Steven Matz pitched 8 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 7 Nationals to earn the 2-0 decision for the Mets.

Corey Kluber pitched into the 8th, finishing with 1 earned run and 1 unearned run, 1 walk and 9 strikeouts as the Indians moved closer to first with a 4-3 final over the White Sox.

Kris Bryant reached base 3 times, homered and drive on 3 and led the Cubs past St. Louis, 9-8.

Adam Lind reached 11 total bases with a double, a single and 2 homers, driving in 6 and led the Mariners to a 13-3 thrashing of the A’s.

They all owned baseball on May 25, 2016.

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2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 4,

Clayton Kershaw, 4,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Stephen Strasburg, 3,

Jeremy Hellickson, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

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

Madison Bumgarner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Johnny Cueto, 2,

Steven Matz, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

John Lackey, 1 1 /2,

Mike Leake, 1 1/2,

Jeff Locke,  1 1/2,

Kenta Maeda,  1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Drew Pomeranz,  1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

Michael Wacha, 1 1/2,

Matt Wisler, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 3 1/2,

Robinson Cano,  3,

Miguel Cabrera, 2 1/2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Manny Machado, 2,

David Ortiz, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Khris Davis, 1 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 1 1/2,

Adam Lind, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber 4,

Chris Sale, 4,

Rich Hill, 3,

Jose Quintana, 2 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Colby Lewis,  2,

David Price, 2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2,

Hector Santiago, 2,

Danny Salazar,  2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman,  1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Steven Wright, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Gerrit Cole, Brandon Crawford, Chris Davis, Rajai Davis,  Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Jose Fernandez, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, J.A. Happ, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Aaron Hill, Brock Holt,  Eric Hosmer, Phil Hughes, Matt Joyce, Matt Kemp, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Jon Lester,  Jed Lowrie, Sean Manaea,   Carlos Martinez, J.D. Martinez , Victor Martinez, Nomar Mazara,  Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Charlie Morton, Eduardo Nunez, Marcell Ozuna,  Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Jose Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Robbie Ray, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp,  Michael Saunders, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Justin Smoak, George Springer, Trayce Thompson, Mark Teixeira, Mark Trumbo, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Danny Valencia, Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Neil Walker, Tyler White, Alex Wood,  David Wright, Ben Zobrist,  )

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

( Matt Adams, Pedro Alvarez, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera,  Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Coco Crisp, Ivan De Jesus,  Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Tommy Joseph,  Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Kipnis, Evan Longoria,  Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Matt Moore, Logon Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez, Danny Santana, Mallex, Smith, Dan Straily, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Cesar Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Zimmerman )

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