Colby Lewis pitched a complete game 6 hit shutout, striking out 7 and walking just 1 as the Rangers cruised to a 16-0 blow out of the White Sox.

Billy Butler went 4-5, with a double and a 3 run homer, helping the Royals clobber the Diamondbacks, 12-2.

Johnny Cueto threw his fourth complete game of the season, allowing just 5 hits and 2 runs and earning his 13th win of the season as the Reds topped the Indians, 9-2.

Juan Uribe hit a 3 run homer and then scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 victory against their freeway rival Angels.

They owned baseball on Aug 05, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Dallas Keuchel threw 7 strong innings, letting up just 1 run and 5 hits. The Astroswould drop the game to the Phillies in 15 innings, 2-1.

Albert Pujols reached base 3 times, including a double an a game tying 8th inning home run. The Dodgers pulled off the 5-4 walk off win against the Angels.

Yonder Alonso went 3-4 including a homer that briefly gave the Padres a lead. The Twins would come back to beat the Padres, 3-1.

 

So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 8,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Freddie Freeman, 5 1/2,

Dee Gordon,  5,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Daniel Murphy,  4 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 4 1/2,

Justin Upton,  4 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Jonathan Lucroy, 4,

Pedro Alvarez, 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Josh Harrison, 2 1/2,

Aramis Ramirez,  2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

David Wright, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, 2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Billy Hamilton, 2,

Matt Holliday,  2,

Matt Kemp, 2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

Brayan Peña, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Ben Revere, 2,

Mark Reynolds, 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,

Marlon Byrd,  1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 1 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 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,

Yasiel Puig, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Juan Uribe, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto,  1 1/2,

Neil Walker, 1 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw,   9,

Johnny Cueto,  8 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 6 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 5 1/2,

Homer Bailey,  5,

Tim Hudson,  4 1/2,

Tim Lincecum, 4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Jacob deGrom, 4,

Mike Leake,  4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Matt Garza, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg,  3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 3,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Tom Koehler,  3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  3,

Ryan Volgelsong, 3,

A. J. Burnett, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2 1/2,

Doug Fister, 2 1/2

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Yovani Gallardo, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Jeff Locke, 2,

Wade Miley,  2,

Wily Peralta, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Alex Wood,  2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, 1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 1 1/2,

Zack Wheeler, 1 1/2,

Vance Worley, 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,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Brandon Moss,  4,

Carlos Santana, 4,

Ben Zobrist, 4,

David Murphy,  3 1/2,

Adrian Beltre, 3,

Yoenis Cespedes, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 3,

Adam Jones, 3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Jose Bautista, 2 1/2,

Desmond Jennings,  2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

John Jaso,  2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Steve Pearce, 2,

Albert Pujols,   2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Billy Butler, 1 1/2

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Castro, 1 1/2,

Tyler Flowers, 1 1/2,

Brett Gardner, 1 1/2,

Matt Joyce, 1 1/2,

Leonys Martin, 1 1/2,

Logan Morrison, 1 1/2,

Eduardo Nunez, 1 1/2,

Rougned Odor, 1 1/2,

David Ortiz, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

Josh Reddick, 1 1/2,

George Springer,  1 1/2,

Mike Zunino, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez,  9 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 6 1/2,

Chris Sale,  6 1/2,

David Price,  6,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 4 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel,  4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

John Lackey,  4,

Max Scherzer, 4,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 3 1/2,

Jon Lester,  3 1/2,

Bud Norris, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 3 1/2,

Rick Porecllo, 3 1/2,

Garrett Richards,  3 1/2,

Chris Archer,    3,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Yordano Ventura,  3,

Justin Verlander,  3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 2 1/2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Alex Cobb, 2,

John Danks,  2,

Scott Feldman,  2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Tyler Skaggs, 2,

Jered Weaver,  2,

Jarred Cosart, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa,  1 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 1 1/2,

James Shields, 1 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Arismendy Alcantara, Nori Aoki, Jake Arrieta, Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Carlos Beltran, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Matt Carpenter, Santiago Casilla, Nick Castellanos, 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, Adam Eaton,  Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Jeremy Guthrie,  Jedd Gyorko, Adeiny Hechavarria, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchison, Omar Infante,   Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Mat Latos, Colby Lewis,  Adam Lind, James Loney, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado, Victor Martinez, John Mayberry Jr., Devin Mesoraco, Jordy Mercer,  Shelby Miller, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor, Donnie Murphy,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Brett Oberholtzer, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Yohan Pino, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Martin Prado, Rene Rivera, Brian Roberts, Shane Robinson, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Justin Ruggiano,  Carlos Ruiz, Pablo Sandoval, 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, Luis Valbuena,  Michael Wacha, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.

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

Dustin Ackley,Yonder Alonso, Brett Anderson,  J.P. Arencibia, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Lorenzo Cain, Kole Calhoun, Robinson Cano, , Chris Carter, Shin-Soo Choo, C. J. Cron, Brandon Cumpton,  David DeJesus, Daniel Descalso, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Ryan Flaherty, Conor Gillaspie, Jonny Gomes, Yan Gomes, Didi Gregorius, Brandon Guyer, Brad Hand,  Andrew Heaney, Raul Ibanez, Chris Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Evan Longoria, Nick Markakis, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Nate McClouth, Jordy Mercer, Miles Mikolas, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Jimmy Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Hector Noesi, Ricky Nolasco, Vidal Nuno, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Jose Ramirez, 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,  Josh Willingham,  Tom Wilhelmsen, Chris Young, .

 

 

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