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Ryan Braun homered three times, driving in 7 runs and spoiling the Phillies home opener with a Brewers 10-4 victory.
Delmon Young went 3 for 6 with a 2 run homer, 2 RBI total and a pair of run scored, leading the Orioles 20 hit attack against the Yankees and a 14-5 victory.
Tim Hudson won the Giant’s home opener with an 8 inning performance, letting up just 2 earned runs and no walks against Arizona for a 7-3 final.
Chris Archer was masterful against the Kansas City Royals, throwing 7 shutout innings in just 91 pitches. He did not get the decision, but set up the Rays tense 1-0 win.
They owned baseball on April.8, 2014.
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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.
Starlin Castro went 3-4 with a pair of homers and 4 RBI. It wasn’t enough as the Cubs lost to the Pirates, 7-6.
Jose Altuve went 3-5 with a double and RBI. But the Astros fell short, 5-2, to Toronto.
Max Scherzer pitched 7 strong innings, letting up just 2 runs and 1 walk while striking out 8 Dodgers. He would get a tough luck no decision as the Tigers fell in 10 innings, 3-2.
So let’s update the tally taking into account their heroics last night.
Players with Multiple Votes:
Leaders for the National League Hitter
Leaders for the National League Pitcher
Tim Hudson - 2
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 1 1/2
Leaders for American League Hitter
Leaders for American League Pitcher
Chris Archer - 2
Jason Vargas - 1 1/2
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:
Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Emilio Bonifacio, Jackie Bradley Jr., Ryan Braun, Mark Buehrle, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Cashner, Gerrit Cole, Johnny Cueto, Ike Davis, Chris Denorfia, Scott Feldman, Jose Fernandez, Freddie Freeman, Alex Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Jason Hammel, Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Justin Masterson, Joe Mauer, Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, Hanley Ramirez, Chris Sale, Alfredo Simon, Troy Tulowitzki, Scott Van Slyke, Adam Wainwright, Alex Wood, Delmon Young
Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB:
Jose Altuve (1/2), Jay Bruce (1/2), Starlin Castro (1/2) Jacoby Ellsbury (1/2), Tyler Flowers (1/2), Todd Frazier (1/2), Paul Goldschmidt (1/2), Matt Joyce (1/2), Adam LaRoche (1/2) Jon Lester (1/2), David Murphy (1/2), Brayan Peña, Salvador Perez (1/2), Max Scherzer (1/2), James Shields (1/2), Mike Trout (1/2), Mark Trumbo (1/2), Alex Wood (1/2), Ben Zobrist (1/2)
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