Steven Wright pitched 8 dominating innings, allowing 1 run on a solo homer, h hits, 2 walks and struck out 9 Yankee batters to earn the decision for the Red Sox in a 2-1 thriller.

Chris Davis got 2 hits including a 10th inning grand slam that put the Orioles up for good in a 7-3 victory in Oakland.

Matt Harvey threw 7 innings of 2 hit, no walk shutout ball, striking out 6 Miami batters and helping the Mets extend their Division lead with an 8-6 win.

Yasiel Puig hit a 3 run homer and reached base 2 more times to help lead the Dodgers past the Phillies, 4-3.

 

They all owned baseball on August 5, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBS on losing efforts:

Johnny Cueto threw 7 strong innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs but was saddled with a tough luck loss as Kansas City lost to the Tigers, 2-1.

Miguel Sano delivered an RBI single and a 2 run homer in Minnesota’s 9-7 loss in Toronto.

Jeff Francoeur went 2 for 4 with a 2 run homer as the Phillies fell just short to the Dodgers, 4-3.

 

So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 6,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Joey Votto, 6,

Paul Goldschmidt, 5,

Todd Frazier, 4 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 4 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 4,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2, [Brewers Only]

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Matt Kemp, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Yasiel Puig, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2

Kris Bryant, 2,

Khris Davis, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Ryan Howard, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 1 1/2

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Justin Turner, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 8,

Matt Harvey, 7,

Jacob deGrom, 6 1/2,

Shelby Miller, 6,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2, (REDS ONLY)

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 5,

Chris Heston, 5,

Mike Leake, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

Noah Syndergaard, 4 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Andrew Cashner,3,

Cole Hamels, 3,

Jason Hammel, 3,

John Lackey, 3,

Jon Lester, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Lance Lynn, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Chase Anderson, 2 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Tyson Ross, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 1 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 8,

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Miguel Cabrera, 4 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 4 1/2,

Adam Jones, 4 1/2,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Alex Rodriguez, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Chris Davis, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Manny Machado, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Curt Casali, 2

Carlos Correa, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Brett Gardner, 2

Mitch Moreland, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Jose Abreu, 1 1/2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

J. D. Martinez, 1 1/2,

Brian McCann, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

David Ortiz, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 8,

David Price, 7, (6 with Tigers. 1 with Blue Jays)

Dallas Keuchel, 6 1/2,

Chris Sale, 6,

Chris Archer, 5 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2

Corey Kluber, 5 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Taijuan Walker, 3,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Hector Santiago, 2 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Mark Buehrle, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Garrett Richards, 2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2,

Matt Shoemaker, 2

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson, 1 1/2,

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Kevin Gausman,  1 1/2,

Kendall Graveman, 1 1/2,

Phil Hughes, 1 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 1 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 1 1/2,

Eduardo Rodríguez, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Nori Aoki, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, Aaron Brooks, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Starlin Castro, Chris Carter, Welington Castillo, Yoenis Cespedes,Chris Coghlan, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Rubby De La Rosa, Stephen Drew, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Eduardo Escobar, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Prince Fielder, Wilmer Flores, Hector Gomez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Raisel Iglesias, Travis Ishikawa, Hisashi Iwakuma, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Wade Miley,  Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Martín Pérez,  Jace Peterson, Erasmo Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Jose Reyes, Clint Robinson, Jimmy Rollins, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Julio Teheran, Troy Tulowitzki,  Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Michael Wacha, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Steven Wright, Christian Yelich, Chris Young,

Guys Who Owned Baseball 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Nick Castellanos, Jesse Chavez,  Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Patrick Corbin, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Michael Cuddyer, Johnny Cueto [Royals Only], Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Ian Desmond, Odrisamer Despaigne, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Dexter Fowler, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Yan Gomes, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Curtis Granderson,  J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Aaron Hicks, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Mark Reynolds, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Ruben Tejada, Chris Tilman, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, Alex Wood,

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

Johnny Cueto, 6, [5 1/2- Reds / 1/2 Royals]

Carlos Gomez, 4, [3 1/2 – Brewers / 1/2 Astros]

 

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