Mariners’ Castillo tops players Saturday; Mets’ Alonso tops NL players
Saturday, July 5 Daily Scorecard: Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Alonso hits two home runs to earn NL Player of the Day, rises to 4th among NL batters in 2025 B-T points
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pete Alonso of the Mets and Kyle Higashioka of the Rangers.
Castillo struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Pirates.
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(Correction: One of the links in Saturday’s email newsletter was incorrect. The “Show me the full post” link should have pointed here, to the summary of Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.)