Carlos Gomez reached base 3 times, launching a pair of homers. The second one, a 3 run shot in the 8th, put Milwaukee up for good as they topped Atlanta, 6-5.

Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game 8 hit shutout of the Phillies, striking out 13 and walking none for a 5-0 Dodger win.

Mark Teixeira got on base 3 times including two home runs and made some solid defensive plays to help the Yankees come from behind to beat Oakland, 5-4.

Trevor Bauer threw 8 strong innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 runs and walking no Houston batter while striking out 9, earning the 4-2 decision for Cleveland.

They all owned baseball on July 8, 2015.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts

Carlos Gonzalez collected 3 hits, including a double, and scored in the Rockies 3-2 defeat by the Angels.

Jake Peavy had a solid outing, going 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 earned run and one unearned run. But the Mets would top San Francisco, 4-1.

Chris Davis went 3 for 4 with a homer in Baltimore’s 5-3 loss to the Twins.

 

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Paul Goldschmidt, 5,

Andrew McCutchen, 4 1/2,

Joey Votto, 4,

Todd Frazier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 3 1/2,

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 3,

Matt Kemp, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 2 1/2,

Randal Grichuk , 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Khris Davis, 2,

Lucas Duda, 2,

Matt Duffy, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Adam Lind, 2,

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Joc Pederson, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 1 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 1 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 1 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Ryan Howard, 1 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 5,

Matt Harvey, 5,

Clayton Kershaw, 5,

Shelby Miller, 4 1/2,

Chris Heston, 4,

Max Scherzer, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jake Arrieta, 3 1/2,

Jon Niese, 3 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 3,

Jason Hammel, 3,

Mike Leake, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Chase Anderson, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Andrew Cashner,2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Cole Hamels, 2,

John Lackey, 2,

Jon Lester, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Tyson Ross, 2,

Noah Syndergaard, 2

Travis Wood, 2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 2,

Jaime Garcia, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 1 1/2,

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 5 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 4 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 4 1/2,

Adam Jones, 4,

Edwin Encarnacion, 3 1/2,

Mark Teixeira, 3 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 3,

Manny Machado, 3,

Albert Pujols, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Michael Brantley, 2,

Robinson Cano, 2,

Carlos Correa, 2,

Nelson Cruz, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Eric Hosmer, 2,

Jose Iglesias, 2,

Alex Rodriguez, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Preston Tucker, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

J. D. Martinez, 1 1/2,

Mitch Moreland, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 6,

Chris Sale, 6,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 5 1/2,

Chris Archer, 4 1/2,

David Price, 4 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 4,

Trevor Bauer, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

R.A. Dickey, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Hector Santiago, 2 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, 2 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Mike Montgomery, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Taijuan Walker, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson,  1 1/2,

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 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,

Mike Pelfrey, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Jose Abreu, Matt Adams, Brett Anderson, Nori Aoki, Cody Asche,  Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Mookie Betts, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, Kris Bryant, Mark Buehrle, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Starlin Castro, Carlos Carrasco, Carter, Gerrit Cole, Bartolo Colon,  Brandon Crawford, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Rubby De La Rosa, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Eduardo Escobar, Marco Estrada, Prince Fielder, Wilmer Flores, Joey Gallo, Brett Gardner,  Hector Gomez, Gio Gonzalez, Kendall Graveman, 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, Kevin Kiermaier, Ian Kinsler, Juan Lagares, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke,  Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Lance Lynn, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Mike Napoli, Rougned Odor,  Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Jace Peterson, Yasiel Puig, Erasmo Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Garrett Richards, Clint Robinson, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Ross, Jeff Samardzjia, Jordan Schafer, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Matt Shoemaker, Justin Smoak, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki,  Justin Turner, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Michael Wacha, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Christian Yelich,

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

Pedro Alvarez, Scott Baker, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Yoenis Cespedes, Jesse Chavez, Shin-Soo Choo, Chris Coghlan, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Odrisamer Despaigne, Yunel Escobar, Scott Feldman, Ryan Flaherty, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Yan Gomes, Matt Holliday, Austin Jackson, Matt Joyce, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Wade Miley, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, David Ortiz, Chris Owings, Joe Panik, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Hunter Pence, A.J. Pierzynski, Trevor Plouffe, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Jose Quintana, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Eduardo Rodriguez, Eddie Rosario, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Danny Salazar, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Julio Teheran, Ruben Tejada, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, 

 

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