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Martin Perez threw a complete game, 3 hit shutout in Oakland. The 3-0 victory propelled the Rangers into first place by themselves.

Kyle Seager launched a pair of homers, driving in all 5 Seattle runs, including a 3 run bottom of the ninth come from behind walk off homer to give the Mariners a 5-3 win over Houston.

Zack Greinke pitched 7 strong innings, letting up just 5 hits, 2 earned runs and walking 1 while striking out 11. He improved to 4-0 for the Dodgers with the 5-2 win over the Phillies.

Hector Sanchez hit two homers including an 11th inning grand slam, collecting 5 RBI in all and propelling the Giants to a 12-10 win over the Rockies.

They owned baseball on April.23, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Sonny Gray was strong for 7 innings, letting up just 5 hits and striking out 8. But the A’s would fall to Texas, 3-0.

Desmond Jennings got on base 4 times, scoring twice. But the Rays would fall to the Twins, 6-4, in 12 innings.

Jeff Samardzija pitched into the 8th inning, letting up just 2 runs and did his share to make Wrigley’s 100th birthday festive. The bullpen would implode and he would get a no decision as the Diamondbacks beat the Cubs, 7-5.

Matt Carpenter got 4 hits, including a double, and scored once. The offense couldn’t drive him home the other times, however, and the Cardinals fell to the Mets, 3-2.

So Lets Update The Yearly Totals When We Factor In Yesterday’s Heroics:

Players with Multiple Votes:

Leaders for the National League Hitter

Ryan Braun – 2

Andrew McCutchen – 1 1/2

Troy Tulowitzki – 1 1/2

Justin Upton – 1 1/2

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Tim Hudson – 2 1/2

Andrew Cashner – 2

Johnny Cueto – 2

Jose Fernandez – 2

Adam Wainwright, – 2

Alex Wood – 2

Gerrit Cole – 1 1/2

Cliff Lee – 1 1/2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Hitter

Josh Donaldson – 2

Albert Pujols – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitcher

Chris Archer – 2

Mark Buehrle – 2

Martin Perez – 2

Garrett Richards – 2

Scott Feldman – 1 1/2

Felix Hernandez – 1 1/2

Jon Lester – 1 1/2

Justin Masterson – 1 1/2

Chris Sale – 1 1/2

Jason Vargas – 1 1/2 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:

Jose Abreu, Henderson Alvarez, Pedro Alvarez, Homer Bailey, Brandon Belt,  Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Emilio Bonifacio, Jackie Bradley Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Matt Cain, Yu Darvish, Ike Davis,  Chris Denorfia, Matt Dominguez, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury,Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Alex Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Matt Holliday, Ryan Howard, John Jaso, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Tom Koehler, Mike Leake, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez,  Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Bud Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, Rick Porecllo, David Price, Alexei Ramirez, Aramis Ramirez,  Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Robbie Ross Jr., Hector Sanchez, Kyle Seager, Alfredo Simon, Yangervis Solarte, Grady Sizemore Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton, Stephen Strasburg, Masahiro Tanaka, Julio Teheran, Mike Trout,  Dan Uggla,  Scott Van Slyke, Joey Votto,  Delmon Young, Ben Zobrist

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB:

Jose Altuve, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Starlin Castro, Tyler Flowers,  Paul Goldschmidt, Sonny Gray, Raul Ibanez, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Corey Kluber,  Adam LaRoche, Russell Martin,  Miguel Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, David Murphy, Gerardo Parra, Dustin Pedroia, Brayan Peña,,Hunter Pence,  Salvador Perez, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Anthony Rendon, Tanner Roark, Jeff Samardzija, Hector Santiago,  Max Scherzer, James Shields, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, Dayan Viciedo, David Wright, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

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