Blue Jays’ Stripling tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 17; Dodgers’ Gonsolin tops NL players

Blue Jays pitcher Ross Stripling is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Stripling struck out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Orioles. Stripling did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

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Diamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Friday, July 22; Athletics’ Irvin tops AL players

Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Gallen struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 10-1 win over the Nationals.

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Tigers’ Skubal tops players for Thursday, July 21, rising to 10th in player rankings

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.

Skubal struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run (none earned), two hits and two walks, in the 7-2 win over the Athletics.

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Braves’ Fried tops players for Saturday, May 7, rising to 2nd in season player rankings

Braves pitcher Max Fried is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second in season player rankings, first among National League pitchers.

Also Saturday, two other player rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to sixth place and Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez rises to 10th.

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Rays’ Kluber tops players for Friday, April 29; Mets’ Megill rises to lead player rankings

Rays pitcher Corey Kluber is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Mets pitcher Tylor Megill rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players also rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 Friday—Jose Ramirez of the Guardians rises to fifth place and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros rises to sixth. Plus, C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to first place among National League batters in 2022 Box-Toppers points Friday.

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Rockies’ Kuhl tops players for Monday, April 18; Padres’ Manaea rises to 5th in player rankings

Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Padres pitcher Sean Manaea rises from seventh to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Luis Garcia tops players as Astros eliminate Red Sox in AL Championship Series Game 6

Astros pitcher Luis Garcia is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s clinching American League Championship Series Game 6.

Garcia struck out seven over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 5-0 win over the Red Sox. The Astros win the best-of-seven game series, 4-2, and advance to the World Series.

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Astros’ Valdez, Braves’ Rosario top players in Wednesday’s league championship series games

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez and Eddie Rosario of the Braves are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s two league championship series games.

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Astros’ McCullers, Rays’ Arozarena top players in pair of AL Division Series openers Thursday

Lance McCullers Jr. of the Astros and Randy Arozarena of the Rays are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s pair of American League Division Series openers.

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