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Mookie Betts of the Dodgers and Jhonkensy Noel of the Guardians are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two League Championship Series games.
In both best-of-seven-games series, the Los Angeles Dodgers take a 3-1 lead over the New York Mets in the National League, while the Cleveland Guardians now trail the New York Yankees, 2-1, in the American League.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s National League Championship Series Game 3.
Buehler struck out six over four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks in the 8-0 win over the Mets. The Los Angeles Dodgers take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the New York Mets.
Read MoreAaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Championship Series Game 2.
Judge hit a two-run homer, a sacrifice fly and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs. The New York Yankees take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Cleveland Guardians.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon and Mets closing pitcher Edwin Diaz are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two League Championship Series games.
The Yankees take a 1-0 lead over the Guardians in the American League, while in the National League, the Mets tie the series with the Dodgers, 1-1.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
Flaherty struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks. The Dodgers take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven-game series.
Read MoreLane Thomas of the Guardians is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s American League Division Series Game 5.
The Cleveland Guardians win the series in five games, 3-2, advancing to the AL Championship Series and eliminating the Detroit Tigers.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Division Series Game 5.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win the series in five games, 3-2, advancing to the NL Championship Series and eliminating the San Diego Padres.
Read MoreDavid Fry of the Guardians and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
The New York Yankees win their division series over the Kansas City Royals and advance to the AL Championship Series. The Cleveland Guardians tie their series with the Detroit Tigers which will conclude with Game 5 Saturday in Cleveland.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Wednesday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s league division series games:
Beau Brieske of the Tigers.
Tommy Kahnle of the Yankees.
Gavin Lux of the Dodgers.
Mets pitcher Sean Manaea and Padres closing pitcher Robert Suarez are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two National League Division Series playof games.
The Mets and Padres both take 2-1 leads in their best-of-five game series as both series resume Wednesday with Game 4s. Both American League Division Series also resume Wednesday’s with two Game 3s.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Garrett Hampson of the Royals are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
Both AL Division Series are now even heading into Tuesday’s travel day before resuming Wednesday.
Read MoreFernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Nick Castellanos of the Phillies are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s two National League Division Series playoff games.
Both NL Division Series are now even heading into Monday’s travel day before resuming Tuesday.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games:
Luke Weaver of the Yankees.
Reed Garrett of the Mets.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
Mets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Thursday’s Wild Card series-clinching win.
Quintana struck out five over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers. Quintana did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games.
Three teams swept the best-of-three-game series Wednesday and will advance to their league division series beginning Saturday—the Padres, Tigers and Royals. The Brewers and Mets will play a decisive Game 3 in their Wild Card series on Thursday.
Read MorePadres pitcher Michael King tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games:
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Mark Vientos of the Mets.
Braves pitcher Grant Holmes is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to second place among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gilbert struck out seven over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-4 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lopez struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Royals. Lopez did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points (11.0) after earning NL Batter of the Day honors, making a meteoric rise from completely outside the top 10 among NL batters until Sept. 19 and earning 6.0 of his 11.0 points for the season in a 13-day explosion.
Read MoreBox-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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.