Chris Lee – St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Yairo Munoz drove in 5 runs including a dramatic come from behind walk off 3 run homer in the 9th that gave the Cardinals a 10-8 win over Pittsburgh.
Francisco Lindor went 4 for 5 with a pair of homers and 4 RBI as the Indians held on against Minnesota, 9-8.
Aaron Nola held the Dodgers to 2 hits and 1 run over 7 innings, earning the 2-1 decision for Philadelphia.
Daniel Mengden pitched into the 9th, allowing 6 hits and 3 runs over 8 plus innings as the A’s topped the Rays, 7-3.
They all owned baseball on May 31, 2018
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Earning 1/2 WOBs:
Francisco Cervelli put the Pirates up with an 8th inning 3 run homer which would be negated by the Cardinals winning rally in the 9th for the 10-8 final.
Eduardo Escobar reached base 3 times, including a solo homer, in the Twins 9-8 slugfest loss to Cleveland.
Odrisamer Despaigne gave the Marlins 4 1/3 innings of relief, allowing 2 earned runs and striking out 4. The damage had been done early in San Diego’s 8-3 win.
Ryan Yarbrough threw 5 2/3 innings of strong relief, striking out 9 Oakland batters in the process, but Tampa Bay dropped the 7-3 game.
Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018
Didi Gregorius, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2
Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018
Bryce Harper, – 5 1/2
Scooter Gennett – 4
Matt Adams, – 3
Brandon Belt, – 3
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 3
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 2 1/2
Anthony Rizzo, – 2 1/2
Mark Reynolds, – 2
Eugenio Suarez, – 2
Ronald Acuña Jr., – 1 1/2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Ian Desmond, – 1 1/2
Maikel Franco, – 1 1/2
Freddie Freeman, 1 1/2
Carlos Gonzalez, – 1 1/2
Matt Kemp, – 1 1/2
Nick Markakis, – 1 1/2
Devin Mesoraco, – 1 1/2
A. J. Pollock, – 1 1/2
Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018
Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018
Trevor Williams, – 1 1/2
Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB
Greg Allen, Yonder Alonso, Jose Altuve, Chase Anderson, Homer Bailey, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Francisco Cervelli, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Adam Engel, Nathan Eovaldi, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Domingo German, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Nick Hundley, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Nick Kingham, Chad Kuhl, Mike Leake, Jed Lowrie, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Miles Mikolas, Yoan Moncada, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Yairo Munoz, Joe Musgrove, Wil Myers, Sean Newcomb, Brandon Nimmo, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Joe Panik, David Peralta, Freddy Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Clayton Richard, Garrett Richards, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, Eddie Rosario, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Caleb Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Jorge Soler, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story, Noah Syndergaard, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva,Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Zack Wheeler,
Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2017 MLB,
Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Nolan Arenado, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Trevor Bauer, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Ty Blach, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Jesse Chavez, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Derek Dietrich, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Mike Fiers, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Gossett, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, David Hess, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Chris Iannetta, Travis Jankowski, Jon Jay, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Eric Lauer, Joey Lucchesi, Seth Lugo, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Austin Meadows, Whit Merrifield, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, Max Muncy, John Ryan Murphy, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Jean Segura, Blake Snell, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Michael Wacha, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann
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