Yunel Escobar hit a tie breaking, 9th inning homer off of the seemingly impervious Koji Uehara to give the Rays a 6-5 win and a double header sweep in Boston.

Juan Uribe combined to get on base 8 times over the course of the Dodgers double header sweep of the Twins. He doubled and drove in a pair in the 9-4 opener. He hit a game tying single in the 4-3 12 inning nightcap.

Roenis Elias shut down the Yankees offense with 7 innings, 6 hits and 1 earned run. He struck out 10 along the way to a Seattle 4-2 victory in the Bronx.

Juan Nicasio pitched 7 shutout innings (in Coors no less), holding the Mets to 3 hits and one walk as the Rockies won 7-4.

They owned baseball on May.01, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Omar Infante got on 3 times and scored two times. The Royals would fall to the Blue Jays, 7-3.

Gaby Sanchez went 4-6 with a double and a triple, driving in a run and scoring another. He would get 5 hits over all in the Pirates double header but the Orioles would win both games, 5-1 and 6-5.

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

Players with Multiple WOBS:

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Troy Tulowitzki,  2 1/2,

Justin Upton,  2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Starlin Castro,  1 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, – 1 1/2

Dee Gordon,  1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Tim Hudson, 3 1/2,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Johnny Cueto,  2 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Stephen Strasburg,  2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Cliff Lee, 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  1 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Josh Donaldson,  3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Jose Abreu,   2,

Kyle Seager,  2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Chris Archer,    2,

Mark Buehrle,   2,

Roenis Elias – 2

Martin Perez,   2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez,  1 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 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,

Henderson Alvarez, Pedro Alvarez, Homer Bailey, Brandon Belt,  Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Emilio Bonifacio, Jackie Bradley Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Matt Cain, Jesse Chavez, Bartolo Colon, Hank Conger, Allen Craig, Yu Darvish, Ike Davis,  Chris Denorfia, Matt Dominguez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Alex Gonzalez, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Ryan Howard,Phil Hughes, John Jaso, Dillon Gee, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Tom Koehler, John Lackey, Mike Leake, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez,  Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Bud Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Angel Pagan, A.J. Pierzynski, Rick Porecllo, David Price, Alexei Ramirez, Aramis Ramirez,  Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Robbie Ross Jr., Carlos Ruiz, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana,  Alfredo Simon, Yangervis Solarte, Grady Sizemore, Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton,  Masahiro Tanaka, Julio Teheran,  Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke, Yordano Ventura, Dayan Viciedo   Delmon Young, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB,

Jose Altuve, Mike Aviles,Josh Beckett, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Brandon Cumpton, Edwin Encarnacion, Tyler Flowers,  Paul Goldschmidt,Adrian Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Russell Martin, Yadier Molina,  Miguel Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, David Murphy, Gerardo Parra, Dustin Pedroia, Brayan Peña,,Hunter Pence,  Salvador Perez, A.J. Pollock, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Anthony Rendon, Danny Salazar, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Hector Santiago,  Max Scherzer, James Shields, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, David Wright, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

 

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