Ryan Vogelsong threw 7 shutout innings, letting up just 5 hits and 1 walk as the Giants beat the Marlins, 4-1.

Felix Hernandez gave the Mariners 8 innings, giving up 2 runs and earning the 6-2 win in Minnesota.

Freddie Freeman went 3-3 with a homer and a 9th inning lead off single that sparked the come from behind rally for the Braves who topped the Cardinals 6-5.

Alex Gordon went 4-4 with a pair of homers and 6 runs batted in, powering the Royals past the Orioles, 8-6.

They owned baseball on May.18, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Adrian Gonzalez went 3-4 with a homer in the Dodgers 5-3 loss to Arizona.

Michael Brantley got on base 4 times including a homer and drove in a pair. His Indians were crushed by the A’s, 13-3.

 

So Lets update the Up to date Standings when we factor in yesterday’s heroics

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,

Freddie Freeman  2,

Andrew McCutchen, 2,

Christian Yelich, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Allen Craig, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2

Starling Marte,   1 1/2,

Angel Pagan,  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

Ryan Vogelsong, 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

Brandon Moss,  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,

Yu Darvish, 2 1/2

Felix Hernandez,  2 1/2

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

Chris Archer,    2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Roenis Elias,  2,

Phil Hughes,  2,

Corey Kluber, 2,

John Lackey,  2,

Bud Norris, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

David Price,  2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez,   1 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 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.,Michael Brantley,  Matt Cain, Bartolo Colon, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Ike Davis, Jorge De La Rosa,  Chris Denorfia, Corey Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Danny Duffy, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Doug Fister, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Curtis Granderson, Zack Greinke, Jedd Gyorko, Billy Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Ryan Howard, Edwin Jackson, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Dallas Keuchel, Ian Kinsler, Hiroki Kuroda, Tim Lincecum, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Michael Morse, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Derek Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay,  Wily Peralta, A.J. Pierzynski, Rick Porecllo, Aramis Ramirez,  Hanley Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Anthony Rizzo, Jimmy Rollins, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Carlos Ruiz, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana,  Alfredo Simon, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton, Chris Tillman, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke, Jered Weaver, David Wright,  Eric Young Jr. 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, Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Jarred Cosart. Nelson Cruz, Brandon Cumpton, Jacob deGrom, David DeJesus, Sean Doolittle, Tyler Flowers, Brett Gardner, 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, 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, Michael Saunders,  Max Scherzer, James Shields, George Springer, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, Jonathan Villar, C. J. Wilson, Ryan Zimmerman,

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