David Ortiz reached base 4 times, missed the cycle by a single, launched a 2 out bottom of the 9th game tying triple and a walk off double in the 11th to give the Red Sox a thrilled 6-5 victory on my birthday.

Melvin Upton Jr. reached base 5 times, homered, stole a base and drove in 2 as San Diego topped Milwaukee, 8-7.

Matt Andriese threw a complete game 2 hit shutout, striking out 5 Oakland batters in the 6-0 final in Tampa Bay.

Jake Arrieta once again was solid, allowing 3 hits and 2 runs, striking out 11 Pirates as the Cubs rolled 8-2.

They all owned baseball on May 14, 2016.

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Adam Lind doubled and homered but the Mariners bullpen collapsed against the Angels, 9-7.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis collected 3 hits, driving in 3 in Milwaukee’s 8-7 loss to the Padres.

Jose Quintana threw 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs but got the tough luck 2-1 decision as the White Sox fell short to the Yankees.

 

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,

Melvin Upton Jr., 2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 1 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 3,

Clayton Kershaw, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Jeremy Hellickson, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 2 1/2, (1 as hitter)

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

John Lackey, 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,

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,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 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,

Chris Sale, 3,

Jose Quintana, 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 2,

Felix Hernandez, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

David Price, 2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Matt Andriese, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Jay Bruce, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner, Miguel Cabrera, Matt Carpenter, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Brandon Crawford, Johnny Cueto, Chris Davis,  Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Nathan Eovaldi, Jose Fernandez, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, Brandon Guyer, J.A. Happ, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Aaron Hill, Derek Holland, Brock Holt,  Eric Hosmer, Matt Kemp, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Colby Lewis,  Jed Lowrie,  Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, Steven Matz,  Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Charlie Morton,Jimmy Nelson, Eduardo Nunez, David Ortiz, Joe Panik, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz,  Jose Ramirez, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua,  Danny Salazar,  Jeff Samardzija, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders, Max Scherzer, Jonathan Schoop, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien,  Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Justin Smoak, George Springer, Julio Teheran,  Mark Teixeira, Chris Tillman, Mark Trumbo, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, 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, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Carlos Beltran, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Khris Davis, Ivan De Jesus,  Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton,  Phil Hughes, Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Kipnis, Mike Leake, Jon Lester, Adam Lind, Evan Longoria,  Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Matt Moore, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Byung Ho Park, Gerardo Parra, 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, Mike Trout, Cesar Vargas, Jonathan Villar, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman )

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