Tommy Pham got 4 hits, two of them homers including a 2 run shot in extra innings to give the Cardinals a 6-4 victory in Atlanta.

Scott Feldman threw a complete game 4 hit shutout, striking out 5 Giants and earning the 4-0 decision for the Reds.

Sandy Leon hit a pair of 2 run homers and helped the Red Sox break open a close game into a 17-6 blow out in Minnesota.

Luis Severino struck out 9 Cubs in 7 innings, allowing only 1 run. He did not get the win but the Yankees topped the Cubs 5-4 in an 18 inning marathon.

They all owned baseball on May 7, 2017

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Jayson Werth went 4 for 5 with 2 homers but it wasn’t enough as the Nationals fell short to Philadelphia, 6-5.

Jon Lester was solid for 7 innings, striking out 9 Yankees. He was long gone when the Cubs lost the game 5-4 in the 18th.

Yunel Escobar hit a pair of homers but the Angels dropped the 5-3 game to Houston.

Alex Cobb pitched 8 strong innings, allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs but it was enough to take the hard luck 2-1 Tampa Bay loss to Toronto.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Francisco Lindor, – 2,

Trey Mancini, – 2,

Mookie Betts, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, – 1 1/2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, – 1 1/2,

Joey Gallo, – 1 1/2,

Kendrys Morales, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Bryce Harper, – 3,

Maikel Franco, – 2 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Gerardo Parra, – 2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, – 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth,  – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Dallas Keuchel, – 4 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 3,

Chris Sale – 2 1/2,

Chris Archer, – 2,

Michael Fulmer, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

Ervin Santana, – 2,

Jason Vargas, – 2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2,

James Paxton, – 1 1/2,

Luis Severino, – 1 1/2,

Justin Verlander, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 3,

Ivan Nova, – 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, – 2

Jhoulys Chacin, – 2,

Amir Garrett, – 2,

Lance Lynn, – 2,

Carlos Martinez, – 2,

Robbie Ray, – 2,

Julio Teheran, – 2,

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

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 1 1/2,

Scott Feldman, – 1 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 1 1/2,

Matt Moore, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2017 MLB,

Matt Andriese, Alec Asher, Javier Baez, Cody Bellinger, Keon Broxton, Jay Bruce,  Matt Cain, Carlos Carrasco, Yoenis Cespedes, Tyler Chatwood, Robinson Chirinos, Gerrit Cole, Bartolo Colon, Wilton Contreras, Patrick Corbin, Nelson Cruz, Matt Davidson, Khris Davis, Ian Desmond, Aledmys Diaz, Brandon Finnegan, Mike Foltynewicz, David Freese, Avisail Garcia, Brett Gardner, Paul Goldschmidt, Carlos Gomez, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Randal Grichuk, A. J. Griffin, Jedd Gyorko, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Chase Headley, Jeremy Hellickson, Derek Holland, Matt Holliday, Hisashi Iwakuma, Aaron Judge, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Corey Kluber, Sandy Leon, Jon Lester, Starling Marte, Nomar Mazara, Brad Miller, Logan Morrison, Charlie Morton, Wil Myers, Jimmy Nelson, Jake Odorizzi, Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham,   Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Rick Porcello, Yasiel Puig, Jose Quintana, Jose Ramirez, Anthony Rendon, Cameron Rupp,  Jeff Samardzija, Miguel Sano, Scott Schebler, Max Scherzer, Tyler Skaggs, Geovany Soto, Steven Souza Jr., Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton, Stephen Strasburg, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Thames, Andrew Triggs, Trea Turner, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Taijuan Walker, Matt Wieters, Ryan Zimmerman,

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

Jose Abreu, Yonder Alonso, Chase Anderson, Tim Beckham, Brandon Belt, Ty Blach, Charlie Blackmon, Archie Bradley, Michael Brantley, Ryan Braun, Kris Bryant, Andrew Cashner, Jesse Chavez, Alex Cobb, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley, Rajai Davis, Corey Dickerson, Danny Duffy, Zach Eflin, Jerad Eickhoff, Yunel Escobar, Mike Fiers, Matt Garza, Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Zack Greinke, Jesse Hahn, Cole Hamels, Austin Hedges, Cesar Hernandez, Caleb Joseph, John Lackey, Francisco Liriano, Jonathan LuCroy, Lance McCullers, Jr., Whit Merrifield, Yadier Molina, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Mike Napoli, Daniel Nava, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Steve Pearce, Luis Perdomo, Kevin Pillar, J.T. Realmuto, Miguel Rojas, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Carlos Sanchez, Ryan Schimpf, Corey Seager, Jean Segura, Travis Shaw, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Joey Votto, Neil Walker, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Alex Wood, 

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