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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 47

Two solid starts in a row for Travis Wood give him two consecutive Superhero awards.

He's trying to pass his OBP magic to the others.
He's trying to pass his OBP magic to the others.
Denis Poroy

Ran out of gas in the eighth, but the bullpen brought it home for him once again.

Graphs for Game 47 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game-47

Stats for Game 47:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

T Wood

7.1

3

1

2

2

3

0.95

0.214

H Rondon

1

0

0

0

0

0

2.34

0.166

N Ramirez

0.2

0

0

0

0

2

1.42

0.067

Total

9

3

1

2

2

5

1.11

0.447

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

L Valbuena

2

2

1

1

1

2

0

0.54

0.185

N Schierholtz

4

1

2

0

1

0

0

0.93

0.124

D Barney

3

0

1

0

0

1

1

1.32

0.062

T Wood

2

0

1

0

1

0

1

1.55

0.017

W Castillo

4

0

1

0

0

0

2

0.81

0.005

E Bonifacio

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.38

-0.009

R Kalish

4

0

0

0

0

1

1

0.83

-0.042

S Castro

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.75

-0.072

A Rizzo

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.85

-0.09

J Lake

4

0

0

0

0

0

3

0.85

-0.127

Total

32

3

6

1

3

4

8

0.91

0.053

THE THREE HEROES:

  • Superhero - Travis Wood. Second start in a row with the Superhero honors.
  • Hero - Luis Valbuena. The Venezuelan god of OBP strikes again with two walks and a homer.
  • Sidekick - Hector Rondon. Closed the door efficiently to give the Cubs at least a split in the series.

THE THREE GOATS: Tough night for the top of the order.

  • Big Goat - Junior Lake. The whiff in the third with runners on second and third was the lowlight of his 0-for-4 evening.
  • GoatAnthony Rizzo. His 0-for-4 night was almost identical to Lake's, including the two runners stranded in the third. Lineup position is what saved him from the top stair.
  • Kid - Starlin Castro. Also 0-for-4, but had the benefit of the bases being empty each time.

UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 47 (Changes in Bold):

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

5.5

3.5

5.5

29

Anthony Rizzo

4

3

6

24

Luis Valbuena

4

4

2

22

Welington Castillo

4

3

2

20

Jeff Samardzija

5

0

2

17

Jason Hammel

4

2

0

16

Nate Schierholtz

2

4

1

15

Emilio Bonifacio

1

6

0

15

Travis Wood

3

2

0

13

Mike Olt

2

1

3

11

Darwin Barney

2.5

1.5

0

10.5

Ryan Kalish

3

0

1

10

Junior Lake

2

1

2

10

Edwin Jackson

3

0

0

9

Brian Schlitter

1

1.5

2

8

Justin Ruggiano

0.5

2.5

1

7.5

Justin Grimm

0

1

4

6

James Russell

0

1

4

6

Wesley Wright

0.5

1.5

0.5

5

Hector Rondon

0

0

4.5

4.5

Zac Rosscup

0

2

0

4

Jake Arrieta

0

2

0

4

Ryan Sweeney

0

1

2

4

Neil Ramirez

0

0.5

2.5

3.5

Pedro Strop

0

1

1

3

John Baker

0

1

1

3

Carlos Villanueva

0

1

0

2

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Nate Schierholtz

4

6

2

26

Starlin Castro

4

3

7.5

25.5

Mike Olt

4

2

3

19

Welington Castillo

2

4

2

16

Emilio Bonifacio

1

5

3

16

Justin Grimm

5

0

0

15

Anthony Rizzo

0

6

3

15

Jason Hammel

4

1

0

14

Edwin Jackson

3

2

1

14

Carlos Villanueva

4

0

1

13

Travis Wood

2

2

2

12

Junior Lake

1

3

1

10

Jose Veras

2

1

1

9

Ryan Kalish

1

2

2

9

Luis Valbuena

0

3

3

9

Wesley Wright

2

0

2

8

James Russell

1

1

3

8

Hector Rondon

1

1

1

6

Justin Ruggiano

1

1

0

5

Darwin Barney

0

2

1

5

Ryan Sweeney

1

0

1.5

4.5

Jake Arrieta

1

0

1

4

Brian Schlitter

1

0

0

3

Neil Ramirez

1

0

0

3

Chris Coghlan

1

0

0

3

Jeff Samardzija

0

1

1

3

Pedro Strop

0

1

1

3

John Baker

0

0

3

3

Blake Parker

0

0

1

1

Valbuena breaks the third-place tie in the overall Hero standings, while Lake earns his first Big Goat of the year.