Odrisamer Despaigne threw no hit ball until there were 2 outs in the 8th inning. He wound up going 7 2/3 innings with 2 hits and 3 walks, allowing just one run. He didn’t get the decision but the Padres walked off 2-1 winners against the Mets.

Jon Lester threw 8 shutout innings, giving up 4 hits and striking out 8, earning the 6-0 victory for the Red Sox and completing the sweep of the Royals.

Neil Walker got 3 hits including a homer, scoring a pair as the Pirates topped the Rockies 5-3.

Jacoby Ellsbury got on base 5 times, including a double and a pair of stolen bases. He scored the game winning run as the Yankees walked off as 3-2 winners over the Reds.

They owned baseball on July 20, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Tim Lincecum settled down after giving up a 2 run homer in the first inning. He finished with 7 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs and 7 strikeouts. He would be the hard luck loser as the Giants dropped the 3-2 game in Miami.

Peter Bourjos hit a 2 run homer off of Clayton Kershaw, got another hit and stole 2 bases, It wasn’t enough as the Dodgers topped St. Louis, 4-3.

Yan Gomes homered and doubled in the Indians 5-1 loss to the Tigers.

 

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

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 8,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Freddie Freeman, 5,

Dee Gordon,  5,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Daniel Murphy,  4,

Justin Upton,  3 1/2,

Jonathan Lucroy, 3,

Pedro Alvarez, 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

David Wright, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Billy Hamilton, 2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

Brayan Peña,,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,

Charlie Blackmon, 1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  1 1/2,

Ryan Ludwick, 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,

Ryan Zimmerman, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto,  7 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw,   7,

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

Tim Hudson,  4 1/2,

Tim Lincecum, 4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Homer Bailey,  4,

Cole Hamels, 4,

Mike Leake,  4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Zack Greinke, 3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  3,

Stephen Strasburg,  3,

Julio Teheran, 3,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2 1/2,

Matt Garza, 2 1/2,

Tom Koehler,  2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

A. J. Burnett, 2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Jacob deGrom, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Jeff Locke, 2,

Wade Miley,  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,

Zack Wheeler, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout ,6 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   6,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6,

Josh Donaldson,  5,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4,

Adrian Beltre, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Adam Jones, 3,

Brandon Moss,  3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Desmond Jennings,  2,

Derek Jeter, 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,

Jason Castro, 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,

Carlos Santana, 1 1/2,

George Springer,  1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez,  8 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 5,

David Price,  5,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Chris Sale,  4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 4,

Dallas Keuchel,  4,

John Lackey,  4,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Jon Lester,  3 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 3 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 3 1/2,

Chris Archer,    3,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Scott Kazmir, 3,

Bud Norris, 3,

Rick Porecllo, 3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2 1/2,

Jose Quintana, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards,  2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

John Danks,  2,

Sonny Gray, 2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Tyler Skaggs, 2,

Yordano Ventura,  2,

Jered Weaver,  2,

Jarred Cosart, 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,

Arismendy Alcantara,  Jake Arrieta, Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Carlos Beltran, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Marlon Byrd,   Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Kevin Correia,  Collin Cowgill, Brandon Crawford, Coco Crisp, Travis d’Arnaud, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Rajai Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Chris Denorfia, Odrisamer Despaigne, Matt Dominguez, Brian Dozier, 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, Omar Infante,   Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Mat Latos,  Adam Lind, James Loney, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado, Victor Martinez, John Mayberry Jr., Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Shelby Miller, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor, Donnie Murphy,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Wily Peralta, Glen Perkins, 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, Neil Walker, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.  Mike Zunino,

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

Dustin Ackley, Matt Adams, Brett Anderson, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Billy Butler, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Matt Carpenter, Chris Carter, Shin-Soo Choo, 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, Yan Gomes, Gio Gonzalez, Brandon Guyer, Josh Harrison, Andrew Heaney, Raul Ibanez, 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, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Yasiel Puig, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Alex Rios, 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, Tony Watson, Jayson Werth, Ryan Wheeler, Tom Wilhelmsen, Vance Worley, Chris Young, .

 

 

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