Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Roberto Hernandez pitched into the 8th innings, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs and no walks, but was a hard luck loser as Houston fell to the Angels, 2-0.

Jimmy Nelson struck out 11 Cubs batters and walked only 1 and allowed just 5 hits over 7 innings. Unfortunately for him, 3 of those hits were homers and the Brewers bullpen got hit hard, sparking a 7-6 Chicago win.

Alex Gordon went 3-4, scored a run, doubled and drove the go ahead run for the Royals in the 7th. The Tigers would come back, however, and walk off with the game 6-5.

Ryan Braun reached base 4 times, including a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 9th, scored 3 and doubled. But it wasn’t enough as the Brewers fell just short to the Cubs, 7-6.

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Bryce Harper, 2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Matt Kemp, 1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto, 1 1/2,

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto, 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2,

Matt Harvey, 2,

John Lackey, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 2,

Jimmy Nelson, 2,

Jacob deGrom, 1 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 1 1/2,

Chris Heston, 1 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Miguel Cabrera, 3,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Eric Hosmer, 2,

Jose Iglesias, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Josh Donaldson, 1 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, 1 1/2,

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, 2 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

James Paxton, 2,

David Price, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Nathan Karns, 1 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 1 1/2,

Hector Santiago, 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

C. J. Wilson, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Jose Altuve, Chase Anderson, Nolan Arenado, Jake Arrieta, Mookie Betts, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Andrew Cashner, Starlin Castro, Wei-Yin Chen, R.A. Dickey, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Kyle Gibson, Hector Gomez, Adrian Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Adeiny Hechavarria, Felix Hernandez, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Adam Jones, Joe Kelly, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, Corey Kluber, Jon Lester, Tim Lincecum, Kyle Lobstein, Evan Longoria,  Shelby Miller, Tommy Milone, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Jon Niese, Derek Norris, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Michael Pineda, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rollins, Jordan Schafer,  Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, Jorge Soler, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Mark Teixeira, Justin Turner, Dan Uggla, Justin Upton, Luis Valbuena, Scott Van Slyke, Adam Wainwright, Taijuan Walker, Jered Weaver, Travis Wood, Kolten Wong, David Wright,

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

Jose Abreu, Pedro Alvarez, Cody Asche, Scott Baker, Trevor Bauer, Kole Calhoun, Jarred Cosart, Michael Cuddyer, Ike Davis, Khris Davis, Rubby De La Rosa, Odrisamer Despaigne, Roenis Elias, Scott Feldman, Todd Frazier, Avisail Garcia, Alex Gordon, Billy Hamilton, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Adam Lind, Manny Machado, Wade Miley, Brandon Moss, John Ryan Murphy, Daniel Norris, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Brandon Phillips, A.J. Pierzynski, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Addison Russell, Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez, Marcus Semien, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Chase Utley, Stephen Vogt,

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