Jacob deGrom threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 11 and walking none, earning the 8-3 win for the Mets over Atlanta.

Billy Hamilton, got on base 5 times, including a double and a triple, stole two bases, scored a run and drove in 2 over the course of the Reds double header sweep of the Cubs. His final hit was a 9th inning walk off flair that gave Cincinnati a come from behind 6-5 victory.

Phil Hughes pitched into the 8th innings, finishing with 7 1/3 shutout frames, striking out 8 and walking no Seattle batter as the Twins triumphed, 2-0.

Michael Brantley smacked 2 doubles and a homer, driving in 3 runs as the Indians came from behind to beat the Yankees, 5-3.

They owned baseball on July 8, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Vidal Nuno dazzled in his Diamondbacks debut, throwing 7 shutout innings, letting up just 3 hits and 1 walk while striking out 7. The Marlins would come back, however, and take the game 2-1 in Arizona.

Scooter Gennett went 3-5 with a home run but the Brewers blew an early lead and lost to Philadelphia, 9-7.

Chris Young gave the Mariners 7 good innings, letting up 2 runs and 6 hits, walking just 1. But the Twins would shutout Seattle, 2-0.

Lorenzo Cain reached base 5 times, 4 times by a hit including a triple, scoring twice. But Tampa Bay edged his Royals, 4-3.

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

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 6 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 5,

Paul Goldschmidt, 5,

Dee Gordon,  4 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Daniel Murphy,  4,

Troy Tulowitzki,  4,

Justin Upton,  3 1/2,

Pedro Alvarez, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Billy Hamilton, 2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Jonathan Lucroy, 2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Aramis Ramirez,  2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2,

Chase Utley, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Cody Asche, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Todd Frazier, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 1 1/2,

Starling Marte,   1 1/2,

Miguel Montero, 1 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 1 1/2,

Angel Pagan,  1 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, 1 1/2,

David Peralta, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Seth Smith, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

David Wright, 1 1/2,  

Ryan Zimmerman, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  7 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw,   6,

Tim Hudson,  4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Homer Bailey,  4,

Mike Leake,  4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Madison Bumgarner, 3 1/2,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Zack Greinke, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3,

Tim Lincecum, 3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  3,

Stephen Strasburg,  3,

Julio Teheran, 3,

Tom Koehler,  2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  2 1/2,

A. J. Burnett, 2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Jacob deGrom, 2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Matt Garza, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Tyson Ross, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Ryan Volgelsong, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, 1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, 1 1/2,

Zack Wheeler, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Jose Abreu,   6,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6,

Josh Donaldson,  5,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Mike Trout ,4 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4,

Miguel Cabrera,  4,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Brandon Moss,  3,

Adrian Beltre, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Desmond Jennings,  2,

Derek Jeter, 2,

Adam Jones, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Steve Pearce, 2,

Salvador Perez, 2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Ben Zobrist, 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 1 1/2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 1/2,

Matt Joyce, 1 1/2,

Leonys Martin, 1 1/2,

Logan Morrison, 1 1/2,

David Murphy,  1 1/2,

Eduardo Nunez, 1 1/2,

Rougned Odor, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Albert Pujols,   1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 1 1/2,

Carlos Santana, 1 1/2,

George Springer,  1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez,  7 1/2,

David Price,  5,

Corey Kluber, 4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

Dallas Keuchel,  4,

John Lackey,  4,

Chris Sale,  4,

Yu Darvish, 3 1/2,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 3 1/2,

Chris Archer,    3,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 3,

Bud Norris, 3,

Rick Porecllo, 3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Jon Lester,  2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Sonny Gray, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Garrett Richards,  2,

Tyler Skaggs, 2,

Yordano Ventura,  2,

Jered Weaver,  2,

Jarred Cosart, 1 1/2,

John Danks,  1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa,  1 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 1 1/2,

Scott Feldman,  1 1/2,

James Shields, 1 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 1 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 1 1/2,

Justin Verlander,  1 1/2,

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Jake Arrieta, Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Carlos Beltran, Charlie Blackmon, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Marlon Byrd,  Jhoulys Chacin, Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Kevin Correia,  Collin Cowgill, Brandon Crawford, Coco Crisp, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Rajai Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Chris Denorfia, Matt Dominguez, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Doug Fister, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Jeremy Guthrie,  Jedd Gyorko, Aaron Harang, Roberto Hernandez, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchison,  Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Mat Latos,  Adam Lind, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado, Victor Martinez, John Mayberry Jr., Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Wade Miley,  Shelby Miller, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor, Donnie Murphy,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Wily Peralta, David Phelps, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Josh Reddick, Ben Revere, Mark Reynolds, Brian Roberts, Shane Robinson, Jimmy Rollins, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Justin Ruggiano,  Carlos Ruiz, Anibal Sanchez,  Hector Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Matt Shoemaker,  Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Josh Tomlin, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Luis Valbuena,  Michael Wacha, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.  Mike Zunino,

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

Dustin Ackley, Matt Adams, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Shin-Soo Choo, Chris Coghlan, C. J. Cron, Brandon Cumpton,  David DeJesus, Daniel Descalso, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Adam Eaton, Ryan Flaherty, Tyler Flowers, Brett Gardner, Conor Gillaspie, Jonny Gomes, Gio Gonzalez, Brandon Guyer, Josh Harrison, Andrew Heaney, Raul Ibanez, Omar Infante, Chris Johnson, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Evan Longoria, Nick Markakis, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Nate McClouth, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Jonathon Niese, Hector Noesi, Ricky Nolasco, Vidal Nuno, David Ortiz, Chris Parmelee, Brayan Peña,, Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Yasiel Puig, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Wilin Rosario, Danny Salazar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Gaby Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders,  Jean Segura, Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner, Mark Trumbo, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Jayson Werth, Ryan Wheeler, Vance Worley, Chris Young, .

 

 

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