Evan Longoria became the first Tampa Bay hitter to hit for the cycle since 2009 as he scored twice and drove in 3 in the 6-4 defeat of Houston.

Anthony Rizzo got 3 hits, including 2 homers to lead the Cubs in a 16-4 pasting of the Diamondbacks.

Dylan Bundy pitched 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and striking out 5 Royals to get the 7-2 decision for surging Baltimore.

Kenta Maeda kept the Braves scoreless over 7 solid 2 hit shutout innings and earned the 3-2 win for the Dodgers.

They all owned baseball on August 1, 2017

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Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Jason Kipnis, – 2,

Whit Merrifield, – 2,

Logan Morrison, – 2,

Gary Sanchez, – 2,

Justin Smoak, – 2,

Justin Upton, – 2,

Mike Zunino, – 2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2,

Chase Headley, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, – 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, – 1 1/2,

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, – 1 1/2,

Bradley Zimmer, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Nolan Arenado, – 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5,

Giancarlo Stanton, – 4,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 3 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 3 1/2,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, -2 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 2 1/2,

Wilmer Flores, – 2 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Ender Inciarte, -2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Eric Thames, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Paul DeJong, – 1 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, – 1 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Tommy Joseph, – 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 1 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 1 1/2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 6 1/2,

Chris Sale – 6 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 6,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Jose Berrios, – 4 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, – 4 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 4 1/2,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Luis Severino, – 4,

Chris Archer, – 3 1/2,

Michael Fulmer, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Marco Estrada, – 3,

Kevin Gausman, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Justin Verlander, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 2,

Mike Fiers, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 1 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, – 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, – 1 1/2,

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, Jr., – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Carlos Martinez, – 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 5,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 4 1/2,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Zach Davies,- 3 1/2,

Zack Greinke, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, – 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, – 3 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 3,

Patrick Corbin – 3,

Lance Lynn, – 3,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Matt Moore, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -3,

Jeff Samardzija, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

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

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 2 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, – 2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Taijuan Walker, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,’

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Luis Perdomo,- 1 1/2,

Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), – 1 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Jose Quintana, – 4 1/2(3 with White Sox, 1 1/2 with Cubs)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Yonder Alonso, Alec Asher, Austin Barnes, Trevor Bauer, Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Dylan Bundy, Melky Cabrera, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Nicholas Castellanos, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Jesse Chavez , Robinson Chirinos, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley,  Wilton Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Ian Desmond, Corey Dickerson, Lucas Duda, Jerad Eickhoff, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Ben Gamel, Brett Gardner, Evan Gattis, Chris Gimenez, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Adam Jones, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick,   Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, Starling Marte, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Brandon Moss, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Eduardo Nunez, Matt Olson, Brad Peacock, Brandon Phillips, Nick Pivetta,  David Price, Yasiel Puig, J.T. Realmuto, Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, JT Riddle, Tanner Roark, Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Danny Salazar, Scott Schebler, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Steven Souza Jr., Brent Suter, Kurt Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom Trea Turner, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Danny Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Matt Wieters,

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

Nick Ahmed, Tyler Anderson, Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Homer Bailey, Tim Beckham, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, Zach Eflin, A. J. Ellis, Eduardo Escobar, Yunel Escobar, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, J. A. Happ, Cesar Hernandez, Jon Jay, Caleb Joseph, Kevin Kiermaier, John Lackey, Juan Lagares, Ben Lively, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, Joe Mauer, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Collin McHugh, Jordy Mercer, Wade Miley, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Daniel Nava, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, David Peralta, Jose Pirela, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly, Albert Pujols, Colby Rasmus, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Miguel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Andrelton Simmons, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Yangervis Solarte, Cory Spangenberg,  Jameson Taillon, Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Urena, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Trevor Williams, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, 

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