Alex Avila stunned the Cleveland crowd with a 3 run 9th inning home run that turned a 2-1 hole into a 4-2 lead that the Tigers would not relinquish.

Jeremy Guthrie threw a complete game shutout, holding the Twins to 4 hits as the Royals crushed Minnesota, 13-0.

Brandon Belt got on base 4 times with a walk and three hits, scoring twice, leading the Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Brewers. 

Zack Greinke recovered from a shaky first inning to pitch into the 7th inning on the road in St. Louis, allowing only 2 runs. He drove in a run with a single and extended the Dodgers road winning streak to 15 with the 3-2 win.

They all owned baseball on August 5, 2013.

My explanation for “Who Owns Baseball” can be found here.

At the end of the year, we will tally up who owned baseball the most individual days and see how it compares to the final MVP and Cy Young vote.

To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON.

To View The List of just the nightly winners (WOB dedicated Page) starting from Mar.31/2013 – today click here

So let’s update the tally taking into account their heroics last night.

Players with Multiple Votes:

Leaders for the National League Hitter

Paul Goldschmidt– 7

Yasiel Puig – 7

Bryce Harper – 5 1/2

Buster Posey – 5

Brandon Belt – 4

Carlos Gonzalez – 4

Andrew McCutchen – 4

Justin Upton – 4

Shin-Soo Choo – 3

Brandon Phillips – 3

Andrelton Simmons – 3

Gregor Blanco – 2

Domonic Brown – 2

Marlon Byrd – 2

Zack Cozart – 2

Michael Cuddyer – 2

Freddie Freeman – 2

Adrian Gonzalez – 2

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2

Angel Pagan – 2

Hanley Ramirez – 2

Wilin Rosario – 2

Giancarlo Stanton – 2

Troy Tulowitzki – 2

Rickie Weeks – 2

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw – 9

Matt Harvey– 8

Adam Wainwright – 7

Francisco Liriano – 6

Zack Greinke – 5

Jordan Zimmermann– 5

Jose Fernandez – 4

Dillon Gee –4

Bronson Arroyo – 3

A.J. Burnett – 3

Patrick Corbin – 3

Yovani Gallardo– 3

Cliff Lee – 3

Shelby Miller – 3

Stephen Strasburg – 3

Homer Bailey – 2

Madison Bumgarner – 2

Matt Cain – 2

Jorge De La Rosa – 2

Jaime Garcia– 2

Gio Gonzalez – 2

Mike Minor – 2

Ricky Nolasco – 2

Wily Peralta – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 2

Eric Stults – 2

Travis Wood – 2

Barry Zito – 2

Leaders for American League Hitter

Chris Davis – 7

Miguel Cabrera – 6

Prince Fielder – 4

Mike Trout – 4

Jose Bautista – 3

Robinson Cano – 3

Yoenis Cespedes – 3

Josh Donaldson – 3

Jacoby Ellsbury – 3

Adam Jones – 3

Adrian Beltre – 2

Billy Butler – 2

Stephen Drew – 2

Edwin Encarnacion – 2

Alex Gordon – 2

Travis Hafner – 2

Torii Hunter – 2

Raul Ibanez – 2

Austin Jackson – 2

Desmond Jennings – 2

Howie Kendrick – 2

Evan Longoria – 2

Victor Martinez – 2

Justin Maxwell – 2

Mitch Moreland– 2

Brandon Moss – 2

Mike Napoli – 2

Daniel Nava – 2

A. J. Pierzynski – 2

Alex Rios – 2

Adam Rosales – 2

Leaders for American League Pitcher

Matt Moore– 7

Yu Darvish – 5

R.A. Dickey – 5

Clay Buchholz – 4

Bartolo Colon –4

Felix Hernandez – 4

Derek Holland – 4

Justin Masterson – 4

Max Scherzer – 4

Justin Verlander -4

Mark Buehrle – 3

Alex Cobb– 3

Jeremy Guthrie – 3

Jon Lester -3

David Phelps – 3

David Price – 3

Chris Sale – 3

C. J. Wilson – 3

Chris Archer – 2

Joe Blanton – 2

Kevin Correia-2

Jarred Cosart – 2

A.J. Griffin – 2

Ubaldo Jimenez – 2

Corey Kluber – 2

John Lackey – 2

CC Sabathia – 2

Anibal Sanchez – 2

Ervin Santana – 2

James Shields –2

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:

Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, J. P. Arencibia, Alex Avila, Brandon Barnes, Scott Barnes, Erik Bedard, Carlos Beltran, Kyle Blanks, Michael Brantley, Lorenzo Cain, Andrew Cashner, Wei-Yin Chen, Lonnie Chisenhall, Gerrit Cole, Josh Collmenter, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Coco Crisp, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Brandon Cumpton, John Danks, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Chris Denorfria, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Felix Doubront, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Scott Feldman, Doug Fister, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, David Freese, Freddy Garcia, Matt Garza, Chad Gaudin, Yan Gomes, Curtis Granderson, Didi Gregorius, Jason Grilli, Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang, J. J. Hardy, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeremy Hellickson, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Tim Hudson, Edwin Jackson, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Matt Kemp, Kyle Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, Mat Latos, Tim Lincecum, James Loney, David Lough, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Justin Morneau, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Dioner Navarro, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez, Brett Oberholtzer, David Ortiz, Lyle Overbay, Jarrod Parker, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Dustin Pedroia, Andy Pettitte, Albert Pujols, Josh Reddick, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Mariano Rivera,Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Cody Ross, Justin Ruggiano, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Josh Satin, Nate Schierholtz, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Kevin Slowey, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Alfonso Soriano, Dan Straily, Drew Stubbs, Jose Tabata, Julio Teherán, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Luis Valbuena, Jordany Valdespin, Jason Vargas, Will Venable, Shane Victorino, Edinson Volquez, Joey Votto, Neil Walker, Chien-Ming Wang, Adam Warren, Jake Westbrook, Matt Wieters, David Wright, Chris Young, Delmon Young, Ryan Zimmerman

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