Justin Upton homered and doubled, driving in 6 runs in the first two innings and led the Padres to a 11-3 laugher against the Dodgers.

Chad Bettis threw a shutout into the 9th, finishing with 8 1/3 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs and 7 strikeouts, leading the Rockies past the red hot Giants, 11-2.

Brian Dozier homered twice, driving in 4 runs as the Twins topped the White Sox, 8-1.

Kyle Gibson pitched 8 innings, allowing 4 hits and 8 strikeouts while walking no White Sox batter, getting an 8-1 decision for the Twins.

They all owned baseball on May 24, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Jason Hammel struck out 9 and walked only 1 in 7 innings of work. But he let up 4 runs and became a hard luck loser to the Cubs, 4-3 in Arizona.

Jorge Soler singled, doubled and scored a run in the Cubs 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.

Miguel Cabrera doubled and homered in the Tigers 10-8 loss to Houston.

 

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,

Anthony Rizzo, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Justin Upton, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Andrew McCutchen, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 1 1/2,

Khris Davis, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Matt Kemp, 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Matt Harvey, 3 1/2,

Shelby Miller, 3,

Jimmy Nelson, 3,

Johnny Cueto, 2 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Chris Heston, 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Andrew Cashner,2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Jason Hammel, 2,

Aaron Harang, 2,

John Lackey, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 2,

Jon Niese, 2,

Tyson Ross, 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Miguel Cabrera, 4 1/2,

Mike Trout, 3,

Mark Teixeira, 2 1/2,

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,

Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,

Adam Jones, 1 1/2,

Jason Kipnis,1 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 5,

Dallas Keuchel, 3 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 3 1/2,

James Paxton, 3,

Chris Archer, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 2 1/2,

Chris Sale, 2 1/2,

Trevor Bauer,2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 2,

R.A. Dickey, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Michael Pineda, 2,

David Price, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Nathan Karns, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 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, Mike Aviles, Jose Bautista, Chad Bettis,  Mookie Betts, Kyle Blanks, Mike Bolsinger, Clay Buchholz, A.J. Burnett, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Starlin Castro, Gerrit Cole, Brandon Crawford, Jorge De La Rosa, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Eduardo Escobar, Andre Ethier, Prince Fielder, Hector Gomez, Adrian Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Randall Grichuk , Cole Hamels, Adeiny Hechavarria, Felix Hernandez, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Raisel Iglesias, Kyle Kendrick, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, DJ LeMahieu, Jon Lester, Kyle Lobstein, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Martin Maldonado, Michael McKenry, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Mike Napoli, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Colby Rasmus, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rollins, Jeff Samardzjia, Jordan Schafer, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Matt Shoemaker, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Justin Turner, Dan Uggla, 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, Erick Aybar, Scott Baker, Mark Buehrle, Billy Burns, Kole Calhoun, Shin-Soo Choo, Chris Coghlan, Chris Colabello, Jarred Cosart, Michael Cuddyer, Ike Davis, Rubby De La Rosa, Odrisamer Despaigne, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Scott Feldman, Todd Frazier, David Freese, Avisail Garcia, Jaime Garcia, Billy Hamilton, Dan Haren, Matt Holliday, Phil Hughes, Chris Iannetta, Howie 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, Martin Prado, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Addison Russell, Aaron Sanchez, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Chase Utley, Stephen Vogt, Mike Wright, Christian Yelich,

 

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