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Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
Keuchel struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Yankees. The Indians take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Read MoreThe Houston Astros rank higher in Box-Toppers team rankings, though the New York Yankees hold an advantage in starting pitching and top-10 ranked players as they face off in the American League Championship Series starting Friday.
Read MoreAddison Russell of the Cubs is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game in National League Division Series Game 5, as the Cubs eliminate the Nationals.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg and Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman are Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Players of the Day in two League Division Series games.
Read MoreNo baseball Tuesday as the National League Division Series Game 4 was rained out and postponed until Wednesday.
There are two League Division Series games scheduled for Wednesday.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Jose Quintana is Monday’s Box-Toppers top Player of the Game among the four League Division Series playoff games.
The other three Players of the Game Monday are Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish, Yankees closer Tommy Kahnle and George Springer of the Astros.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Sunday’s two American League Division Series games.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Kenley Jansen and Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Saturday’s pair of National League League Division Series games.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is Box-Toppers top player in Friday’s four league division series playoff games.
The other three Players of the Game Friday:
Trevor Bauer of the Indians and Jose Altuve of the Astros are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Thursday’s pair of American League Division Series openers.
Bauer struck out eight over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Yankees. The Indians now lead the Yankees 1-0 in the best-of-five series.
Read MoreJake Lamb of the Diamondbacks is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s National League Wild Card game.
Lamb went 4-for-5, scoring three times, in the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-8 win over the Colorado Rockies.
Read MoreYankees pitcher David Robertson is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s American League Wild Card Game.
Robertson pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of middle relief, allowing three hits, one walk, striking out three and earning the win, in the 8-4 win over the Royals.
Read MoreThe Minnesota Twins visit the New York Yankeesin the American League one-game Wild Card playoff game Tuesday.
Starting pitchers are: Twins—Ervin Santana, 16.1 Box-Toppers points, ranked 10th among all players, fifth among AL pitchers. Yankees—Luis Severino, 21.1 Box-Toppers points, ranked eighth among all players, fourth among AL pitchers.
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Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Box-Toppers 2017 Player of the Year, finishing the season with the most Box-Toppers points among all players.
Sale earned 25.1 points in 2017, finishing just 0.1 point ahead of second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (25.0).
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The Cleveland Indians finish the season atop Box-Toppers team rankings.
But the Los Angeles Dodgers, who led much of the season, rebounded after a late-season slump, rising to top National League teams and were baseball’s hottest team in the final days of the season.
Read MoreRays pitcher Blake Snell is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day on the final day of the regular season.
Snell struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 6-0 win over the Orioles. Snell had the seventh-highest Box-Toppers game score of the season Sunday (+18.0). (See chart below: Highest Box-Toppers game scores of 2017.)
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Cubs pitcher Jon Lester is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, becoming the 38th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.
Also Saturday, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale secured Box-Toppers 2017 Player of the Year honors after the only two players who had the chance to pass him both failed to earn Player of the Game honors—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning the highest Box-Toppers game score of the season.
Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw have one final chance Saturday to take the Box-Toppers points lead and win 2017’s Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors.
Scherzer of the Nationals starts Saturday against the Pirates and Kershaw of the Dodgers starts Saturday against the Rockies.
Read MoreIndians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.
Carrasco struck out 14 over 8 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and one walk, in the 5-2 win over the Twins.
Read MoreBox-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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.