Zack Greinke threw 8 shutout innings, striking out 8 Giants and moved Arizona closer to the playoffs with a 2-0 win.

Carlos Gonzalez got 3 hits, including a homer, driving in 2 and scoring 2 in Colorado’s 16-0 demolition of San Diego.

Marco Estrada allowed 3 hits and 2 runs over 8 strong innings to earn the 7-2 decision for the Blue Jays over the Twins.

Josh Donaldson went 4 for 5 with 2 homers and a stolen base as the Blue Jays eliminated the Twins from the division race by beating them, 7-2.

They all owned baseball on September 16, 2017

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Ivan Nova pitched into the 7th, finishing with 6 1/3 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 runs while taking the tough lick 2-1 loss for Pittsburgh against the Reds.

Ryan Braun got 3 hits, including a homer, but the Brewers dropped a critical 7-4 game to Miami.

Cole Hamels gave up just 4 hits over 7 1/3 strong innings of work. 2 of those hits were solo homers and they were the difference in the Rangers 2-0 defeat in Anaheim.

Austin Hays reached base 3 times, homered and drove in 2 but the Orioles were clobbered by the Yankees, 9-3.

 

Evan Longoria, – 2,

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Rougned Odor, – 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,

Kevin Kiermaier, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Matt Olson, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Polanco, – 1 1/2,

Josh Reddick,- 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, – 7 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 5,

Zack Cozart, -4 1/2,

Ender Inciarte, -3 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 3 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 3 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 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,

Tommy Pham, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Wil Myers, – 2 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 2 1/2,

Yasiel Puig, – 2 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 2 1/2,

Scott Schebler, – 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,

Carlos Gonzalez, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Tommy Joseph, – 2,

Howie Kendrick, – 2,

Starling Marte, – 2,

Jose Martinez, -2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

Joe Panik, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Cory Spangenberg, – 2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 2,

Michael Taylor, – 2,

Trea Turner, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Albert Almora Jr., – 1 1/2,

Tucker Barnhart, – 1 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, – 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,

Rhys Hoskins, – 1 1/2,

Jon Jay, 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Brandon Nimmo, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

J.T. Realmuto, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, – 1 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, – 1 1/2,

Chris Taylor, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 13,

Chris Sale – 7 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, – 7.

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Luis Severino, – 7,

Jose Berrios, – 6 1/2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 6,

Justin Verlander, – 6,

Kevin Gausman, – 5 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 5 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Marco Estrada, – 4 1/2,

Sonny Gray – 4 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, – 4,

Michael Fulmer, – 4,

Cole Hamels, – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2,

Doug Fister, – 3 1/2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Dylan Bundy, – 3,

Mike Fiers, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Brad Peacock, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

CC Sabathia, – 2 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Wade Miley, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Joe Biagini, – 1 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, – 1 1/2,

Carson Fulmer,- 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, – 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, – 1 1/2,

Jake Junis, – 1 1/2,

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, Jr., – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Erasmo Ramirez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Carlos Martinez, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Zack Greinke, – 7 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 7,

Stephen Strasburg, – 7,

Patrick Corbin – 6,

Jimmy Nelson, – 6,

Zach Davies,- 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, – 5,

Julio Teheran, – 5,

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

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Lance Lynn, – 4 1/2,

Matt Moore, – 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Zack Godley, – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4

Jake Arrieta, – 3 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 3 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Ivan Nova, -3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 3 1/2,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Clayton Richard, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Taijuan Walker, – 3,

Luis Castillo, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2 1/2

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Yu Darvish, – 2 (DODGERS ONLY),

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Luis Perdomo,- 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Matt Cain, – 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,

Dinelson Lamet, –  1 1/2,

Mark Leiter Jr., – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 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,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Yu Darvish – 5 (3 with Rangers, 2 with Dodgers).

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

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with Tigers, 1 with Diamondbacks),

Norichika Aoki – 1 (1/2 with Blue Jays, 1/2 with Mets)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Jesus Aguilar, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Homer Bailey, Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Josh Bell, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Starlin Castro, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Robinson Chirinos, Dusty Coleman, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, C. J. Cron, Nicky Delmonico, Ian Desmond, Yandy Diaz, Lucas Duda, Phillip Ervin, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Brett Gardner, Evan Gattis, Alex Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Max Kepler, John Lackey,  Ben Lively,  Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, J. D. Martinez (DIAMONDBACKS ONLY), Steven Matz, Joe Mauer, Nomar Mazara, Collin McHugh, Daniel Mengden, Jordy Mercer, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Andrew Moore, Tyler Moore, Mitch Moreland, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Nava, Eduardo Nunez, David Peralta, Martin Perez, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, Nick Pivetta, David Price, Albert Pujols, Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, JT Riddle, Sal Romano, Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, Carlos Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Trevor Story, Brent Suter, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, 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, Brett Anderson Tyler Anderson, Norichika Aoki (BLUE JAYS ONLY), Norichika Aoki (METS ONLY), Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Asdrubal Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, A. J. Cole, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Alejandro de Aza, Daniel Descalso, Odrisamer Despaigne, Chris Devenski, Rafael Devers, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, A. J. Ellis, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Alen Hanson, Austin Hays, Kyle Hendricks, Cesar Hernandez, Caleb Joseph, Juan Lagares, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, German Marquez, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Mike Montgomery, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Steve Pearce, Dillon Peters, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly, Austin Pruitt, Wilson Ramos, 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, Jackson Stephens, Kelby Tomlinson, Carlos Torres, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Kenny Vargas, Jered Weaver, Nick Williams, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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