Who Owned Baseball May 5, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Colin Rea took a no hitter into the 7th and a shutout into the 9th.He finished with 8 plus innings, 3 hits and 1 walk to earned the 5-3 decision over the Mets in San Diego.

Kevin Gausman threw 8 innings of 3 hit shutout ball, walking no Yankee batter. He did not get the decision but the Orioles won 1-0 in extra innings.

Trevor Story homered again and got two other hits, driving in 3 as the Rockies humiliated the Giants, 17-7.

Edwin Encarnacion drove in 6 runs, reached base 4 times and homered in the Blue Jays 12-2 blow out of Texas.

They all owned baseball on May 5, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Joe Ross struck out 9 Cubs in 6 2/3 innings but took a tough luck loss for the Nationals, 5-2.

Masahiro Tanaka matched Gausman inning for inning with 8 shutout frames. But the Yankee bullpen dropped the game, 1-0 in 10.

Alex Presley singled and homered in the Brewers 9-5 loss to Cincinnati.

Jose Altuve went 4 for 4 with a homer but the Astros lost to Seattle, 6-3.

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,

Trevor Story, 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,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 2,

Clayton Kershaw, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 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,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 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,

( 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, Kevin Gausman, 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, Colin Rea, 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, 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, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez , Danny Santana, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Ross Stripling, Masahiro Tanaka, Julio Teheran, Mike Trout, Cesar Vargas, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Villar, Alex Wood )

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