Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Luzardo struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Reds.
Luzardo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.4 for the season, 121st among all players and 46th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run (none earned), six hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Tigers.
Berrios earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.4 for the season, 66th among all players and 25th among AL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Joey Wendle of the Rays hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the 12-8 win over the Orioles. Wendle went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in six runs.
National League Batter of the Day—Jonathan Villar of the Mets homered, tripled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 9-4 win over the Nationals.
Notable—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease had the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among the 14 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Cease (6IP 4H R 2BB 11K W in the 13-1 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season, 24th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers.
Cease becomes the 32nd player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his first season with 10 or more points. His previous best season was 2019 with the White Sox when he had 2.0 points.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Sunday, Aug. 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 20.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 17.4 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 17.1 |
| 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 5 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 16.4 |
| 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 16.1 |
| 7 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 15.1 |
| 8 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 15.1 |
| 9 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 13.7 |
| 10 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.7 |
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Scoring—Luzardo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Berrios earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Wendle and Villar each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Player of the Game winners (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.
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Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG).| 8/29 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | MIA 2, CIN 1 | Jesus Luzardo, (W 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| AL | +11.0 | TOR 2, DET 1 | Jose Berríos, (W 9‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| +9.0 | COL 5, LAD 0 | Antonio Senzatela, (W 3‑9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +9.0 | CHW 13, CHC 1 | Dylan Cease, (W 11‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| BAT | +7.0 | TB 12, BAL 8 | Joey Wendle, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +7.0 | TEX 13, HOU 2 | Adolis García, DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PIT 4, STL 3 | Chris Stratton, (W 5‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | NYM 9, WSH 4 | Jonathan Villar, 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | OAK 3, NYY 1 | Tony Kemp, PH‑LF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SEA 4, KC 3 | Kyle Seager, 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | PHI 7, ARI 4 | Ian Kennedy, (S 5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CLE 7, BOS 5 | Jose Ramírez, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | ATL 9, SF 0 | Jorge Soler, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | MIL 6, MIN 2 | Rowdy Tellez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | +10.7 |
| Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 9.5 | 13.0 | 32.0 | 35.5 | +6.0 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 7.4 | 10.4 | 47.9 | 47.9 | +4.4 |
| Kennedy, Ian 2723 | pi cp | phi nl | 7.0 | 7.0 | 30.0 | 86.5 | +7.0 |
| Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp mr | fla nl | 5.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | +0.7 |
| Soler, Jorge 3403 | dh rf | atl nl | 5.0 | 5.0 | 19.2 | 23.4 | +5.0 |
| Garcia, Adolis 4387 | cf dh | tex al | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Wendle, Joey 3756 | 3b ph | tb al | 4.7 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 11.2 | +1.7 |
| Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b | sea al | 4.5 | 6.5 | 28.2 | 47.2 | +2.5 |
| Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b ph | mil nl | 3.5 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | +0.5 |
| Villar, Jonathan 3233 | ss 3b 2b | nym nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | +2.5 |
| Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | pi sp | col nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Stratton, Chris 3883 | pi cp sp | pit nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | +2.0 |
| Kemp, Tony 3973 | lf ph | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +1.0 |
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