James Shields threw a complete game 4 hit shutout of the Giants, earning the 5-0 decision and helping the Royals inch closer to first place.

Mike Trout reached base 4 times in the 19 inning marathon game, including a game tying homer in the 8th inning, helping the Angels survive 5-4.

Mike Fiers pitched 8 dominating innings, letting up just 3 hits and 1 run, while beating the Dodgers, 4-1 in Milwaukee.

David Peralta doubled and crushed a grand slam, leading a dynamic attack as the Diamondbacks blew out the Rockies 14-4.

They owned baseball on Aug 09, 2014.

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 Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Max Scherzer pitched 8 innings, allowing just 4 hits, 1 run, striking out 11 against no walks. But once again, the Tigers bullpen failed and the Blue Jays walked off 2-1 winners in 10.

Shin-Soo Choo collected 4 hits in the Rangers 8-3 loss to Houston.

Aaron Harang gave the Braves 7 strong innings, allowing just 1 run in a critical divisional match up. The Nationals were up to the challenge and took the game, 4-1, in 11 innings.

Freddie Freeman reached base 4 times, including a double. But he was never driven in and the Braves lost 4-1 to Washington.

 

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,

Freddie Freeman, 7,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Dee Gordon,  5,

Daniel Murphy,  5,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Hunter Pence, 4 1/2,

Justin Upton,  4 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Jonathan Lucroy, 4,

David Peralta, 3 1/2,

Seth Smith, 3,

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,

Marlon Byrd,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 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,

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,

Evan Gattis, 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,

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, 7,

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,

Nathan Eovaldi, 3 1/2,

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,

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,

Aaron Harang, 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,

Shelby Miller, 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 ,7 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   6,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6,

Josh Donaldson,  5,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Carlos Santana, 4 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Brandon Moss,  4,

Ben Zobrist, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

David Murphy,  3 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 3,

Adrian Beltre, 3,

Yoenis Cespedes, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 3,

Adam Jones, 3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Desmond Jennings,  2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 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,

Dustin Ackley, 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,

Chris Sale,  7,

Corey Kluber, 6 1/2,

David Price,  6,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 5 1/2,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel,  4 1/2,

Jon Lester,  4 1/2 ( 3 1/2 with Boston. 1 with Oakland)

Max Scherzer, 4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

John Lackey,  4,

Phil Hughes,  3 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 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,

James Shields, 2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Alex Cobb, 2,

John Danks,  2,

Scott Feldman,  2,

Drew Hutchison, 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,

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, Javier Baez, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Matt Carpenter, Chris Carter,  Santiago Casilla, Nick Castellanos,  Shin-Soo Choo, 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, Mike Fiers, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Jeremy Guthrie,  Jedd Gyorko, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, 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,  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, Edinson Volquez, Michael Wacha, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.

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

Yonder Alonso, Brett Anderson,  J.P. Arencibia, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Lorenzo Cain, Kole Calhoun, Robinson Cano, 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, J. A. Happ, 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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