Brandon Crawford singled, doubled and launched a grand slam, driving in 6 runs as San Francisco crushed Cincinnati 11-2.

Jorge De La Rosa pitched 7 1/3 outstanding shutout innings, giving up just 2 hits and no walks, giving the Rockies a 7-1 victory.

Eduardo Escobar went 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles, a run scored and an RBI in the Twins go ahead 7th inning rally as they topped Detroit 6-4.

Matt Shoemaker pitched 7 innings, allowing just 3 hits, a run on a solo homer and no walks while striking out 7 Orioles batters, getting the 6-1 decision for the Angels.

They all owned baseball on May 16, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Chris Owings went 3 for 4 with a double and 2 runs scored in Arizona’s 7-5 loss to the Phillies.

Brad Miller basically provided the entire Mariners offense with a pair of solo homers in a 4-2 losing cause against Boston.

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Bryce Harper, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 1 1/2,

Khris Davis, 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,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto, 2 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 2 1/2,

Chris Heston, 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2,

Aaron Harang, 2,

John Lackey, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 2,

Shelby Miller, 2,

Jimmy Nelson, 2,

Jon Niese, 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, 1 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 1 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 1 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Miguel Cabrera, 4,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Eric Hosmer, 2,

Jose Iglesias, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mark Teixeira, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Mike Trout, 2,

Josh Donaldson, 1 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,

Jason Kipnis,1 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 5,

Chris Archer, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 2 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 2 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Corey Kluber, 2,

James Paxton, 2,

Michael Pineda, 2,

David Price, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Kyle Gibson, 1 1/2,

Nathan Karns, 1 1/2,

Chris Sale, 1 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 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, Nolan Arenado, Jake Arrieta, Trevor Bauer, Brandon Belt, Mookie Betts, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Starlin Castro, Brandon Crawford, Jorge De La Rosa, R.A. Dickey, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Eduardo Escobar, Andre Ethier, Prince Fielder, Hector Gomez, Adrian Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Adeiny Hechavarria, Felix Hernandez, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Raisel Iglesias, Adam Jones, Joe Kelly, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, Jon Lester, Tim Lincecum, Kyle Lobstein, Kyle Lohse, Evan Longoria, Martin Maldonado, Brad Miller,  Tommy Milone, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rollins, Jordan Schafer, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Matt Shoemaker, Jorge Soler, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Justin Turner, Dan Uggla, Justin Upton, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Adam Wainwright, Taijuan Walker, Travis Wood, David Wright,

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

Jose Abreu, Pedro Alvarez, Cody Asche, Scott Baker, Clay Buchholz, Kole Calhoun, Shin-Soo Choo, Jarred Cosart, Michael Cuddyer, Ike Davis, Rubby De La Rosa, Odrisamer Despaigne, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Scott Feldman, Todd Frazier, Avisail Garcia, Paul Goldschmidt, Billy Hamilton, Matt Holliday, Howie Kendrick, Kyle Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Tom Koehler, Adam Lind, Manny Machado, Wade Miley, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, David Ortiz, Chris Owings, Dustin Pedroia, Brandon Phillips, A.J. Pierzynski, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Addison Russell, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Chase Utley, Stephen Vogt, Christian Yelich,

 

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