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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 49

The Cubs' offense finally comes through for Shark and gives him his first win of the season.

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I bet he's relieved to finally have that giant albatross off of his back.

Graphs for Game 49 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game-49

Stats for Game 49:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Grimm

1

0

0

0

0

2

0.67

0.045

N Ramirez

1

0

0

0

1

1

0.44

0.013

J Samardzija

7

6

1

3

0

10

0.76

-0.118

Total

9

6

1

3

1

13

0.71

-0.06

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

W Castillo

4

1

2

0

1

0

1

0.98

0.185

J Samardzija

4

1

1

0

1

0

0

0.65

0.143

E Bonifacio

4

0

2

0

1

1

1

0.7

0.132

N Schierholtz

4

2

2

1

1

0

0

1.16

0.098

D Barney

3

0

1

0

2

0

0

1.19

0.053

A Rizzo

5

2

2

0

1

0

2

0.53

0.033

L Valbuena

5

1

2

0

1

0

0

0.7

0.015

S Castro

4

0

0

0

0

1

1

0.65

-0.045

J Lake

5

1

1

0

0

0

1

0.63

-0.054

Total

38

8

13

1

8

2

6

0.77

0.56

THE THREE HEROES:

  • Superhero - Welington Castillo. Two hits in critical situations, two (well, three) outs in much less meaningful ones.
  • Hero - Jeff Samardzija. Not with his arm, but with his bat on the tie-breaking double.
  • Sidekick - Emilio Bonifacio. Would have taken the top spot on the podium today if not for getting caught stealing in the first.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Big Goat - Jeff Samardzija. Almost not fair, given that it was his first win of the year. Didn't allow a lot of baserunners, but two-thirds of them scored.
  • Goat - Junior Lake. Primarily the result of his inning-ending whiff in the fifth stranding Bonifacio at third.
  • KidStarlin Castro. The only Cub to not record a hit.

UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 49 (Changes in Bold):

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

5.5

4.5

5.5

31

Anthony Rizzo

4

3

6

24

Welington Castillo

5

3

2

23

Luis Valbuena

4

4

2

22

Jeff Samardzija

5

1

2

19

Jason Hammel

4

2

1

17

Emilio Bonifacio

1

6

1

16

Nate Schierholtz

2

4

1

15

Travis Wood

3

2

0

13

Junior Lake

3

1

2

13

Mike Olt

2

1

3

11

Darwin Barney

2.5

1.5

0

10.5

Ryan Kalish

3

0

1

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

Starlin Castro

4

3

8.5

26.5

Nate Schierholtz

4

6

2

26

Mike Olt

4

2

4

20

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

4

1

12

James Russell

2

1

3

11

Jose Veras

2

1

1

9

Ryan Kalish

1

2

2

9

Luis Valbuena

0

3

3

9

Wesley Wright

2

0

2

8

Hector Rondon

1

1

1

6

Jeff Samardzija

1

1

1

6

Justin Ruggiano

1

1

0

5

Brian Schlitter

1

1

0

5

Darwin Barney

0

2

1

5

Ryan Sweeney

1

0

1.5

4.5

Jake Arrieta

1

0

1

4

Neil Ramirez

1

0

0

3

Chris Coghlan

1

0

0

3

Pedro Strop

0

1

1

3

John Baker

0

0

3

3

Blake Parker

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Luis Valbuena

22

9

13

Jeff Samardzija

19

6

13

Anthony Rizzo

24

15

9

Welington Castillo

23

16

7

Darwin Barney

10.5

5

5.5

Starlin Castro

31

26.5

4.5

Zac Rosscup

4

0

4

Jason Hammel

17

14

3

Brian Schlitter

8

5

3

Justin Ruggiano

7.5

5

2.5

Junior Lake

13

12

1

Travis Wood

13

12

1

Ryan Kalish

10

9

1

Neil Ramirez

3.5

3

0.5

Emilio Bonifacio

16

16

0

Jake Arrieta

4

4

0

Pedro Strop

3

3

0

John Baker

3

3

0

Ryan Sweeney

4

4.5

-0.5

Blake Parker

0

1

-1

Hector Rondon

4.5

6

-1.5

Wesley Wright

5

8

-3

Chris Coghlan

0

3

-3

Edwin Jackson

9

14

-5

James Russell

6

11

-5

Mike Olt

11

20

-9

Justin Grimm

6

15

-9

Jose Veras

0

9

-9

Nate Schierholtz

15

26

-11

Carlos Villanueva

2

13

-11

Castro now has the interesting honor of leading both the Hero and Goat divisions after Monday's win.