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Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 7.
NL Championship Series Game 7: Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 2
Carroll hit a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.
The Diamondbacks win the best-of-seven game series over the Phillies, 4-3, advancing to the World Series beginning Friday against the Texas Rangers.
Carroll earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 366th among all players, 89th among NL batters and 41st among NL outfielders.
Carroll had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0, best of all players in the game. Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt had a +1.0 Box-Toppers game score (4IP 4H 2R 2BB 7K ND). Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez had a -1.8 Box-Toppers game score (4.2IP 6H 3R 0BB 6K L). Phillies top batter Alec Bohm had a +1.0 Box-Toppers game score (HR 1-3 2R BI).
This is Carroll’s second Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the 2023 postseason (after earning three during the entire regular season). He was also Player of the Game Oct. 3 in the NL Wild Card Game 1 win over the Brewers. He is the eighth player this postseason with multiple Player of the Game honors but the first batter.
Details on Tuesday’s league championship series Player of the Game winner in the chart.
Box-Toppers team rankings
Box-Toppers favored the Phillies over the Diamondbacks in the series, even though neither was particularly highly ranked in Box-Toppers team rankings for 2023. The Phillies are ninth with its players accumulating 112.2 Box-Toppers points, fourth among NL teams. The Diamondbacks rank 14th, seventh among NL teams and lowest among all 12 postseason qualifiers (102.1 points).
How did they get here
Both teams finished second in their respective divisions, the Phillies in the NL East with 90 wins, 14 games behind division champion Atlanta Braves and the Diamondbacks in the NL West with 84 wins, 16 games behind division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Source: MLB.com
Both teams qualified for the postseason as two of the three Wild Card teams, the Phillies were fourth-seeded NL postseason team, while the Diamondbacks were the sixth seed.
Both teams swept their opponent in two games in the Wild Card round of the playoffs—the Phillies swept the fifth-seeded Miami Marlins and the Diamondbacks swept the third-seeded Milwaukee Brewers.
Both teams then went on to upset their respective division champions in the NL Division Series to advance to the NL Championship Series. The Phillies upended the Braves in four games, 3-1, while the Diamondbacks swept the Dodgers in three games, 3-0.
Diamondbacks NLCS Player of the Game winners
Here is a look at Diamondbacks Player of the Game winners in this series:
Game 3—Brandon Pfaadt, 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 282nd overall and 88th among NL pitchers.
Game 4—Alek Thomas, 0.0 points in 2023 ranks 896th among all players, 204th among NL batters and 91st among NL outfielders.
Game 6—Merrill Kelly, 13.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 18th overall and seventh among NL pitchers.
Game 7—Corbin Carroll, 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 366th among all players, 89th among NL batters and 41st among NL outfielders.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +3.0 | ARI 4, PHI 2 | Corbin Carroll CF‑RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf lf | ari nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
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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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