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Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s World Series Game 3.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-seven-game series. Buehler struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2022 to 2023.
Rodon had 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth among all players and third among National League pitchers. But moving to the Yankees in 2023, he earned only 1.0 Box-Toppers point. That 18.8-point decline was the biggest among all players.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Spencer Strider is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the highest Box-Toppers game score for any Player of the Game winner in 2022.
Strider struck out 16 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place and Braves pitcher Kyle Wright rises to sixth.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Wild Card Game.
Eovaldi struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Yankees. The Red Sox advance to the AL Division Series Thursday against the Rays.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon, pitching a no-hitter, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning his fourth Player of the Game honor of the 2021 season.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Luke Weaver is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Weaver struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 9-2 win over the Rockies.
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.