Chris Sale pitched 8 dominant innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and striking out 14 Houston batters to give the White Sox a 3-1 victory.

Josh Donaldson singled and homered, driving in 3 runs and helping the red hot Blue Jays clobber the Marlins, 11-3.

Mike Bolsinger allowed just 3 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings, striking out 8 Diamondbacks in the process of earning the 9-3 decision for the Dodgers.

Zack Cozart singled, doubled and homered, driving in 2 and leading the Reds to a 6-4 win over Philadelphia.

They all owned baseball on June 8, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing

Lance McCullers did his best to stop the Astros slide with 7 innings, striking out 7 and walking none and allowing just 4 hits. But the White Sox took the game, 3-1.

Eddie Rosario got 2 hits including a homer in the Twins 3-1 loss to Kansas City.

Giancarlo Stanton homered and hit a pair of doubles, driving in 2, in the Marlins 11-3 drubbing by the Blue Jays.

Shelby Miller pitched 7 strong innings, allowing 1 run and 5 hits. But the Braves bullpen blew his lead and would drop the game to San Diego in 11 innings, 5-3.

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Paul Goldschmidt, 3 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 3 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 2 1/2,

Matt Kemp, 2 1/2,

Buster Posey, 2 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Khris Davis, 2,

Lucas Duda, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Adam Lind, 2,

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Joey Votto, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Joc Pederson, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Shelby Miller, 4,

Johnny Cueto, 3 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 3 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 3 1/2,

Chris Heston, 3,

Mike Leake, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Jimmy Nelson, 3,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Andrew Cashner,2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Jason Hammel, 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,

Cole Hamels, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Jon Lester, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Miguel Cabrera, 4 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 3 1/2,

Adam Jones, 3 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Mike Trout, 3,

Mark Teixeira, 2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Eric Hosmer, 2,

Jose Iglesias, 2,

Jason Kipnis, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 5,

Dallas Keuchel, 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, 4,

Chris Sale, 4,

Corey Kluber, 3 1/2,

David Price, 3 1/2,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Trevor Bauer,2 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 2 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 2,

Felix Hernandez, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Taijuan Walker, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Nathan Karns, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 1 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 1 1/2,

Mike Pelfrey, 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, Nori Aoki, Jake Arrieta, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Mookie Betts, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, A.J. Burnett, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Starlin Castro, Chris Carter, Gerrit Cole, Brandon Crawford, John Danks, Chris Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Danny Duffy, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Eduardo Escobar, Andre Ethier, Prince Fielder, Todd Frazier, Joey Gallo, Jaime Garcia, Hector Gomez, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Randall Grichuk , Jesse Hahn, Josh Hamilton, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Drew Hutchinson, Raisel Iglesias, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Manny Machado, John Mayberry Jr., Michael McKenry, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Mike Napoli, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Steve Pearce, David Phelps, Albert Pujols, Colby Rasmus, Ben Revere, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rollins, Jeff Samardzjia, Jordan Schafer, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Matt Shoemaker, Stephen Strasburg, Noah Syndergaard, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Justin Turner, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Michael Wacha, Adam Wainwright, Travis Wood, David Wright, Jordan Zimmermann,

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

Jose Abreu, Pedro Alvarez, Brett Anderson, Cody Asche, Erick Aybar, Scott Baker, Michael Bourn, Mark Buehrle, Billy Burns, Kole Calhoun, Yoenis Cespedes, Jesse Chavez, Shin-Soo Choo, Chris Coghlan, Chris Colabello, Bartolo Colon, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Michael Cuddyer, Ike Davis, Rubby De La Rosa, Odrisamer Despaigne, Adam Eaton, Scott Feldman, Ryan Flaherty, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Avisail Garcia, Chi Chi Gonzalez, Kendall Graveman, Billy Hamilton, Dan Haren, Matt Holliday, Ryan Howard, Phil Hughes, Austin Jackson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Howie Kendrick, , Tom Koehler, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Wade Miley, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, David Ortiz, Chris Owings, Joe Panik, Hunter Pence, Brandon Phillips, A.J. Pierzynski, Trevor Plouffe, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Eddie Rosario,  David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, George Springer, Ruben Tejada, Chase Utley, Jonathan Villar, Stephen Vogt, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, Christian Yelich,

 

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