Yoenis Cespedes was a single shy of the cycle. He hit a go ahead triple in the 7th, blasted a game busting 3 run homer in the 8th and threw out a pair of runners at the plate, doing it all in the A’s 11-3 thumping of the Angels.

Hanley Ramirez went 4-5 with a pair of homers, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored, helping the Dodgers blow out Pittsburgh 12-2.

Masahiro Tanaka did not let up an earned run over 8 innings, giving up just 4 hits and struck out 9 Twins, picking up his 8th win for the Yankees, 3-1.

Johnny Cueto threw shutout ball into the 8th inning. He finished with 7 1/3 innings with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk leading the Reds to a 5-0 win in Arizona.

They owned baseball on May.31, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Miguel Cabrera went 2-4 with a homer. But his Tigers fell to the Mariners, 3-2.

Christian Yelich  got on base 4 times, including a triple and 2 run scored. The Marlins would lose to Atlanta, 9-5.

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

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Justin Upton,  3 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  2 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Dee Gordon,  2 1/2,

Daniel Murphy,  2 1/2,

Troy Tulowitzki,  2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Andrew McCutchen, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Starling Marte,   1 1/2,

Angel Pagan,  1 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 1 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

David Wright, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  6 1/2,

Tim Hudson,  4,

Henderson Alvarez, 3,

Mike Leake,  3,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Stephen Strasburg,  3,

Tom Koehler,  2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  2 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 2 1/2,

Homer Bailey,  2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Clayton Kershaw,   2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Kyle Lohse, 2,

Lance Lynn, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Ryan Volgelsong, 2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Josh Donaldson,  5,

Edwin Encarnacion, 4,

Jose Abreu,   3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Miguel Cabrera,  2 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Joe Mauer,  2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 1 1/2,

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,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez,  4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   3,

Dallas Keuchel,  3,

Corey Kluber, 3,

Masahiro Tanaka,  3,

Yu Darvish, 2 1/2,

John Lackey,  2 1/2,

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

David Price ,  2 1/2,

Chris Sale,  2 1/2,

Chris Archer,    2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Roenis Elias,  2,

Sonny Gray, 2,

Phil Hughes,  2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Bud Norris, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Jered Weaver,  2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez,   1 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 1 1/2,

Tyler Skaggs, 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, Erick Aybar, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Madison Bumgarner,  Matt Cain, Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jorge De La Rosa,  Chris Denorfia, Corey Dickerson, R. A. Dickey, Matt Dominguez, Danny Duffy, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Doug Fister, Gavin Floyd, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Evan Gattis, Dillon Gee, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Curtis Granderson, Zack Greinke, Jedd Gyorko, Billy Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Hisashi Iwakuma, Edwin Jackson, Desmond Jennings,  Derek Jeter, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Ian Kinsler, Hiroki Kuroda, Tim Lincecum, Adam Lind, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez, Brian McCann, Devin Mesoraco, Tommy Millone, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Derek Norris, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Marcell Ozuna, Brad Peacock, Wily Peralta, Rick Porecllo, Aramis Ramirez,  Josh Reddick, Ben Revere, Mark Reynolds, Anthony Rizzo, Shane Robinson, Jimmy Rollins, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Carlos Ruiz, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Jonathan Schoop,  Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Chris Tillman, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Scott Van Slyke,Travis Wood, 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, Scott Baker, Carlos Beltran, Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Lonnie Chisenhall, Jarred Cosart. Brandon Cumpton,  John Danks,  David DeJesus, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Flaherty, Tyler Flowers, Brett Gardner, Jonny Gomes, Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Brandon Guyer, Cole Hamels, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Chris Johnson, Matt Joyce, Ian Kennedy, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Nate McClouth, Wade Miley, Mike Minor, Yadier Molina,  Miguel Montero, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, Ricky Nolasco, David Ortiz, Gerardo Parra, Brayan Peña,, Jhonny Peralta,  Salvador Perez, Jose Quintana, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Anthony Rendon, Danny Salazar, Anibal Sanchez, Gaby Sanchez, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders,  Max Scherzer, Jean Segura, James Shields, George Springer, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, Jonathan Villar, C. J. Wilson, Ryan Zimmerman,

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