Who Owned Baseball April 11, 2015 (Daily AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2015 #WOB Standings

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Jimmy Nelson pitched 7 shutout innings,allowing 2 hits and striking out 9, getting the first win for Milwaukee in 2015, 6-0 over Pittsburgh.

Starlin Castro got 3 hits, including a solo homer, and drove in a pair as the Cubs gave the Rockies their first defeat of the season, 9-5.

Ian Kinsler drove in the go ahead run in the 9th inning. He finished with 4 hits, 3 runs scored, 2 RBI and led to the Tigers 9-6 victory in Cleveland.

Joe Kelly gave an exhausted Red Sox pitching staff a rest after the 19 inning Friday night marathon. He pitched 7 strong innings, allowing a single hit and striking out 8, earning the 8-4 win against the Yankees.

They all owned baseball on April 11, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Johnny Cueto went 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits, 1 walk and 1 earned run and an unearned one. He was a hard luck loser as the Reds fell to St. Louis, 4-1.

Nolan Arenado got 2 hits, including a 2 run homer, but the Rockies finally dropped a game, 9-5 to the Cubs.

Kole Calhoun doubled and homered, scoring 2 and drove in 3. The rest of the Angels lineup did not produce and the undefeated Royals topped them 6-4.

Sonny Gray was terrific into the 8th inning. He finished with 1 earned run over 7 1/3 innings. The A’s bullpen would blow his lead and ultimately lose to Seattle 5-4 in 11 innings.

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto, 1 1/2

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Xander Bogaerts, 2

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Jake Arrieta, Starlin Castro, Freddie Freeman, Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Harvey, Jason Heyward, Jose Iglesias, Scott Kazmir, Joe Kelly, Kevin Kiermaier, Tommy Milone, Brandon Morrow, Jimmy Nelson, Steve Pearce, Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Tyson Ross, Edinson Volquez, Joey Votto, Adam Wainwright, C. J. Wilson, David Wright

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Pedro Alvarez, Nolan Arenado, Kole Calhoun, Jacob deGrom, Odrisamer Despaigne, Scott Feldman, Avisail Garcia, Zack Greinke, Matt Kemp, Corey Kluber, Adam Lind, John Ryan Murphy, James Paxton, Buster Posey, David Ross, Max Scherzer, Mike Trout

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