Joe Mauer homered, scored from first on a hit, drove in another run and finished 3-4 with 4 RBI as the Twins won 6-1 over Baltimore.

Jon Lester dominated the A’s over 8 shutout innings. He let up just 1 hit, walking 2 and striking out a career high 15 as Boston won 6-3.

Dee Gordon went 5-6 in the leadoff spot. He also stole three bases, scored twice and drove in a pair as the Dodgers would top the Marlins in Miami, 9-7 in 11 innings.

Johnny Cueto topped the Brewers by throwing 8 innings of 3 hit ball. He let up a pair of solo homers and just a hit and a walk other than that. He struck out 10 in the process, earning the 6-2 victory in Cincinnati.

They owned baseball on May.03, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Jonathan Villar got on base three times, tripled, homered and drove in 3 for the Astros. They would fall to Seattle in a 9-8 slugfest.

Julio Teheran was terrific over 7 innings of 4 hit, no walk, 7 strikeout ball. But he was the hard luck loser as the Braves fell 3-1 to the Giants.

Daniel Murphy was a homer shy of the cycle, finishing 4-6 with three runs scored. It was a hard luck loss for the Mets who dropped the Coors slug fest to the Rockies 11-10 in the bottom of the 9th.

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

Players with Multiple WOBS:

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Dee Gordon,  2 1/2

Troy Tulowitzki,  2 1/2,

Justin Upton,  2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Starlin Castro,  1 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  1 1/2

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2

Daniel Murphy – 1 1/2

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  3 1/2

Tim Hudson, 3 1/2,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

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

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2

 

WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Josh Donaldson,  3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Jose Abreu,   2

Joe Mauer,  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,

Jon Lester,  2 1/2

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,

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, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, 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,  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, Jonathan Villar, David Wright, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

 

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