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Carlos Carrasco threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits while striking out 9 Oakland batters as Cleveland took the tense 1-0 pitchers duel.
Xander Bogaerts reached base 3 times, homered, scored 2 and drove in 2 to help the Red Sox move back into a first place tie with a 6-2 win in Tampa Bay.
Jon Lester struck out 8 Padres in 6 innings, allowing 1 run and earned the 5-1 decision for the Cubs.
Adrian Gonzalez homered 3 times and drove in 8 in the wild 18-9 Dodgers victory in Cincinnati.
They All Owned Baseball on August 22, 2016.
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Earning 1/2 WOBs:
Freddie Freeman, 7 1/2,
Nolan Arenado, 7,
Daniel Murphy, 6 1/2,
Kris Bryant, 5,
Trevor Story, 4 1/2,
Brandon Belt, 4,
Matt Carpenter, 4,
Chris Carter, 4,
Gregory Polanco, 4,
Yasmany Tomas, 4,
Melvin Upton Jr., 4,
Brandon Crawford, 3 1/2,
Starling Marte, 3 1/2,
Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,
Chase Utley, 3 1/2,
Jay Bruce, 3,
Aledmys Diaz, 3,
DJ LeMahieu, 3,
Nick Markakis, 3,
Andrew McCutchen, 3,
Wil Myers, 3,
Wilson Ramos, 3,
Ichiro Suzuki, 3,
Neil Walker, 3,
Ryan Braun, 2 1/2,
Maikel Franco, 2 1/2,
Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,
Charlie Blackmon, 2,
Adonis Garcia, 2,
Paul Goldschmidt, 2,
Carlos Gonzalez, 2,
Cesar Hernandez, 2,
Odubel Herrera, 2,
Aaron Hill, 2,
Tommy Joseph, 2,
Matt Kemp, 2,
Jake Lamb, 2,
Jean Segura, 2,
Justin Turner, 2,
Christian Yelich, 2,
Michael Bourn, 1 1/2,
Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,
Curtis Granderson, 1 1/2,
Bryce Harper, 1 1/2,
Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,
Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,
Hernan Perez,1 1/2,
Tommy Pham, 1 1/2,
Martin Prado, 1 1/2,
Mark Reynolds, 1 1/2,
Corey Seager,1 1/2,
Dernard Span, 1 1/2,
Joey Votto, 1 1/2,
2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,
Max Scherzer, 7 1/2,
Jose Fernandez, 7,
Clayton Kershaw, 7,
Jake Arrieta, 6 1/2,
Jacob deGrom, 5,
Johnny Cueto, 4 1/2,
Steven Matz, 4 1/2,
Drew Pomeranz, 4 1/2, (NL ONLY)
Noah Syndergaard, 4 1/2, (1 as hitter)
Bartolo Colon, 4,
John Lackey, 4,
Kyle Hendricks, 3 1/2,
Carlos Martinez, 3 1/2,
Tanner Roark, 3 1/2,
Jeff Samardzija, 3 1/2,
Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,
Jaime Garcia, 3,
Zack Greinke, 3,
Francisco Liriano, 3, (NL ONLY)
Kenta Maeda, 3,
Adam Conley, 2 1/2,
Jon Gray, 2 1/2,
Mike Leake, 2 1/2,
Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,
Robbie Ray, 2 1/2,
Joe Ross, 2 1/2,
Gerrit Cole, 2,
Zach Eflin, 2,
Jerad Eickhoff, 2,
Junior Guerra, 2,
Jason Hammel, 2,
Scott Kazmir, 2,
Aaron Nola, 2,
David Phelps, 2,
Michael Wacha, 2,
Adam Wainwright, 2,
Wei-Yin Chen, 1 1/2,
Anthony DeSclafani, 1 1/2,
Brandon Finnegan, 1 1/2,
Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,
Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,
Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,
Jameson Taillon, 1 1/2,
2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,
Mookie Betts, 7,
Jose Altuve, 6,
Miguel Cabrera, 5 1/2,
George Springer, 5,
Khris Davis, 4 1/2,
Manny Machado, 4 1/2,
Robinson Cano, 4,
Rougned Odor, 4,
Dustin Pedroia, 3 1/2,
Mike Trout, 3 1/2,
Josh Donaldson, 3,
Victor Martinez, 3,
Justin Upton, 3,
Xander Bogaerts, 2 1/2,
Lonnie Chisenhall, 2 1/2,
Nelson Cruz, 2 1/2,
Adam Eaton, 2 1/2,
Edwin Encarnacion, 2 1/2,
Eric Hosmer, 2 1/2,
Ian Kinsler, 2 1/2,
Evan Longoria, 2 1/2,
David Ortiz, 2 1/2,
Jose Ramirez, 2 1/2,
Michael Saunders, 2 1/2,
Kurt Suzuki, 2 1/2,
Devon Travis, 2 1/2,
Carlos Beltran, 2,
Adrian Beltre, 2,
Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,
