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Avisail Garcia went 3 for 4 with a homer, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored as the White Sox handed Minnesota their first loss of the year, 6-2.

Kendall Graveman took a no hitter into the 7th before it was broken up with 2 outs. He finished with 7 innings, 2 hits and 1 run, earning the 6-1 win for Oakland over Texas.

Aledmys Diaz slammed a pair of homers, got a third hit, drive in 4 and scored 3 in St. Louis’ 10-4 blow out of the Reds.

Jhoulys Chacin pitched shutout ball into the 7th, finishing with 6 2/3 scoreless 3 hit frames and earned the 2-1 decision for the Padres over San Francisco.

They all owned baseball on April 8, 2017 

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Ronald Torreyes got 2 hits and drove in 2 but the Yankees could not hold off the Orioles who took the 5-4 final

Dallas Keuchel allowed 1 run and 2 hits over 7 innings. He did not get the decision as the Royals topped the Astros bullpen, 7-3.

Eugenio Suarez doubled and homered but the Reds fell to the Cardinals, 10-4.

Madison Bumgarner pitched 8 strong innings, giving up only 2 runs but took the hard luck 2-1 San Francisco loss in San Diego.

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Dallas Keuchel, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 1 1/2

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2017 MLB,

Chris Archer, Jake Arrieta,  Jhoulys Chacin, Khris Davis, Aledmys Diaz, Brandon Finnegan, Michael Fulmer, Avisail Garcia, Amir Garrett, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Randal Grichuk, Matt Harvey, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Francisco Lindor, Manuel Margot, Carlos Martinez, Nomar Mazara, Logan Morrison, Gerardo Parra, Yasiel Puig, Chris Sale, Geovany Soto, Marcus Stroman, Justin Verlander, Matt Wieters

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2017 MLB,

Brandon Belt, Archie Bradley, Ryan Braun, Rajai Davis, Danny Duffy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Fiers, Gio Gonzalez, Chase Headley, Hisashi Iwakuma, Mike Leake, Daniel Nava, Rougned Odor, James Paxton, Salvador Perez, J.T. Realmuto , Ryan Schimpf, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Julio Teheran, Ronald Torreyes, Troy Tulowitzki

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