-inning win over the Tigers) made his Major League debut June 27 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,521st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Montgomery earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hendricks earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Moreland and Kendrick each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/30
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    Mariners
    Mike Montgomery (W, 3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    4
    7
  

    
    11.0
    `White Sox
    Chris Sale
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    6
    1
    1
    1
    12
  

    
    8.0
    Astros
    Dallas Keuchel (W, 10-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    7
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    8.0
    Angels
    Andrew Heaney (W, 1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    NL
    8.0
    Cubs
    Kyle Hendricks (W, 3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    7.2
    Nationals
    Jordan Zimmermann (W, 6-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Rangers
    Mitch Moreland   1B
    3
    2
    2
    4
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `Marlins
    Carter Capps (H, 5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    Rockies
    Jorge De La Rosa (W, 5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    4
    4
  

    
    3.0
    Pirates
    Deolis Guerra (W, 1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    2.2
    Indians
    Danny Salazar (W, 7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    2
    2
    1
    2
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Dodgers
    Howie Kendrick   2B
    5
    1
    4
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Twins
    Eduardo Nunez   SS
    4
    2
    3
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Red Sox
    Eduardo Rodriguez (W, 4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    2.0
    Brewers
    Francisco Rodriguez (S, 17)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

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

  
  

Red Sox' Clay Buchholz (8IP R 5K) tops players for Monday, June 29

Shawn Plank June 30, 2015

Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Buchholz pitched eight innings and allowed one run on five hits, striking out five, in the 3-1 win over the Blue Jays.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 29.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
6	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
7	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	9.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Buchholz had a Box-Toppers game score Monday of 6, tied with Indians pitcher Cody Anderson who was Player of the Game in the 7-1 win over the Rays. However, Buchholz won Player of the Game on a tiebreaker—he had more strikeouts than Anderson (five vs. two).

National League Player of the Day—Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-4 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Billy Butler of the Athletics homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 7-1 win over the Rockies.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day is a batter (Jonathan Lucroy).

Notable—Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson has the highest Box-Toppers player ranking of any of the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Wilson has 8.4 Box-Toppers points and ranks 13th among all players, seventh among AL pitchers. Wilson (6IP 5H R 5K W in the 4-1 win over the Yankees) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Tucker Barnhart of the Reds (2B 4-5 R 2BI in the 11-7 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut April 3, 2014, and was playing in his 45th career game. He is the 3,519th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Nick Ahmed of the Diamondbacks (HR 2-3 R 2BI in the 10-6 win over the Dodgers) made his Major League debut June 29, 2014, and was playing in his 94th career game. He is the 3,520th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Buchholz earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lucroy earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Butler earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/29
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    Red Sox
    Clay Buchholz (W, 6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    
    6.0
    Indians
    Cody Anderson (W, 1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    2
  

    
    5.0
    Astros
    Lance McCullers (W, 4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Athletics
    Billy Butler   DH
    4
    3
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    3.0
    Brewers
    Jonathan Lucroy   C
    5
    2
    4
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Reds
    Tucker Barnhart   C
    5
    1
    4
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Rangers
    Mitch Moreland   1B
    5
    2
    2
    3
    0
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Dbacks
    Nick Ahmed   SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Angels
    C.J. Wilson (W, 6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    3
    5
  

  
  

Orioles' Jimenez tops players for Sunday, June 28; Dodgers' Greinke rises to 23rd in Box-Toppers 'all-time' rankings

Shawn Plank June 29, 2015

Orioles pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke rose to 23rd place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez rose to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 28.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
6	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
7	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	10.7
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	9.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Jimenez pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out seven, in the 4-0 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Alex Wood pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out eight, in the 2-1 win over the Pirates.

National League Batter of the Day—Mets pitcher Steven Matz doubled and went 3-for-3, driving in four runs, in the 7-2 win over the Reds. Matz is the fourth pitcher this year to earn Player of the Game honors for batting (it was done eight times in 2014).

This was also Matz’ Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. It was also his Major League debut. He is the 3,516th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Salvador Perez of the Royals homered and went 1-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-3 win over the Athletics.

Notable—Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke rose to 23rd place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers record keeping began) after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Greinke (7.2IP 4H 0R 6K W in the 2-0 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 133.7 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes three players on Box-Toppers “all-time” player rankings list: Miguel Cabrera (132.9), Jason Giambi (133.4) and David Ortiz (133.4). He trails 22nd-ranked player Bartolo Colon (136.4). Greinke ranks 17th among all pitchers since 1995.

Greinke also has 8.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, ranked 14th among all players, eighth among NL pitchers.

Rankings—Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez rose to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Martinez (6IP 2H R 6K W in the 4-1 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers. He is the eighth player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.

