Salvador Perez went 2-5 including a dramatic 3 run 9th inning come from behind homer to give the Royals a 5-4 victory in Tampa Bay.

Troy Tulowitzki homered twice as the Rockies beat the Padres 6-3.

Max Scherzer kept the Dodgers from rallying and finished with 7 innings, 1 run and 7 strikeouts, getting the 4-1 decision for the Tigers.

Roberto Hernandez pitched 8 innings of 3 hit, 1 run ball, leading the Phillies past the first place Brewers, 4-1.

They owned baseball on July 9, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Kevin Kiermaier went 4-4 with a grand slam, but his Rays would blow the lead in the 9th to Kansas City and lose, 5-4.

Seth Smith reached base 4 times and homered in San Diego’s 6-3 loss to Colorado.

Chris Sale pitched brilliantly in Boston, not allowing a run until the 8th and finishing with 7 2/3 frames with 4 hits, 1 run and no walks. The White Sox bullpen imploded however and the Red Sox walked off 5-4 winners.

Nathan Eovaldi went 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run and 4 hits. He got no decision as the Diamondbacks came from behind to beat the Marlins 4-3 in 10 innings.

 

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,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Dee Gordon,  4 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Daniel Murphy,  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,

Seth Smith, 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,

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,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2 1/2,

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,

Matt Garza, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 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,

Salvador Perez, 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,

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,

Chris Sale,  4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

Dallas Keuchel,  4,

John Lackey,  4,

Yu Darvish, 3 1/2,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 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,

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, 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, Kevin Kiermaier, 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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