Brewers pitcher Jhoulys Chacin is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day in the National League Championship Series Game 3.
The Brewers lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1.
Read MoreNLCS preview: Surging Brewers hold key Box-Toppers advantages over Dodgers
The surging Milwaukee Brewers hold several key advantages over the Los Angeles Dodgers as they enter the National League Championship Series.
Read MoreDodgers’ Walker Buehler tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 19; Indians’ Carrasco rises to 7th in player rankings
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreTigers’ Matthew Boyd tops players for Saturday, Sept. 8; Nationals’ Scherzer extends player rankings lead
Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Red Sox maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings; Brewers leap to top NL teams after trades
The Boston Red Sox maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers leap eight spots up Box-Toppers team rankings to fourth place, jumping to the lead among National League teams after making Aug. 31 deadline trades.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Rick Porcello tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 14; Corbin, Kluber rise in player rankings top 10
Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors—Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to eighth place and Indians pitcher Corey Kluber rises to ninth place.
Porcello, Corbin and Kluber are among five players with 10 or more Box-Toppers points this season who earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Read MoreIndians’ Corey Kluber tops players for Saturday, Aug. 4, rises to 9th in player rankings
Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings and reaching 100 Box-Toppers points for his career.
Kluber pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking one, in the 3-0 win over the Angels.
Read MoreGiants’ Andrew Suarez tops players for Saturday, June 2; Rangers’ Hamels tops AL players
Giants pitcher Andrew Suarez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Suarez struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Phillies.
Read MoreCubs’ Mike Montgomery tops players for Monday, May 28; Astros’ Verlander rises to 8th in player rankings
Cubs pitcher Mike Montgomery is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins' Jose Berrios tops players for Sunday, April 1; Nationals' Gonzalez tops NL players
Twins pitcher Jose Berrios is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Berrios pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out six and allowing one walk, in the 7-0 win over the Orioles.
Read More8 of top 10 ERA leaders also rank in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings
Corey Kluber of the Indians had the lowest earned run average of any pitcher in 2017 and ranked fifth in Box-Toppers player rankings.
The overall Box-Toppers points leader, Chris Sale of the Red Sox (25.1), finished sixth place in ERA (2.90). Eight of the top 10 ERA leaders finished in the top 10 in Box-Toppers points in 2017.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of 'all-time' after the 2017 season
Randy Johnson leads Box-Toppers "all-time" career top 100 list, since record-keeping began in 1995. Clayton Kershaw, ranked third overall, leads all active players. And Box-Toppers 2017 Player of the Year Chris Sale makes the biggest jump up the top 100 chart.
Read MoreAddison Russell tops players in Thursday's NL Division Series Game 5, as Cubs eliminate Nationals
Addison 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' Strasburg, Yankees' Chapman top players in Wednesday's League Division Series games
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg and Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman are Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Players of the Day in two League Division Series games.
Read MoreCubs' Hendricks top players in 4 league division playoff games of Friday, Oct. 6
Cubs 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:
- Justin Turner of the Dodgers.
- Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin.
- Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel.
Red Sox' Chris Sale tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 20, rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings
Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead season player rankings, passing Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who only took the lead Tuesday.
Sale struck out 13 over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreTigers' Justin Verlander tops players for Sunday, Aug. 20, rises to 25th on Box-Toppers ‘all-time’ career list
Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Verlander struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Dodgers. Verlander retired the first 13 batters he faced.
Read MoreNationals' Gio Gonzalez tops players for Monday, July 31; Astros' Marisnick tops AL players
Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gonzalez lost a no-hit bid in the ninth inning, pitching eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit, three walks and striking out five, in the 1-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreHow baseball stars are trending: Kershaw remains strong over past half decade—who is rising & who is declining
Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer hold dominant lead among players in Box-Toppers points over last several years. Using longer term measure, Chris Sale rises to lead AL pitchers, Yoenis Cespedes rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreTwo relievers are Box-Toppers top players in Sunday's two Division Series games
Two relief pitchers were Box-Toppers’ top players in two League Division Series playoff games Sunday:
- Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna was Player of the Game in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Rangers, as his team swept Texas in the series.
- And Nationals middle reliever Blake Treinen was Player of the Game in the 5-2 win over the Dodgers to even that series at one game apiece.
ALDS Game 3, Blue Jays 7, Rangers 6 (10 innings)
Osuna pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits, no walks, striking out two and earning the win. The Blue Jays win the best-of-five game series, 3-0 and advance to the American League Championship Series beginning Friday against the winner of the Red Sox-Indians series.
Osuna was also Player of the Game in the Blue Jays’ Game 2 win agains the Rangers on Friday. He is the first player this postseason to earn Player of the Game honors more than once.
During the regular season, Osuna had 3.0 Box-Toppers points (all in April) and ranked 319th among all players, 87th among AL pitchers and 15th among AL closers.
Osuna had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +4.0. Blue Jays’ top batter in the game was Edwin Encarnacion, who had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 (HR 2-3 R 3BI).
NLDS Game 2: Nationals 5, Dodgers 2
Nationals middle reliever Blake Treinen pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits, no walks, striking out two and earning the win.
Treinen had no Box-Toppers points during the regular season. He has 1.0 for his career, earned June 10, 2015.
Treinen had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +3.1. Nationals’ top batter in the game, Daniel Murphy, had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 (3-3 R 2BI).
The best-of-five game series is now tied 1-1 and resumes Monday in Los Angeles.
ALDS Game 3 between the Red Sox and Indians was rained out Sunday and rescheduled for Monday. More details below.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| BTG | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| 4.0 | TOR 7, TEX 6 (10) | Roberto Osuna (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3.1 | WSH 5, LAD 2 | Blake Treinen (W,1-0; H,1) | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| BTG: Box-Toppers game score | |||||||||||||
Coming Monday: League Division playoff games resume:
NL Division Series Game 3, Nationals at Dodgers, series tied, 1-1
The pitching matchup Monday:
Nationals—Gio Gonzalez, 6.0 Box-Toppers points, 158th among all players, 45th among NL pitchers.
Dodgers—Kenta Maeada, 10.0 Box-Toppers points, 54th among all players, 21st among NL pitchers.
AL Division Series Game 3, Indians lead Red Sox, 2-0
The pitching matchup Monday:
Indians—Josh Tomlin, 5.0 Box-Toppers points, 202nd among all players, 63rd among AL pitchers.
Red Sox—Clay Buchholz, 5.0 Box-Toppers points, 200th among all players, 62nd among AL pitchers.
NL Division Series Game 3, Cubs lead Giants, 2-0
The pitching matchup Monday:
Cubs—Jake Arrieta, 15.7 Box-Toppers points, ninth among all players, sixth among NL pitchers.
Giants—Madison Bumgarner, 13.0 Box-Toppers points, 19th among all players, 12th among NL pitchers.
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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