Dan Straily returned from the minors to throw 7 innings of 1 hit shutout baseball, winning a 1-0 thriller for the A’s over the Cubs.

Adrian Beltre clocked a pair of homers. The second homer began the Rangers 7th inning come from behind rally against the Mariners, resulting in a 5-4 Texas win.

Cole Hamels pitched 7 innings, letting up only one earned run and struck out 8 Pirates while walking none, giving the Phillies a much needed 6-4 win.

And Wil Nieves went 4-7 with a pair of RBI and got a 2 out single that helped the Diamondbacks set up the game winning rally in the 15th inning, 5-4 against the Mets.

They all owned baseball on July 4th, 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

Yasiel Puig – 7

Paul Goldschmidt– 5

Carlos Gonzalez – 4

Bryce Harper – 4

Brandon Belt – 3

Shin-Soo Choo – 3

Andrew McCutchen – 3

Brandon Phillips – 3

Buster Posey – 3

Justin Upton – 3

Gregor Blanco – 2

Zack Cozart – 2

Angel Pagan – 2

Wilin Rosario – 2

Giancarlo Stanton – 2

Troy Tulowitzki – 2

Rickie Weeks – 2

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Adam Wainwright – 7

Matt Harvey– 6

Clayton Kershaw – 6

Jordan Zimmermann– 5

Patrick Corbin – 3

Yovani Gallardo– 3

Dillon Gee –3

Zack Greinke – 3

Cliff Lee – 3

Shelby Miller – 3

Stephen Strasburg – 3

Bronson Arroyo – 2

Homer Bailey – 2

Madison Bumgarner – 2

A.J. Burnett – 2

Jorge De La Rosa – 2

Jose Fernandez – 2

Jaime Garcia– 2

Francisco Liriano – 2

Mike Minor – 2

Ricky Nolasco – 2

Eric Stults – 2

Travis Wood – 2

Barry Zito – 2

Leaders for American League Hitter

Chris Davis – 7

Miguel Cabrera – 6

Prince Fielder – 3

Mike Trout – 3

Josh Donaldson – 2

Jose Bautista – 2

Adrian Beltre – 2

Robinson Cano – 2

Jacoby Ellsbury – 2

Edwin Encarnacion – 2

Alex Gordon – 2

Travis Hafner – 2

Austin Jackson – 2

Desmond Jennings – 2

Howie Kendrick – 2

Evan Longoria – 2

Justin Maxwell – 2

Mitch Moreland– 2

Brandon Moss – 2

Adam Rosales – 2

Leaders for American League Pitcher

R.A. Dickey – 5

Clay Buchholz – 4

Yu Darvish – 4

Justin Masterson – 4

Matt Moore– 4

Alex Cobb– 3

Felix Hernandez – 3

Derek Holland – 3

Jon Lester -3

David Phelps – 3

Chris Sale – 3

Max Scherzer – 3

Justin Verlander -3

Joe Blanton – 2

Bartolo Colon –2

Kevin Correia-2

Jeremy Guthrie – 2

Corey Kluber – 2

John Lackey – 2

CC Sabathia – 2

Anibal Sanchez – 2

C. J. Wilson – 2

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:

Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, Chris Archer, J. P. Arencibia, Scott Barnes, Erik Bedard, Carlos Beltran, Kyle Blanks, Michael Brantley, Domonic Brown, Mark Buehrle, Billy Butler, Marlon Byrd, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Andrew Cashner, Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Collmenter, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Coco Crisp, Nelson Cruz, Michael Cuddyer, Johnny Cueto, John Danks, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Felix Doubront, Ryan Doumit, Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn, Scott Feldman, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Freddy Garcia, Matt Garza, Yan Gomes, Adrian Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, A.J. Griffin, Jason Grilli, Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeremy Hellickson, Aaron Hicks, Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez, Ubaldo Jimenez, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Kyle Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, David Lough, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Victor Martinez, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Jordy Mercer, Will Middlebrooks, Kendrys Morales, Justin Morneau, Mike Napoli, Daniel Nava, Dioner Navarro, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Lyle Overbay, Jarrod Parker, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Dustin Pedroia, Andy Pettitte, A. J. Pierzynski, Albert Pujols, Josh Reddick, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Justin Ruggiano, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Ervin Santana, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, James Shields, J. B. Shuck, Andrelton Simmons, 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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