Royals' Jeremy Guthrie tops players for Monday, Aug. 5

Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Monday, Aug. 5:

Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie is Monday's Player of the Day. Guthrie pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out seven, in the 13-0 win over the Twins. 

Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin is National League Player of the Day. Gaudin struck out eight and gave up one run over 6 1/3 innings (but earned no decision) in the 4-2 win over the Brewers. 

Alex Rios of the White Sox is American League Batter of the Day. Rios drove in four runs and went 2-for-4 in the 8-1 win over the Yankees. 

Notable: Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez became the 25th player this season to earn 10.0 or more Box-Toppers for the season. Sanchez (7.2 IP 11K ND in the 4-2 win vs. the Indians) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 10.0 for the season, putting him in 25th place in Box-Toppers points among players this season.

Guthrie receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Gaudin receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Rios receives 1.5 for being AL Batter of the Day.

All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

805	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	11.0	Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jeremy Guthrie (W, 12-7)	9.0	4	0	0	1	7
	8.2	`Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Anibal Sanchez	7.2	4	2	2	2	11
	5.1	Astros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Josh Fields (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	4
NL	4.1	`Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Chad Gaudin	6.1	4	1	1	4	8
	3.2	Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			David Carpenter (W, 3-0)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2
BAT	3.0	White Sox	Alex Rios RF	4	1	2	4	1	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Paco Rodriguez (S, 2)	2.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	Blue Jays	Mark DeRosa PH, 1B	1	0	1	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.1	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Martin Perez (W, 4-3)	6.1	4	2	2	4	7

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Giants' Chad Gaudin, Royals' Ervin Santana top players for Friday, July 19

Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin is Friday's Player of the Day. Gaudin pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed three hits and struck out eight in the 2-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

Royals pitcher Ervin Santana is American League Player of the Day. Santana pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings and allowed three hits in the 1-0 win over the Royals. 

Brad Miller of the Mariners is AL Batter of the Day. Miller homered twice, drove in five runs and went 3-for-5 in the 10-7 win over the Astros. Friday was Miller's Box-Toppers debut, the first time he has been Player of the Game. He is the 3,227th player to debut since Box-Toppers record-keeping began in 1995. 

Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals is National League Batter of the Day. Carpenter drove in three runs and went 3-for-4 in the 9-6 win over the Padres. 

Gaudin receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Santana receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Miller and Carpenter each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Friday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

719	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	12.0	Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Chad Gaudin (W, 4-1)	7.0	3	0	0	0	8
AL	10.1	Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Ervin Santana (W, 6-6)	7.1	2	0	0	1	6
	6.2	Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jered Weaver (W, 4-5)	6.2	4	0	0	4	8
	6.0	Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kyle Lohse (W, 6-7)	6.0	5	0	0	0	5
BAT	5.0	Mariners	Brad Miller SS	5	2	3	5	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.1	Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jeff Samardzija (W, 6-9)	7.1	4	1	1	3	6
	4.0	`Twins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jared Burton	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
	3.2	`Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Darren O`Day (H, 15)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2
BAT	3.0	Cardinals	Matt Carpenter 2B	4	1	3	3	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Reds	Chris Heisey LF	3	2	2	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Craig Kimbrel (S, 27)	1.0	0	0	0	1	3
	3.0	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kenley Jansen (S, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.1	Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Felix Doubront (W, 7-3)	6.1	3	2	1	3	5
	2.0	Phillies	Domonic Brown LF	5	2	3	2	0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Rays	Wil Myers RF	5	2	3	1	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.