Manny Machado hit 3 homers and drove in 7. The third homer was a come from behind walk off grand slam that pushed the Orioles past the Angels, 9-7.

Dallas Keuchel threw 7 shutout innings to earn the 3-1 Houston decision over Oakland.

Chris Taylor got 2 singles and 2 doubles, scoring once and driving in 2 for Los Angeles in the 8-5 win over the Tigers.

Matt Moore pitched into the 8th, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs over 7 1/3 frames as the Giants clobbered Philadelphia, 10-2.

They all owned baseball on August 18, 2017

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Justin Upton got 4 hits including 2 homers in the Tigers 8-5 defeat by the Dodgers.

David Peralta went 3 for 4 with a homer in Arizona’s 10-3 drubbing by Minnesota.

Carlos Torres threw 3 innings of no hit shutout ball out of the bullpen to stop the bleeding. But it was too late as the Brewers fell to the Rockies, 8-4.

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Gary Sanchez, – 2,

Justin Smoak, – 2,

Mike Trout, – 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,

Evan Longoria, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr.,- 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,

Giancarlo Stanton, – 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 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,

Scooter Gennett,- 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 2 1/2,

Eric Thames, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Willson Contreras, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Freddie Freeman, – 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,

Cory Spangenberg, – 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,

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,

Chris Sale – 7 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Dallas Keuchel, – 5 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Luis Severino, – 5,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Justin Verlander, – 5,

Jose Berrios, – 4 1/2,

Kevin Gausman, – 4 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, – 4,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Michael Fulmer, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 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,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Dylan Bundy, – 2,

Andrew Cashner, – 2,

Mike Fiers, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 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,

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,

Matt Moore, – 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

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

Patrick Corbin – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Zack Greinke, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Julio Teheran, – 4,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, – 3 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 3,

Lance Lynn, – 3,

Kenta Maeda, – 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,

Clayton Richard, – 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,

Tanner Roark, – 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, Chad Bettis, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Nicholas Castellanos, Luis Castillo, 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, Josh Donaldson, Lucas Duda, Phillip Ervin, 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, David Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, Nick Pivetta, Jorge Polanco, David Price, Yasiel Puig, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick,  Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, JT Riddle,  Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Carlos Santana, Scott Schebler, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Trevor Story, Brent Suter, Kurt Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Chris Taylor, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom, Justin Turner, 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, Josh Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Nicky Delmonico, Rafael Devers, 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, Josh Harrison, Kyle Hendricks, 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, Mike Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly,  Austin Pruitt, Albert Pujols, Erasmo Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Andrelton Simmons, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Yangervis Solarte, Chris Stratton, Carlos Torres, Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Urena, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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