Corey Kluber pitched 8 strong innings, striking out 7 Yankees and earning the 6-2 victory for the Indians.

Jeff Samardzija threw a complete game 3 hit shutout, leading the Giants in the 3-0 blanking of San Diego.

Jose Ramirez hit a go ahead homer and a game tying homer to spark Cleveland’s offense past the Yankees, 6-2.

Howie Kendrick reached base 3 times, including a triple, driving in 3 runs as the Nationals crushed the Marlins, 11-2.

They all owned baseball on August 28, 2017

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Ben Gamel drove in 5 runs with a single and a homer but it wasn’t enough as Seattle fell short to Baltimore, 7-6.

Jordy Mercer went 3 for 3 with a homer in the Pirates 6-1 loss to the Cubs.

Brandon Moss, – 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,

Nicholas Castellanos, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Ben Gamel, – 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,

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Polanco, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Andrelton Simmons, – 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

Giancarlo Stanton, – 8 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, – 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 5,

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,

Brandon Drury, – 3,

Wilmer Flores, – 3,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 2 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 2 1/2,

Eric Thames, – 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Willson Contreras, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Freddie Freeman, – 2,

Chris Gimenez, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Ender Inciarte, -2,

Tommy Joseph, – 2,

Howie Kendrick, – 2,

Starling Marte, – 2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Yasiel Puig, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Cory Spangenberg, – 2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 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,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Wil Myers, – 1 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, – 1 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 10,

Chris Sale – 7 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Dallas Keuchel, – 6.

Justin Verlander, – 6,

Jose Berrios, – 5 1/2,

Kevin Gausman, – 5 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Luis Severino, – 5,

Marcus Stroman, – 5,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Chris Archer, – 4,

Carlos Carrasco, – 4,

Michael Fulmer, – 4,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 3 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Marco Estrada, – 3,

Mike Fiers, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2,

Doug Fister, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Dylan Bundy, – 2,

Andrew Cashner, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Brad Peacock, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  – 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,

CC Sabathia, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Jacob deGrom, – 7,

Patrick Corbin – 6,

Carlos Martinez, – 6,

Zach Davies,- 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 5,

Stephen Strasburg, – 5,

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

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Matt Moore, – 4 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, – 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Zack Greinke, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Julio Teheran, – 4,

Rich Hill, – 3 1/2,

Lance Lynn, – 3 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -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,

Luis Castillo, – 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,

Adam Conley, – 1 1/2,

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, – 1 1/2,

Mark Leiter Jr.,  – 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,

Chris Stratton, – 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, Jesus Aguilar, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Josh Bell,  Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Robinson Chirinos, Dusty Coleman, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Brandon Crawford, Yu Darvish (DODGERS ONLY),  Ian Desmond, Yandy Diaz, Josh Donaldson, Lucas Duda, Phillip Ervin, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Brett Gardner, Evan Gattis, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Mitch Haniger, Josh Harrison,  Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Rhys Hoskins, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Jake Junis, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Max Kepler,  Kevin Kiermaier, Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, Jose Martinez, Steven Matz, Joe Mauer,  Nomar Mazara,Collin McHugh, Jordy Mercer,  Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Mitch Moreland, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Nava, Eduardo Nunez, Matt Olson, David Peralta, Martin Perez, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, Nick Pivetta, David Price, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick,  Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, JT Riddle,  Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, Carlos Santana, Scott Schebler, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Trevor Story, Brent Suter, 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, Travis Wood,

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

Nick Ahmed, Albert Almora Jr. Tyler Anderson, Norichika Aoki, Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Homer Bailey, Tucker Barnhart, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, A. J. Cole, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Alejandro de Aza, Nicky Delmonico, Chris Devenski, Rafael Devers, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, A. J. Ellis, Eduardo Escobar, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Cesar Hernandez, Jon Jay, Caleb Joseph, John Lackey, Juan Lagares, Ben Lively, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, German Marquez, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Mike Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, 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, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Carlos Torres, Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Urena, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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