Avisail Garcia got 4 hits, 2 of them homers, and drove in 6 and scored 3 as the White Sox clobbered the Mariners, 16-1.

Mike Clevinger flirted with a no hitter into the 6th and finished with 7 shutout innings and struck out 8 Astros and got the 3-0 victory for Cleveland.

JT Riddle went 3 for 5 with a homer and 4 RBI to help the Marlins past the Dodgers, 10-6.

Jeff Samardzija shutout the Cardinals over 8 innings, striking out 8. He did not get the decision but the Giants won in 13 innings, 3-1.

They all owned baseball on May 20, 2017

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Austin Biben-Dirkx threw 4 2/3 innings of 1 hit shutout ball out of the bullpen but the Rangers winning streak ended against Detroit, 9-3.

Jose Bautista got 3 hits with a homer and 3 RBI but the Blue Jays fell to Baltimore, 7-5.

Corey Seager reached base 3 times, homered and drove in 2 in the Dodgers 10-6 loss to the Marlins.

Carlos Martinez threw 9 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and struck out 5 Giants. The Cardinals could not give him any support and they lost in 13 innings, 3-1.

 

Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Francisco Lindor, – 2,

Trey Mancini, – 2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, – 1 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis,  – 1 1/2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

J. D. Martinez, – 1 1/2,

Kendrys Morales, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Bryce Harper, – 3,

Nolan Arenado, – 2 1/2,

Maikel Franco, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Gerardo Parra, – 2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2.

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, – 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Travis Shaw, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth,  – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Dallas Keuchel, – 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, – 3,

Chris Sale – 3,

Ervin Santana, – 3,

Marcus Stroman, – 3,

Jason Vargas, – 3,

Jose Berrios, – 2,

Michael Fulmer, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Jose Quintana, – 2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 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, – 4,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 2 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 2 1/2,

Carlos Martinez, – 2 1/2,

Matt Moore, 2 1/2,

Ivan Nova, – 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, – 2

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Amir Garrett, – 2,

Lance Lynn, – 2,

Robbie Ray, – 2,

Jeff Samardzija, – 2,

Julio Teheran, – 2,

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2,

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

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,

Zack Greinke, – 1 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, – 1 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 1 1/2,

Alex Wood,  – 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2017 MLB,

Aaron Altherr, Jose Altuve, Matt Andriese, Alec Asher, Jose Bautista, Cody Bellinger, Christian Bergman, Jay Bruce, Matt Cain, Mark Canha, Carlos Carrasco, Darrell Ceciliani, Yoenis Cespedes, Tyler Chatwood, Jesse Chavez, , Robinson Chirinos, Lonnie Chisenhall, Mike Clevinger, Gerrit Cole, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Wilton Contreras, Patrick Corbin, Johnny Cueto, Yu Darvish, Matt Davidson, Zach Davies, Khris Davis, Ian Desmond, Aledmys Diaz, Brandon Drury, Brandon Finnegan, Mike Foltynewicz, David Freese, Ben Gamel, Brett Gardner, Kevin Gausman, Zack Godley, Paul Goldschmidt, Carlos Gomez, Gio Gonzalez,  Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Randal Grichuk, Jedd Gyorko, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Chase Headley, Jeremy Hellickson, Derek Holland, Hisashi Iwakuma, Aaron Judge, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Jason Kipnis, Corey Kluber, Jake Lamb, Sandy Leon, Jon Lester, Jed Lowrie, Kenta Maeda, Starling Marte, Nomar Mazara, Alex Meyer, Brad Miller, Logan Morrison, Charlie Morton, Wil Myers, Marcell Ozuna, Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Rick Porcello, Buster Posey, Yasiel Puig, Jose Ramirez, Anthony Rendon, Hunter Renfroe, JT Riddle, Cameron Rupp, Miguel Sano, Scott Schebler, Corey Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Geovany Soto, Steven Souza Jr., Giancarlo Stanton, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Thames, Andrew Triggs, Trea Turner, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Joey Votto, Adam Wainwright, Neil Walker, Taijuan Walker, Matt Wieters, Ryan Zimmerman,

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

Jose Abreu,  Jesus Aguillar, Nick Ahmed, Yonder Alonso, Chase Anderson, Tim Anderson, Tim Beckham, Brandon Belt, Austin Biben-Dirkx, Lisalverto Bonilla, Justin Bour, Archie Bradley, Michael Brantley, Ryan Braun, Kris Bryant, Andrew Cashner, Alex Cobb, Adam Conley, Zack Cozart, Rajai Davis, Corey Dickerson, Danny Duffy, Zach Eflin, Jerad Eickhoff, Yunel Escobar, Mike Fiers, Dexter Fowler, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Marwin Gonzalez, Sonny Gray, Jesse Hahn, Cole Hamels, Austin Hedges, Cesar Hernandez, Caleb Joseph, John Lackey, Francisco Liriano, Jonathan LuCroy, Lance McCullers, Jr., Whit Merrifield, Ariel Miranda, Yadier Molina, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Daniel Nava, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Steve Pearce, Luis Perdomo, Kevin Pillar, Ryan Pressly, Colby Rasmus, J.T. Realmuto, Miguel Rojas, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Carlos Sanchez, Jean Segura, Dernard Span, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Josh Tomlin, Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Michael Wacha, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Bradley Zimmer,

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