Chris Davis, 2,
Rajai Davis, 2,
Brian Dozier, 2,
Yunel Escobar, 2,
Ryan Goins, 2,
Brandon Guyer, 2,
Max Kepler, 2,
Jason Kipnis,2,
Gary Sanchez, 2,
Steven Souza Jr., 2,
Mark Trumbo, 2,
Danny Valencia, 2,
Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,
Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,
Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,
Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,
Jarrod Dyson, 1 1/2,
Todd Frazier, 1 1/2,
Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,
Kevin Kiermaier, 1 1/2,
Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,
Adam Lind, 1 1/2,
Brad Miller, 1 1/2,
Kendrys Morales, 1 1/2,
Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,
Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,
Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,
Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,
Stephen Vogt, 1 1/2,
2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,
Corey Kluber 11,
Chris Sale, 6,
Danny Duffy, 5 1/2,
David Price, 5,
Michael Fulmer, 4 1/2,
Jose Quintana, 4 1/2,
Hector Santiago, 4 1/2,
Carlos Carrasco, 4,
Dallas Keuchel, 4,
Colby Lewis, 4,
Aaron Sanchez, 4,
Steven Wright, 4,
Ian Kennedy, 3 1/2,
Matt Shoemaker, 3 1/2,
Marcus Stroman, 3 1/2,
Justin Verlander, 3 1/2,
Trevor Bauer, 3,
Doug Fister, 3,
Kendall Graveman, 3,
Cole Hamels, 3,
J.A. Happ, 3,
Danny Salazar, 3,
Ervin Santana, 3,
Yordano Ventura, 3,
Matt Boyd, 2 1/2,
Hisashi Iwakuma, 2 1/2,
Matt Moore, 2 1/2, (AL ONLY)
Edinson Volquez, 2 1/2,
Chris Archer, 2,
Nathan Eovaldi, 2,
Kevin Gausman, 2,
Wade Miley, 2,
Ricky Nolasco, 2,
James Paxton, 2,
Drew Smyly, 2,
Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,
Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,
Derek Holland, 1 1/2,
Sean Manaea, 1 1/2,
Jake Odorizzi, 1 1/2,
Masahiro Tanaka, 1 1/2,
Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,
Guys Who Have Multi League WOBs,
Francisco Liriano 3 1/2 (Pirates 1, Blue Jays 1/2)
James Shields 2 (Padres 1, White Sox 1)
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,
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Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2016 MLB,
( Matt Adams, Tyler Anderson, Oswaldo Arcia, Cody Asche, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Chad Bettis, Peter Bourjos, Clay Buchholz, Marlon Byrd, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Robinson Chirinos, Ji-Man Choi, Coco Crisp, Zach Davies, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, R.A. Dickey, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Brett Eibner, Eduardo Escobar, Scott Feldman, Mike Foltynewicz, Logan Forsythe, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Matt Garza, Scooter Gennett, Johnny Giavotella Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Didi Gregorius, Billy Hamilton, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Kenley Jansen, Tony Kemp, Hyun Soo Kim, Francisco Liriano (AL ONLY), Jake Marisnick, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, James McCann, Kris Medlen, Taylor Motter, Logan Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Stephen Piscotty, Buster Posey, Alex Presley, Anthony Ranaudo, J.T. Realmuto, Jose Reyes, Matt Reynolds, Clayton Richard, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Justin Ruggiano, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Kyle Seager, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Michael Taylor, Josh Tomlin, Andrew Triggs, Nick Tropeano, Jose Urena, Cesar Vargas, Kennys Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Vogelsong, Adam Warren, Matt Wisler, )
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