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Closing pitcher Josh Sborz is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks to win the 2023 World Series in five games.
The Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.
Read MoreRangers closing pitcher Jose Leclerc is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Texas Rangers win 6-5 in 11 innings to take a 1-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the best-of-seven game series.
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The Texas Rangers hold significant Box-Toppers points advantages over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 World Series.
The Rangers finished first in Box-Toppers team rankings for the season while the Diamondbacks finished 14th, lowest among all postseason teams.
Read MoreAlek Thomas of the Diamondbacks is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Championship Series Game 4.
Also Friday, Astros closing pitcher Ryan Pressly is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the American League Championship Series Game 5.
Read MoreBox-Toppers favors the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series, though the Arizona Diamondbacks have the slight edge among starting pitchers.
Both teams fought through higher-ranked teams to make their way to the league championship series, so neither is particularly highly ranked in Box-Toppers team rankings for 2023.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Ryan Thompson tops players in Monday’s two National League Division Series playoff games.
Travis d'Arnaud of the Braves was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other NLDS game.
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Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Philadelphia Phillies face the Atlanta Braves in one best-of-five game series and the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Braves (first) and the Dodgers (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games, all of which ended in two-game sweeps.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray and Diamondbacks closing pitcher Paul Sewald.
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Source: MLB.com
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Jose Berrios is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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.