Also, three pitchers with more than 10.0 Box-Toppers points this season started Sunday but did not earn Player of the Game honors:

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez (ranked second with 13.4 Box-Toppers points) did not earn Player of the Game honors in his team’s 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Angels. Hernandez (6IP H 0R 8K ND) had a Box-Toppers game score of 10. Player of the Game was Angels pitcher Hector Santiago (7IP 3H R 6 ND) who had a lower Box-Toppers game score of 6, but had the highest game score of any player on the Angels, the winning team.
Rays pitcher Chris Archer (ranked third with 12.0 Box-Toppers points) did not earn Player of the Game honors in his team’s 5-3 loss to the Red Sox. Archer (6IP 5H 5R 10K L) had a Box-Toppers game score of 0. Player of the Game was Red Sox pitcher Justin Masterson (5IP 5H R 6K W) who had a Box-Toppers game score of 5.
Tigers pitcher David Price (ranked sixth with 11.1 Box-Toppers points) did not earn Player of the Game honors in his team’s 5-4 win over the White Sox. Price (6IP 6H 4R 5K ND) had a Box-Toppers game score of −3. Player of the Game was Tigers closing pitcher Joakim Soria (1IP 0H 0R K W) who had a Box-Toppers game score of 2.

Debut—In addition to Matz, two other players made their Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Jake Lamb of the Diamondbacks (HR 2-4 2R 2BI in the 6-4 win over the Padres) made his Major League debut Aug. 7, 2014, and was playing in his 64th career game. He is the 3,517th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Mets pitcher Logan Verrett (2IP H 0R K ND in the 2-1 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut April 8 and was playing in his eighth career game. He is the 3,518th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Jimenez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wood earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Matz and Perez 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/28
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    Orioles
    Ubaldo Jimenez (W, 7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    NL
    10.1
    Braves
    Alex Wood (W, 5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    5
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    10.0
    Astros
    Collin McHugh (W, 9-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    9.0
    Orioles
    Chris Tillman (W, 6-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    8.2
    Dodgers
    Zack Greinke (W, 6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    7.0
    Nationals
    Stephen Strasburg (W, 5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    
    6.0
    `Angels
    Hector Santiago
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    5.2
    Blue Jays
    Drew Hutchison (W, 8-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    4
    1
    0
    3
    8
  

    
    5.0
    Cardinals
    Carlos Martinez (W, 9-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    1
    1
    3
    6
  

    
    5.0
    Red Sox
    Justin Masterson (W, 3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    5
    1
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    4.2
    Giants
    Madison Bumgarner (W, 8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    2
    8
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Mets
    Steven Matz   P
    3
    0
    3
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Dbacks
    Jake Lamb   3B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Royals
    Salvador Perez   C
    4
    2
    1
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Brewers
    Ryan Braun RF
    2
    1
    1
    2
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `Mets
    Logan Verrett
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    Tigers
    Joakim Soria (W, 3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Phillies
    Odubel Herrera   CF
    5
    2
    3
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

Rays' Andriese tops players for Saturday, June 27; Twins' Hunter rises in Box-Toppers 'all-time' player rankings

Shawn Plank June 28, 2015

Rays pitcher Matt Andriese is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Torii Hunter of the Twins rose to 44th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995 after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 27.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
6	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	9.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	9.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Andriese pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out five, in the 4-1 win over the Red Sox.

National League Player of the Day—Matt Duffy of the Giants homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 7-5 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—Torii Hunter of the Twins homered twice, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 5-2 win over the Brewers.

Hunter earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 114.4 points for his career and rising to 44th place among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers record keeping began. With his points Saturday, Hunter passes three players on the “all-time” list: Jon Lester (113.1), Sammy Sosa (113.2) and Chris Carpenter (113.3). Hunter now trails the 43rd-ranked player on the list, Josh Beckett (114.9).

Hunter’s 114.4 career Box-Toppers points ranks 14th among all batters since 1995 and fifth among active batters.

Hunter now has 6.5 Box-Toppers points for the season and ranks second among AL batters, behind Prince Fielder of the Rangers (7.5 Box-Toppers points). This is the most Box-Toppers points Hunter has had in a single season since he had 8.5 in 2010 with the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall NL Player of the Day was a batter (Matt Duffy).

Notable—Justin Upton of the Padres has the highest Box-Toppers player ranking of any of the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Upton has 7.0 Box-Toppers points and ranks 23rd among all players, second among NL batters, behind Todd Frazier of the Reds (7.2). Upton (HR 2-3 R 2BI in the 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game.

