Who Owned Baseball May 6, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Jose Ramirez reached base four times, doubling twice, driving in five to help the Indians clobber their divisional rival Royals, 7-1.

Ben Zobrist got on four times, homering twice and driving in 4 as the Cubs beat the Nationals, 8-6.

Cole Hamels let up a lead off single and then didn’t allow another hit for 7 shutout innings, walking two Tigers and striking out 9 to earn the 5-1 victory for Texas.

Francisco Liriano struck out 10 Cardinals and allowed only 5 hits and 2 walks over 7 innings as the Pirates took the game 4-2.

They all owned baseball on May 6, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Oswaldo Garcia reached base 3 times and homered in the Twins 10-4 beating by the White Sox.

Daniel Murphy collected 4 hits, including a double, scoring 2 in a losing cause as the Nationals fell short to the Cubs, 8-6.

Jordan Zimmermann threw 8 solid innings, allowing just 3 runs but took the hard luck 5-1 loss for the Tigers against Texas.

Kenta Maeda allowed just 2 hits over 6 innings, striking out 7 Blue Jays. But the Dodgers came up short, 5-2.

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,

Daniel Murphy, 1 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 2,

Clayton Kershaw, 2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hellickson, 1 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 1 1/2,

Kenta Maeda, 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,

Cole Hamels, 2,

Felix Hernandez, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Chris Sale, 2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 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, 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, Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, Steven Matz, Andrew McCutchen, Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Charlie Morton, Eduardo Nunez, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, David Price, Jose Ramirez, 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, Ben Zobrist, )

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, Oswaldo 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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