Madison Bumgarner pitched 8 innings of 3 hit ball, letting up a single run and walking no Reds batters. He earned his 8th victory for the Giants, 6-1.

Masahiro Tanaka cooled the hot Oakland bats with 6 innings of solid pitching, letting up a single run, as the Yankees held on to win, 2-1.

Casey McGehee went 4-5, including a double, and scored 4 runs helping the Marlins tie for first place while topping the Rays, 11-6.

Dexter Fowler got on base 4 times, scoring a pair and driving in a run, helping the Astros take a 8-5 game against the Angels.

They owned baseball on June 05, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Drew Pomeranz let up just one earned run in 7 strong innings of work, striking out 7 Yankees. But the A’s bats were not alive and he was a hard luck, 2-1 loser.

Troy Tulowitzki doubled and homered for the Rockies but the Diamondbacks won the game, 12-7.

Adam Jones doubled and homered, driving in 3 runs. But the Orioles would fall short, 8-6 to Texas.

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,

Andrew McCutchen, 3,

Daniel Murphy,  3,

Troy Tulowitzki,  3,

Starlin Castro,  2 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Dee Gordon,  2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 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,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Starling Marte,   1 1/2,

Miguel Montero, 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,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Tim Hudson,  4,

Clayton Kershaw,   3,

Mike Leake,  3,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Stephen Strasburg,  3,

Adam Wainwright, 3,

Tom Koehler,  2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  2 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 2 1/2,

Homer Bailey,  2,

Madison Bumgarner, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Lance Lynn, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Ryan Volgelsong, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 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,

Kyle Seager,  3 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Miguel Cabrera,  2 1/2,

Brandon Moss,  2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Adrian Beltre, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Adam Jones, 2,

Joe Mauer,  2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 1 1/2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 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,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4,

Mark Buehrle,   3,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Dallas Keuchel,  3,

Corey Kluber, 3,

John Lackey,  3,

David Price ,  3,

Yu Darvish, 2 1/2,

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Chris Sale,  2 1/2,

Chris Archer,    2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Sonny Gray, 2,

Phil Hughes,  2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 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,

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, Charlie Blackmon, Jackie Bradley Jr., Asdrubal Cabrera,  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, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Doug Fister, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Dillon Gee, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Curtis Granderson, Zack Greinke, Jeremy Guthrie,  Jedd Gyorko, Billy Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Jason Heyward, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Drew Hutchison,  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, Casey McGehee, Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Derek Norris, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, 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, Anibal Sanchez,  Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Jonathan Schoop,  Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, George Springer,  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, 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, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, Ricky Nolasco, David Ortiz, Gerardo Parra, Brayan Peña,, Jhonny Peralta,  Salvador Perez, Drew Pomeranz, Jose Quintana, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Anthony Rendon, Danny Salazar, Gaby Sanchez, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders,  Max Scherzer, Jean Segura, James Shields, Seth Smith, Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner, Mark Trumbo, Jonathan Villar, Zack Wheeler, C. J. Wilson, Ryan Zimmerman,

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