Alex Rios tied an American League record with six hits in a 9 inning game, the first 5 against Justin Verlander. Rios also stole a pair of bases and sparked the game winning 8th inning rally as White Sox clubbed their way to an 11-4 win.

James Shields pitched well over 7 innings, giving up only 1 run and 5 hits, winning the game 3-1 for the Royals over the Yankees.

Marlon Byrd broke open a tense, back and forth game against the Giants by blasting an 8th inning grand slam. The Mets prevailed, 10-6.

Wily Peralta threw a complete game shutout against the mighty Cincinnati Reds. He held the defending division champs to 3 hits as the Brewers won a close game, 2-0.

They all owned baseball on July 9th, 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

Buster Posey – 4

Brandon Belt – 3

Shin-Soo Choo – 3

Andrew McCutchen – 3

Brandon Phillips – 3

Justin Upton – 3

Gregor Blanco – 2

Marlon Byrd – 2

Zack Cozart – 2

Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2

Angel Pagan – 2

Wilin Rosario – 2

Andrelton Simmons – 2

Giancarlo Stanton – 2

Troy Tulowitzki – 2

Rickie Weeks – 2

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw – 7

Adam Wainwright – 7

Matt Harvey– 6

Jordan Zimmermann– 5

Zack Greinke – 4

Patrick Corbin – 3

Yovani Gallardo– 3

Dillon Gee –3

Cliff Lee – 3

Francisco Liriano – 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

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

Jose Bautista – 3

Prince Fielder – 3

Mike Trout – 3

Josh Donaldson – 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

Adam Jones – 2

Howie Kendrick – 2

Evan Longoria – 2

Victor Martinez – 2

Justin Maxwell – 2

Mitch Moreland– 2

Brandon Moss – 2

Adam Rosales – 2

Leaders for American League Pitcher

R.A. Dickey – 5

Matt Moore– 5

Clay Buchholz – 4

Yu Darvish – 4

Justin Masterson – 4

Alex Cobb– 3

Bartolo Colon –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

Kevin Correia-2

Jeremy Guthrie – 2

Corey Kluber – 2

John Lackey – 2

CC Sabathia – 2

Anibal Sanchez – 2

James Shields –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, 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, Torii Hunter, Raul Ibanez, Ubaldo Jimenez, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, 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, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Jordy Mercer, Will Middlebrooks, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Justin Morneau, Mike Napoli, Daniel Nava, Dioner Navarro, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Ivan Nova, Lyle Overbay, Jarrod Parker, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Dustin Pedroia, Wily Peralta, Andy Pettitte, A. J. Pierzynski, David Price, Albert Pujols, Josh Reddick, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Alex RiosWandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo,  Justin Ruggiano, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Ervin Santana, Josh Satin, 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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Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast begins in Italian.
Why?
Because the wonderful Italian MLB Podcast Nel Nome del Gioco, gave me a nice notice and I am saying Grazie to the hosts Marco Barbanera and Pietro Striano.

As for San Francisco Giants fans… you are forbidden to watch today’s game. The team has been too cruel to you.

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