Scoring—Andriese earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Duffy earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Hunter earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/27
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    Rays
    Matt Andriese (W, 3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    7.1
    Rangers
    Yovani Gallardo (W, 7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.1
    3
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Twins
    Torii Hunter   RF
    4
    3
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    4.0
    Giants
    Matt Duffy   3B
    4
    3
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Cardinals
    Xavier Scruggs   1B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Pirates
    Starling Marte   LF, CF
    4
    3
    3
    1
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Yankees
    Brian McCann   C
    4
    1
    2
    4
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Royals
    Greg Holland (S, 16)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    Marlins
    A.J. Ramos (S, 10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    Padres
    Justin Upton   LF
    3
    1
    2
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    Angels
    Garrett Richards (W, 8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    7
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

  
  

Dodgers' Anderson tops players for Friday, June 26; Nationals' Scherzer becomes new Box-Toppers points leader

Shawn Plank June 27, 2015

Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to become the new Box-Toppers player rankings leader after earning Player of the Game honors. Scherzer passes Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez who had held the top spot for more than two months.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 26.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
6	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	9.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	9.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Anderson struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, in the 7-1 win over the Marlins.

American League Player of the Day—Edwin Encarnacion of the Blue Jays hit two homers, including a grand slam, and went 3-for-5, in the 12-2 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies tripled, doubled and went 5-for-5, scoring three times and driving in a run, in the 8-6 win over the Giants.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the AL’s top overall player was a batter (Edwin Encarnacion).

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to first place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Scherzer (8IP 5H 2R 7K W in the 5-2 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.0 for the season. Scherzer passes Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez (13.4 Box-Toppers points). Hernandez had led in Box-Toppers points since April 18 and had led player rankings all but six days this season.

Scoring—Anderson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Encarnacion earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Gonzalez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/26
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    Dodgers
    Brett Anderson (W, 4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    6.0
    Nationals
    Max Scherzer (W, 9-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    7
  

    
    6.0
    Mets
    Noah Syndergaard (W, 3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    AL
    5.0
    Blue Jays
    Edwin Encarnacion   DH
    5
    2
    3
    5
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Rockies
    Carlos Gonzalez   RF
    5
    3
    5
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W, 6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    7
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    4.0
    Royals
    Edinson Volquez (W, 8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    3
  

    
    3.1
    Yankees
    Dellin Betances (S, 5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    Red Sox
    Koji Uehara (S, 15)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    Padres
    Cory Spangenberg   2B
    3
    2
    3
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Cardinals
    Greg Garcia   PH
    1
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `Pirates
    Jared Hughes
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    2.0
    Tigers
    Bruce Rondon (W, 1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Orioles
    Jimmy Paredes   DH
    4
    2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Brewers
    Ryan Braun   RF
    4
    2
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

Felix Hernandez leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 10th straight week

Shawn Plank June 26, 2015

King Felix reigns for 10th straight week. Prince Fielder leads AL batters. New leaders—NL pitchers: Max Scherzer, NL batters: Todd Frazier.

St. Louis Cardinals remain atop Box-Toppers team rankings for 4th straight week

Shawn Plank June 26, 2015

Cards remain top team. Astros maintain AL lead. Nationals are hot team of the week.

Astros' Keuchel, Mets' deGrom top players for Thursday, June 25, rise in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings

Shawn Plank June 26, 2015

Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to eighth in player rankings.

Also Thursday, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom was National League Player of the Day and rose to fifth in Box-Toppers player rankings. Plus, Todd Frazier of the Reds takes the Box-Toppers points lead among NL batters, passing Bryce Harper of the Nationals.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 25.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	13.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	13.0
3	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	12.0
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	12.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	11.4
6	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	11.1
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	9.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	9.7
10	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	9.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Keuchel pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 12 and allowing six hits, in the 4-0 win over the Yankees. Keuchel earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.7 for the season and rising to eighth in player rankings. He ranks fifth among AL pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—deGrom pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits, in the 2-0 win over the Brewers. deGrom earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 11.4 for the season, rising to fifth in player rankings. He is the seventh player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points. He ranks third among NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points.

National League Batter of the Day—Buster Posey of the Giants hit two doubles and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 13-8 win over the Padres.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Reddick of the Athletics went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs in the 6-3 win over the Rangers.

Notable—Todd Frazier of the Reds takes the lead among NL batters in Box-Toppers points Thursday after earning Player of the Game honors. Frazier (HR 3-6 R 3BI in the 5-4 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.2 for the season. He now ranks first among NL batters, passing Bryce Harper of the Nationals (6.5 Box-Toppers points). Frazier ranks 17th among all players.

Scoring—Keuchel earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and deGrom earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Posey and Reddick each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/25
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    Astros
    Dallas Keuchel (W, 9-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    12
  

    NL
    11.0
    Mets
    Jacob deGrom (W, 8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    6.0
    Nationals
    Doug Fister (W, 3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    6.0
    Cardinals
    Lance Lynn (W, 5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    4
    6
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Giants
    Buster Posey   C
    5
    3
    3
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Athletics
    Josh Reddick   RF
    3
    0
    2
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Rockies
    Troy Tulowitzki   PH, SS
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `Orioles
    Tommy Hunter (H, 5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Reds
    Todd Frazier   3B
    6
    1
    3
    3
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    White Sox
    Adam Eaton   CF
    4
    2
    2
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Dodgers
    Jimmy Rollins   SS
    4
    1
    2
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

  
  

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