Who Owned Baseball May 8, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Steven Wright came to within a pitch of a complete game shutout, settling for a complete game with 1 run and 3 hits, giving the Boston the 5-1 victory over the Yankees.

Manny Machado hit a go ahead two run homer and a game breaking grand slam to help Baltimore crush Oakland, 11-3.

Ross Stripling held the Toronto lineup to 1 hit and no runs over 6 innings. He did not factor in the decision but the Dodgers took the game, 4-2.

Chris Herrmann homered twice, driving in 3 including the go ahead 2 run blast in the 11th to give Arizona a 5-3 victory in Atlanta.

They all owned baseball on May 8, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Justin Verlander looked like his vintage self, striking out 9 Rangers in 7 innings of 3 hit shutout ball. Like the old days, the Detroit bullpen imploded and gave away the 8-3 game.

Josh Reddick reached base 4 times, scoring a run and driving in another. The rest of the A’s offense was dormant as Baltimore slammed them, 11-3.

Mike Foltynewicz threw 7 innings, allowing 2 runs, no walks and struck out 8. The Braves bullpen took the loss to Arizona, 5-3 in 11 innings.

Bryce Harper reached base 7 times without an official at bat, being walked 6 times, 3 times intentionally and being hit by a pitch. All those times on base resulted in one single run and the Nationals lost a heart breaking 4-3 game to the Cubs.

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,

Bartolo Colon, 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,

Ross Stripling, 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,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Mookie Betts, 2 1/2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Manny Machado, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 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,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Chris Sale, 2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

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, Brandon Crawford, Johnny Cueto, Chris Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Nathan Eovaldi, Freddie Freeman, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, Brandon Guyer, Bryce Harper, Chris Herrmann, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Aaron Hill, Derek Holland, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Matt Kemp, John Lackey, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Jed Lowrie, 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, Justin Verlander, Neil Walker, Tyler White , David Wright, Steven 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, Mike Foltynewicz, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Phil Hughes, Kevin Kiermaier, Jon Lester, Colby Lewis, Evan Longoria , Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Matt Moore, Jimmy Nelson, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez , Danny Santana, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Masahiro Tanaka, Julio Teheran, Mike Trout, Cesar Vargas, Jonathan Villar, Alex Wood )

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