Who Owned Baseball – August 7, 2020

Barry Chin – Boston Globe

Let’s see who owned baseball on August 7, 2020.

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Earning Full WOBs:

Chris Bassitt threw 7 strong innings, allowing 1 run and striking out 3 Astros. The A’s would walk off the 3-2 game in extra innings.

Trevor Bauer fanned 12 Brewers in 6 innings, allowing 1 run along the way, to earn the 8-3 decision for Cincinnati.

Nicholas Castellanos hit a 2 run home run, got another hit for 3 RBI total as the Reds topped the Brewers, 8-3.

Alex Verdugo homered twice and walked to power the Red Sox past Toronto, 5-3.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Taylor Clarke retired all 9 batters he faced in 3 perfect innings of relief, striking out 3 Padres in the 3-0 Diamondbacks loss.

Erik González drove in 6 runs, going 4 for 5 with a homer as the Pirates came up short in the 17-13 extra inning slug fest against Detroit.

Austin Nola doubled and homered, driving in 3, but the Rockies doubled up the Mariners, 8-4.

Masahiro Tanaka held the Rays to 1 hit and no runs over 5 strong innings but the Yankee bullpen dropped the 1-0 game.

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Who Owned Baseball – August 2, 2020

Let’s see who owned baseball on August 2, 2020.

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Earning Full WOBs:

Trevor Bauer went all seven innings in his double header start, allowing 2 hits and no runs while striking out 7 to earn the 4-0 decision for the Reds.

Chris Bassitt struck out 7 Mariners in 5 2/3 innings to get the 3-2 victory for Oakland.

Aaron Judge hit his fifth and sixth homers in 8 games, the second shot putting the Yankees up for good in their 9-7 topping of the Red Sox.

Daniel Murphy went 4 for 4 with a homer to power the Rockies past San Diego, 9-6.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Tyler Alexander would set a record for most consecutive strikeouts by a reliever when he fanned 9 straight Reds. He would an 10 in 3 2/3 shutout, no hit innings but not are in the decision as the Tigers bullpen lost the 4-3 final.

Xander Bogaerts homered twice and added two other hits but the Red Sox dropped the 9-7 slugfest to the Yankees.

Merrill Kelly held the Dodgers to 3 runs over 6  innings but the Diamondbacks were blanked, 3-0.

Kevin Newman got a pair of hits and drove in the Pirates only run with a solo homer in their 2-1 defeat by the Cubs.

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Who Owned Baseball -July 26, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on July 26, 2020.

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Earning Full WOBs:

Carlos Carrasco threw 6 strong innings, striking out 10 Royals and allowing only 2 runs as the Indians rolled to a 9-2 final.

Tyler Chatwood allowed 3 hits and 1 run over 6 innings, striking out 8 Brewers and earned the 9-1 decision for the Cubs.

Nelson Cruz compiled 12 total bases over 4 hits, including 2 homers, driving in 7, as the Twins pounded the White Sox, 14-2.

Miguel Rojas homered, collected 2 more hits and drove in 4 as the beleaguered Marlins topped the Phillies, 11-6.

 

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Matt Andriese entered a first inning mess with nobody out and proceeded to throw 5 2/3 shutout innings to stop the bleeding. It was not enough as the A’s topped the Angels, 6-4.

Trevor Bauer struck out 13 Tigers in 6 1/3 innings but did not fare in the decision as the Reds dropped the 3-2 final.

Adam Haseley went 4 for 6, scoring twice and driving in another but the Phillies fell to the Marlins, 11-6.

Mike Trout hit a 3 run homer and added another hit in the Angels 6-4 loss in Oakland.

 

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