Derek Norris hit a pair of three run homers and helped the A’s clobber Washington, 9-1.

John Lackey shut down the Rangers bats over 7 strong innings, walking none, letting up just a pair of runs and striking out 9, getting the 5-2 Red Sox win.

Daniel Murphy got on base 5 times including a 2 run homer in the Mets game tying 9th inning rally. They would walk off against Philadelphia, 5-4.

Homer Bailey pitched into the 8th inning, finishing with 7 1/3 innings, 4 hits and 1 run, striking out 6 as the Reds topped Colorado, 4-1.

They owned baseball on May.11, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Dustin Ackley went 3-4 with a pair of solo homers. His Mariners would fall to the Royals, 9-7.

Jeff Baker went 2-5 including an RBI triple that brought the Marlins back into the game. They would fall short to San Diego by a single run, 5-4.

Clayton Kershaw threw 7 solid innings, striking out 9 and walking none. The Dodgers would send the game into extras but lose to the Giants, 7-4.

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,

Daniel Murphy,  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,

Allen Craig, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  4 1/2,

Tim Hudson,  4,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Henderson Alvarez, 2,

Homer Bailey,  2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Tom Koehler,  2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Stephen Strasburg,  2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw,   1 1/2,

Mike Leake,  1 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  1 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  1 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

 

WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Jose Abreu,   3,

Josh Donaldson,  3,

Mike Trout, 3,

John Jaso,  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,

Yu Darvish, 2,

Roenis Elias,  2,

Corey Kluber, 2

John Lackey,  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,

Justin Verlander,  1 1/2,

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Jose Altuve,  Pedro Alvarez, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Emilio Bonifacio, Jackie Bradley Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Matt Cain, Jesse Chavez, Bartolo Colon, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Ike Davis,  Chris Denorfia, Corey Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Alex Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Zack Greinke, Jedd Gyorko, Billy Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Ryan Howard,Phil Hughes, Ubaldo Jimenez, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Dallas Keuchel, Ian Kinsler, Hiroki Kuroda, 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, Derek 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, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana,  Alfredo Simon, Tyler Skaggs, Yangervis Solarte, Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton,  Masahiro Tanaka,  Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke, Yordano Ventura, Ryan Volgelsong, Jered Weaver, David Wright, Delmon Young, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB,

Dustin Ackley, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Josh Beckett, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Jarred Cosart. Brandon Cumpton, David DeJesus, 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, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

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