A three-way tie for July helped pull Count Gary even with Conley atop the overall leader board with two months to go.

Nine players are within five points of the lead, so picking the guy who makes the Splendid Spring could make the difference between a strong season and the $100 Best Buy gift card.

You know the drill. We’ve handed out Best Buy cards because of Kevin Youkilis and Joe Mauer, so anyone can do it.

Think it through, choose wisely and enjoy the dog days with the Indoor Four contest!

On to the obligatory rules:

Spitter staff members are ineligible.

Each contestant is limited to one selection per month.

Selected players are eligible for that day’s games if they were selected before the first game of said day. If picked after games have begun, they will be eligible the following day.

If your nomination is injured during the month, you can choose a replacement, but must stick with that replacement player for the duration of said month even if your original choice returns from the disabled list. Should your replacement player go on the DL, you can again pick a replacement.

Only officially scored inside-the-park home runs are accepted, no creative scoring where a bunt and sniper-like throws lead to a trek around the bases.

How the scoring works:

First contestant with an Indoor Four for the month: 5 points

Inside-the-park home run: 4 points

Triples: 1 point

Monthly points leader: 1 point

Greg Gagne Special (two Indoor Fours in one game): 10 points

Ichiro Special (All-Star Game Indoor Four): 5.1 points

Send your selections to indoorfour@yahoo.com

(Please include whatever username you’d like to utilize for the leaderboard, which will be posted here)

A $100 shopping spree on The Spitter’s dime hangs in the balance, so as Harry Caray once said, “Let me hear ya!”

Make your choice, good luck and thanks for playing!

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Conley 9

Count Gary 9

Ace of Bases 6

Ramzavail 6

Fantastic Four Bagger 5

Jeremy Popscene 5

Beek 4

Chilean Bamboo 4

Clingman 4

Team Navarrete 4

Spike Vrusho 4

Mike H 3

Ruprecht 2

JonnySaferide 1

Solem 1

PLAYER (Triples for August) [Overall points for August]

Jose Altuve HOU (0)[0]

Jackie Bradley Jr. BOS (0) [0]

Jay Bruce NYM (0) [0]

Brandon Crawford SF (0) [0]

Adam Eaton CWS (0) [0]

Billy Hamilton CIN (0) [0]

Josh Harrison PIT (0) [0]

David Ortiz BOS (0) [0]

Ben Revere WSH (0) [0]

Anthony Rizzo CHC (0) [0]

Michael Saunders TOR (0) [0]

Ichiro Suzuki MIA (0) [0]

Trea Turner WSH (0) [0]