Brandon Crawford homered twice, driving in 3 runs, leading the Giants to a 4-1 win and a 3 game sweep of the Braves.

Dayan Viciedo‘s second hit of the day was a 3 run, come from behind go ahead 9th inning home run that gave the White Sox a 4-3 victory over the Indians.

Roberto Hernandez pitched into the 8th inning, finishing with 7 1/3 shutout innings, letting up just 4 hits and 3 walks, helping the Phillies sneak past the Nationals, 1-0.

Justin Verlander had a no hitter into the 6th inning. He finished with 7 strong, 4 hit innings, striking out 7 Royals. He got Detroit’s 9-4 victory.

They owned baseball on May.04, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Corey Kluber pitched 8 outstanding innings, letting up just 3 hits, one run on a solo homer and struck out 13 White Sox. However the bullpen would let him down and Cleveland lost 4-3 in the 9th.

George Kottaras homered twice and walked. But his Indians would fall 5-3 to the White Sox.

Gio Gonzalez threw 7 1/3 innings, letting up 4 hits and 1 run. But that 1 run was all the game’s offense as the Phillies beat Washington, 1-0.

Jonathan LuCroy got on base 4 times and drove in a run. But the Brewers would lose to the Reds 4-3 in 10 innings.

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

Dayan Viciedo, 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

Corey Kluber, 2

Martin Perez,   2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez,  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, Brandon Crawford, 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, Roberto Hernandez, 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, Justin Verlander,   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, Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, 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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