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Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Division Series playoff game.
AL Division Series Game 4: Yankees 4, Guardians 2
Cole struck out eight over seven innings, allowing two runs, six hits and one walk.
The Yankees tie the best-of-five game series, 2-2, which concludes Monday in New York.
Cole earned 15.4 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 17th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers. It is the second time he’s earned Player of the Game honors this postseason after doing it in Game 1 of this ALDS against the Guardians on Tuesday. Cole is the third player to earn Player of the Game honors twice this postseason, joining Padres closing pitcher Josh Hader and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola.
Cole had a Box-Toppers game score of +4.0, best among all Yankees players Sunday. Yankees top batter was center fielder Harrison Bader with a +1.0 game score (HR 1-3 R 2BI). Guardians starting pitcher Cal Quantrill had a -3.0 game score (5IP 4H 3R BB 3K L).
All of Sunday’s Player of the Game winners are listed in the chart below.
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).Back to top
| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.0 | NYY 4, CLE 2 | Gerrit Cole, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
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 in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 | 37.8 | 102.4 | 138.3 | -7.0 |
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NOTE: These are player point totals as of the end of the 2022 regular season. No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.
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Tuesday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):
AL Division Series Game 5, Guardians at Yankees, series tied 2-2
Monday’s scheduled Game 5 was postponed by rainy weather in New York until Tuesday. Originally, starting. pitchers were listed as Aaron Civale for the Guardians and Jameson Taillon for the Yankees. At posting time, the Guardians have not officially named a different starter, though presumably their options are different given the added day of rest. The Yankees, however, have changed their listed Game 5 starter to Nestor Cortes. Details:
Guardians—No starter officially announced at posting time. It still could be the scheduled starter prior to Monday’s postponement: Aaron Civale, 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 160th among all players, 56th among AL pitchers.
Yankees—Nestor Cortes, 15.4 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 19th overall, ninth among AL pitchers.
Civale has yet to appear in the postseason. Cortes started Game 2 Friday, a game the Yankees lost (5IP 6H 2R 3BB 3K ND).
A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’s Division Series round pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
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| CLE | Civale, Aaron 4173 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 22.4 | 22.4 |
| NYY | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | 15.4 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 |
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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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