Who Owned Baseball May 4, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Daniel Murphy homered, doubled and singled twice in the Nationals 13-2 thrashing of the World Champion Royals.

Steven Matz shut out the Braves for 7 2/3 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 as the Mets rolled, 8-0.

Carlos Correa singled, tripled and homered, driving in a pair (and along with his teammate Altuve missed the cycle by a triple) and led the Astros to a 16-4 crushing of the Twins.

Corey Kluber threw a complete game 5 hit shutout, striking out 7 Tigers and earning the 4-0 decision in Cleveland.

They all owned baseball on May 4, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Hernan Perez singled and homered in the Brewers 7-3 loss to the Angels.

Cesar Vargas threw 6 strong innings, allowing 1 run but was charged with a tough luck loss, 2-0, as San Diego fell to Colorado.

Marcus Semien got two hits including a home run in the A’s 9-8 collapse to Seattle.

Colby Lewis struck out 7 in 7 innings but the Rangers bullpen gave up the winning runs to Toronto, 4-3.

Its Time to Update the Leaderboard After Last Nights Heroics

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 3,

Brandon Belt, 2 1/2,

Chris Carter, 2,

Nick Markakis, 2,

Starling Marte, 2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 1 1/2,

Trevor Story, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 2,

Clayton Kershaw, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 2,

Joe Ross, 2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hellickson, 1 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 1 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 1 1/2,

Michael Wacha, 1 1/2,

Matt Wisler, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 2 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Ian Kinsler, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber, 3,

Felix Hernandez, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Chris Sale, 2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Jose Altuve, Jackie Bradley., Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Jay Bruce, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Crawford, Johnny Cueto, Chris Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Nathan Eovaldi, Freddie Freeman, Jaime Garcia, Mychal Givens, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Sonny Gray, A. J. Griffin, Brandon Guyer, Cole Hamels, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Derek Holland, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Matt Kemp, Ian Kennedy, Dallas Keuchel, John Lackey, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Jed Lowrie, Manny Machado, Kenta Maeda, Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, Steven Matz, Andrew McCutchen, Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Charlie Morton, Daniel Murphy, Eduardo Nunez, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, David Price, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Danny Salazar, Jeff Samardzija, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders, Jonathan Schoop, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Justin Smoak, Mark Teixeira, Chris Tillman, Mark Trumbo , Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Melvin Upton Jr., Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Neil Walker, Tyler White , David Wright, Jordan Zimmerman n, )

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2016 MLB,

( Pedro Alvarez, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Brandon Belt, Carlos Beltran, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Adonis Garcia, Dee Gordon, Jon Gray, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Bryce Harper, Phil Hughes, Kevin Kiermaier, Jon Lester, Colby Lewis, Evan Longoria , Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Matt Moore, Jimmy Nelson, Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez , Danny Santana, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Ross Stripling, Julio Teheran, Mike Trout, Cesar Vargas, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Villar, Alex Wood )

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