Dustin Pedroia hit a grandslam, doubled, stole a base and got on 4 times as the Red Sox clobbered the A’s, 7-1.

Starling Marte went 4-5 and hit a walk off homer, sealing Pittsburgh’s come from behind victory over the Blue Jays, 6-5.

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the Orioles into first place by dominating the Twins with 7 1/3 shutout innings, 3 hits, 1 walk and 10 strikeouts getting the 3-0 decision.

Wily Peralta threw 8 shutout frames, giving up just 3 hits and striking out 7 Reds, getting the decision in the 2-0 thriller for the Brewers.

They owned baseball on May.02, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Cliff Lee was terrific over 7 innings, giving up just 4 hits and 1 earned run. The Phillies would fall to the Nationals, 5-3.

Ricky Nolasco threw a complete game, 9 innings, 3 runs and walking just one. It would be in a losing cause as the Twins lost 3-0 to Baltimore.

Jacoby Ellsbury got on base 5 times with 4 hits, including a 2 out RBI 9th inning game tying single to send the Yankees into extra innings. The Rays would win in 14, 10-5.

Jhonny Peralta homered and doubled, driving in 3 runs. The Cardinals would drop the game to the Cubs, 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

Cliff Lee, – 2

Stephen Strasburg,  2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Gerrit Cole,  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

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 1/2

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2

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 In 2014 MLB,

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, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Alex Gonzalez, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Ryan Howard,Phil Hughes, John Jaso, Ubaldo Jimenez, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Tom Koehler, John Lackey, Mike Leake, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Starling Marte, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez,  Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Bud Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Angel Pagan,  Wily Peralta, 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, Ricky Nolasco, Gerardo Parra, Brayan Peña,,Hunter Pence, Jhonny Peralta,  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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