Aaron Nola struck out 8 Mets in 7 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run. He earned the 3-1 decision for Philadelphia.

Mike Clevinger shutout the Rays over 7 innings of 4 hit ball, throwing 9 strikeouts and winning the 3-0 game for Cleveland.

Giancarlo Stanton got 3 hits, including a homer, driving in 3 as the Marlins edged Colorado, 4-3.

Andrew Benintendi hit 2 homers, driving in 6 and put the Red Sox ahead of the Yankees for good in a 10-5 final

They all owned baseball on August 12, 2017

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Erasmo Ramirez threw 6 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 unearned run. He did not get a decision as the Mariners lost to the Angels, 6-3.

Freddie Freeman reached base 4 times, stole a base and drove in 2 but the Cardinals topped the Braves, 6-5.

Jose Abreu got three hits including a pair of homers but the White Sox fell short against Kansas City, 5-4.

Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Jason Kipnis, – 2,

Logan Morrison, – 2,

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Gary Sanchez, – 2,

Justin Smoak, – 2,

Mike Trout, – 2,

Justin Upton, – 2,

Mike Zunino, – 2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Tim Beckham, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, – 1 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 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,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 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,

Giancarlo Stanton, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 4 1/2,

Zack Cozart, -3 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 3 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 3 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 3 1/2,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 2 1/2,

Wilmer Flores, – 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Eric Thames, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Willson Contreras, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Freddie Freeman, – 2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Ender Inciarte, -2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 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,

Dexter Fowler, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Tommy Joseph, – 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Wil Myers, – 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, – 8 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Chris Sale – 6 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Justin Verlander, – 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,

Kevin Gausman, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 3,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Marco Estrada, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Dylan Bundy, – 2,

Mike Fiers, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 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,

Wade Miley, – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Brad Peacock, – 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Jacob deGrom, – 6,

Carlos Martinez, – 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 5,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Zach Davies,- 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Zack Greinke, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, – 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, – 3 1/2,

Patrick Corbin – 3,

Rich Hill, – 3,

Lance Lynn, – 3,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Matt Moore, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -3,

Jeff Samardzija, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Jake Arrieta, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2 1/2,

Taijuan Walker, – 2 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Matt Cain, – 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,’

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Luis Perdomo,- 1 1/2,

Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), – 1 1/2,

Jameson Taillon, – 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Trevor Williams, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

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

Yu Darvish – 4 (3 with Rangers, 1 with Dodgers).

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Nicholas Castellanos, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Jesse Chavez , Robinson Chirinos, Dusty Coleman, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley,  Brandon Crawford, Yu Darvish (DODGERS ONLY),  Ian Desmond, Corey Dickerson, Lucas Duda, 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, Jake Junis, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler,  Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, Starling Marte, Jose Martinez, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara,Collin McHugh, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Nava, Eduardo Nunez, Matt Olson, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, Nick Pivetta, Jorge Polanco, David Price, Yasiel Puig, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick,  Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, JT Riddle, Tanner Roark, Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, 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, Tyler White, Matt Wieters,

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

Nick Ahmed, Albert Almora Jr. Tyler Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Homer Bailey, Tucker Barnhart, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, A. J. Ellis, Eduardo Escobar, Yunel Escobar, 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, Mark Leiter Jr.,  Ben Lively, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, German Marquez, Joe Mauer, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Jordy Mercer, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, David Peralta, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly,  Austin Pruitt, Albert Pujols, Erasmo Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Andrelton Simmons, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Yangervis Solarte, Cory Spangenberg,  Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Urena, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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