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Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 2.
NL Championship Series Game 2: Phillies 10, Diamondbacks 0
Nola struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
The Phillies take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
Nola earned 12.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 27th overall and 12th among NL pitchers. This was his third Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the 2023 postseason in his third appearance. He also did it Oct. 4 in the NL Wild Card win over the Marlins and Oct. 11 in the NL Division Series win over the Braves.
Nola is the second player to win Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors three times this postseason, joining Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, who earned his third on Monday. Two other players have won Player of the Game multiple times this postseason—Rangers pitcher Jordan Montgomery and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler both have done it twice.
Nola had a Box-Toppers game score of +10.0, best among all Phillies players Tuesday. Phillies top batter was designated hitter Kyle Schwarber with a +4.0 game score (2HR 2-3 3R 2BI). Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly had a -2.8 game score (5.2IP 3H 4R 3BB 6K L).
Details on Tuesday’s league championship series Player of the Game winner in the chart.
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).| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
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| +10.0 | PHI 10, ARI 0 | Aaron Nola (W, 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’22-23), the period 2018-2023 (’18-23) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2023 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2022 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’23 | ’22‑23 | ’18‑23 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.0 | 28.0 | 77.2 | 101.7 | -4.0 |
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Wednesday’s pitching matchup (for more, see matchups chart):
AL Championship Series Game 3: Rangers lead Astros, 2-0.
Astros—Cristian Javier, 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 102nd overall, 45th among AL pitchers.
Javier was Box-Toppers Player of the Game Oct. 10 in the AL Division Series win over the Twins, his only 2023 postseason appearance.
Rangers—Max Scherzer, 15.4 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 10th overall, sixth among AL pitchers.
This is Scherzer’s first 2023 postseason appearance and his first appearance since Sept. 12, his last regular season start, when he exited with the shoulder injury that sidelined him for a month, through the end of the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs for the Rangers. Scherzer was Player of the Game Sept. 12 in the game he exited with injury.
A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’s Championship Series 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 2023 (’23), over a two-year period (’22-23), over a six-year period (’18-23) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’23 | ’22‑23 | ’18‑23 | Career |
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| HOU | Javier, Cristian 4290 | 7.0 | 22.7 | 30.7 | 30.7 |
| TEX | Scherzer, Max 2588 | 15.4 | 25.4 | 95.0 | 251.7 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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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. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)
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