Johnny Cueto pitched his third complete game and second shutout of the season, dominating the Padres with a 5-0 three hitter for the Reds.

Phil Hughes pitched 6 solid innings against the Red Sox. He let up a single run, striking out 8 and not walking anyone. He did not get the decision but the Twins would win in extra innings, 4-3.

Michael Morse homered to get the Giants back into the game and then drove in another insurance run. He would finish 3-4 against the Marlins in the 6-4 victory.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a pair of homers and drove in 3 of the Blue Jays 4 runs as the beat Cleveland 4-2.

They owned baseball on May.15, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Jacob deGrom was marvelous in his big league debut. He held the Yankees to 4 hits and 1 run over 7 innings. That was one run too many as the Mets fell, 1-0.

Yordano Ventura struckout 9 Orioles in 6 1/3 innings, walking just 1 and allowing only 2 runs. He would get a hard luck loss for the Royals, 2-1.

Starlin Castro went 3-4 with a homer, but the Cubs would lose in St. Louis, 5-3.

Brandon Guyer got a pair of hits and drove in 2. The Rays would drop the game in the bottom of the 9th in Anaheim, 6-5.

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

Players with Multiple WOBS:

 

2014 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,

Starlin Castro,  2,

Andrew McCutchen, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Allen Craig, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  5 1/2,

Tim Hudson,  4,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Henderson Alvarez, 2,

Homer Bailey,  2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Tom Koehler,  2,

Mike Leake,  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,

Tanner Roark,  1 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  1 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Jose Abreu,   3,

Josh Donaldson,  3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Edwin Encarnacion, 2 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera,  2,

John Jaso,  2,

Joe Mauer,  2,

Kyle Seager,  2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 1/2,

Adam Jones, 1 1/2,

David Murphy,  1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Mark Buehrle,   3,

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

Chris Archer,    2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Yu Darvish, 2,

Roenis Elias,  2,

Phil Hughes,  2,

Corey Kluber, 2,

John Lackey,  2,

Martin Perez,   2,

David Price,  2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez,  1 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez,   1 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 1 1/2,

Bud Norris, 1 1/2,

Chris Sale,  1 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 1 1/2

Yordano Ventura,  1 1/2,

Justin Verlander,  1 1/2,

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Jose Altuve,  Pedro Alvarez, Bronson Arroyo, Jose Bautista, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Matt Cain, Bartolo Colon, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Ike Davis,  Chris Denorfia, Corey Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Doug Fister, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Alex Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson, Zack Greinke, Jedd Gyorko, Billy Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Ryan Howard, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Dallas Keuchel, Ian Kinsler, Hiroki Kuroda, Tim Lincecum, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Starling Marte, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Michael Morse, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Derek Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Angel Pagan,  Wily Peralta, A.J. Pierzynski, Rick Porecllo, 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, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke, Ryan Volgelsong, Jered Weaver, David Wright,  Eric Young Jr. , Christian Yelich, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2014 MLB,

Dustin Ackley, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Josh Beckett, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Jarred Cosart. Nelson Cruz, Brandon Cumpton, Jacob deGrom, David DeJesus, Sean Doolittle, Tyler Flowers, Brett Gardner,  Paul Goldschmidt, Adrian Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Brandon Guyer,  Eric Hosmer, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Desmond Jennings, Chris Johnson, Matt Joyce, Ian Kennedy, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Yadier Molina,  Miguel Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss, Ricky Nolasco, David Ortiz, Gerardo Parra, Brayan Peña,, 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, Ryan Zimmerman,

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