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Mike Leake out pitched Scherzer, throwing 7 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and striking out 7 Washington batters to earn the 6-1 decision for St. Louis.

Derek Holland took a no hitter into the 6th and finished with 6 innings of 1 hit shutout ball to win the 2-1 final for the White Sox in Cleveland.

Stephen Piscotty homered and drove in 5 to help the Cardinals top the Nationals, 6-1.

Trey Mancini reached base 3 times and homered twice, driving in 4 as the Orioles jumped all over Boston, 12-5.

They all owned baseball on April 12, 2017 

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John Lackey struck out 10 Dodgers in 6 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 run. He took the 2-0 decision in the Cubs defeat.

Marcus Stroman threw a complete game, allowing just 2 runs and 1 walk. But the Blue Jays bats were silenced and he was saddled with a hard luck 2-0 loss to Milwaukee.

Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and drove in 4 but his Marlins fell to Atlanta, 5-4.

Taylor Motter  went 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI in Seattle’s 10-5 loss to Houston.

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Dallas Keuchel, – 1 1/2,

Chris Sale – 1 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Jake Arrieta,  – 2

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

Mike Leake, – 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2017 MLB,

Chris Archer, Matthew Boyd, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Khris Davis, Aledmys Diaz, Brandon Finnegan, Michael Fulmer, Joey Gallo, Avisail Garcia, Amir Garrett,  Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Randal Grichuk, Matt Harvey,  Chase Headley, Derek Holland, Hisashi Iwakuma, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Francisco Lindor, Trey Mancini, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, Nomar Mazara, Matt Moore, Logan Morrison, Wil Myers, Gerardo Parra, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Yasiel Puig, Robbie Ray Ervin Santana, Geovany Soto, Julio Teheran, Christian Vazquez, Justin Verlander, Matt Wieters

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

Brandon Belt, Archie Bradley, Ryan Braun, Robinson Cano, Carlos Correa, Rajai Davis, Danny Duffy, Jerad Eickhoff, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Fiers, Freddie Freeman, Gio Gonzalez, Cole Hamels, John Lackey, Jonathan LuCroy, Yadier Molina, Taylor Motter, Daniel Nava, Rougned Odor, James Paxton, Salvador Perez, J.T. Realmuto, Ryan Schimpf, Giancarlo Stanton, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Ronald Torreyes, Troy Tulowitzki, Jered Weaver

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