Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to 27 games and helped the Rockies clobber the Rangers again, 9-2.

Tom Koehlert threw 8 shutout innings, letting up just 2 hits and 1 walk. He did not get the decision but the Marlins walked off 1-0 against the Mets.

Adam Jones homered twice as the Orioles stayed in first place with their 4-3 victory in Tampa Bay.

Mark Buehrle threw 7 shutout innings, letting up just 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6 Phillies. He got his 6th win as the Blue Jays cruised to a 10-0 beating.

They owned baseball on May.07, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Brandon Belt drove in all 3 of the Giants runs, going 2-4 with a homer. The Pirates would outscore him 4-3.

Mike Leake pitched 7 strong innings and let up just 2 runs. He left the Reds with a lead but the Red Sox would come back and win, 4-3.

Brandon Moss went 2-4 with a go ahead triple. The A’s would lose the doubleheader opener to Seattle in 10 innings, 6-4.

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

Players with Multiple WOBS:

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Dee Gordon,  2 1/2,

Troy Tulowitzki,  2 1/2,

Justin Upton,  2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Andrew McCutchen, 2

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2

Starlin Castro,  1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Daniel Murphy,  1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Tim Hudson,  4,

Johnny Cueto,  3 1/2,

Jose Fernandez,  3

Henderson Alvarez, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2

Tom Koehler,  2

Cliff Lee, 2,

Stephen Strasburg,  2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2

Mike Leake,  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

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 1/2

Adam Jones, 1 1/2

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Mark Buehrle,   3

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

Chris Archer,    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,

Pedro Alvarez, Nolan Arenado, Homer Bailey,  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, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Alex Gonzalez, Carlos 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, Hiroki Kuroda, John Lackey, 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, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Carlos Ruiz, Jeff Samardzija, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana,  Alfredo Simon, Yangervis Solarte, Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton,  Masahiro Tanaka,  Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke, Yordano Ventura, Justin Verlander,  Jered Weaver, Delmon Young, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB,

Jose Altuve, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles,Josh Beckett, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Jarred Cosart. Brandon Cumpton, Edwin Encarnacion, Tyler Flowers,  Paul Goldschmidt, Adrian Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Eric Hosmer, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, Russell Martin, Yadier Molina,  Miguel Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss, 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, Gaby Sanchez, Hector Santiago,  Max Scherzer, James Shields, George Springer, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, Jonathan Villar, C. J. Wilson, David Wright, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

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