Edwin Encarnacion homered for the third straight game including 2 last night, giving him 200 for his career. His 3-4 performance with 3 RBI sparked the Blue Jays 12-6 drubbing of the Phillies.

Dallas Keuchel ended the Tigers winning streak by pitching into the 8th inning. He finished with 7 2/3 innings and 2 earned runs and no walks, giving Houston a rare win, 6-2.

Anthony Rizzo got on base 4 times, homered, doubled, drove in a pair and helped the Cubs top the White Sox, 12-5.

Ryan Volgelsong threw 7 1/3 innings, giving up just 5 hits and 1 earned run. He did not get the decision but he set up the Giants extra innings victory in Los Angeles, 3-1.

They owned baseball on May.08, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Ian Kennedy did a little of everything. He kept the Marlins hitless into the 5th, he struckout 12 and homered for the only Padres run. San Diego’s bats, defense and bullpen would betray him as the Marlins won in extra innings, 3-1.

Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to a Rockies franchise record 28 games. Their bats finally cooled, however, as Texas won 5-0.

Alexei Ramirez collected 4 hits and scored twice. But the White Sox would lose the all Chicago game to the Cubs, 12-5.

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

Players with Multiple WOBS:

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

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,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

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,

Edwin Encarnacion, -1 1/2,

Adam Jones, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2

Alexei Ramirez, 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, 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, Dallas Keuchel, 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, Aramis Ramirez,  Hanley Ramirez, Anthony Rizzo, 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, Ryan Volgelsong, 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, Tyler Flowers,  Paul Goldschmidt, Adrian Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Eric Hosmer, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce, Ian Kennedy, 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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