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Good to see the starts-eater once again get shellacked and go less than five innings. Somebody make it stop...
Graphs for Game 66 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 66:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Russell |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.11 |
0.012 |
C Villanueva |
1.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.19 |
0.012 |
E Jackson |
4.2 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0.89 |
-0.445 |
Total |
8 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
0.64 |
-0.421 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
L Valbuena |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1.04 |
0.112 |
J Ruggiano |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.77 |
0.105 |
M Olt |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.53 |
0.063 |
E Whiteside |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.76 |
0.027 |
S Castro |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.77 |
0.005 |
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.14 |
-0.003 |
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.34 |
-0.009 |
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.39 |
-0.010 |
E Jackson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.48 |
-0.047 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.06 |
-0.086 |
J Lake |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.85 |
-0.090 |
N Schierholtz |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.15 |
-0.147 |
Total |
33 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
0.85 |
-0.079 |
Writer's Note: The daily selections of the three Heroes and three Goats are based solely on the top three and bottom three WPA scores for the game. The selections are not based on my subjective opinion.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Luis Valbuena (.112). What's the best way to follow up a Billy Goat performance? Come back the next day as the Superhero.
- Hero - Justin Ruggiano (.105). Also a nice two-hit day, just with slightly less impact on the game than Valbuena.
- Sidekick - Mike Olt (.063). Can we get more pitchers to throw him belt-high fastballs? Because he seems to be good at hitting those.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Edwin Jackson (-.445). We've still got two more years of this, folks.
- Goat - Nate Schierholtz (-.147). He looked like he got hosed on the double-play call in the eighth, but an 0-for-4 day would have probably kept him on the podium even if he was safe there.
- Kid - Junior Lake (-.090). Basically Mike Olt without the homer.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 66 (Changes in Bold):
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
8 |
4 |
7 |
39 |
Starlin Castro |
7.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
39 |
Luis Valbuena |
7 |
7 |
2 |
37 |
Welington Castillo |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
Jason Hammel |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
Mike Olt |
3 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
1.5 |
1 |
14.5 |
Justin Ruggiano |
0.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
14.5 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
2.5 |
4 |
12 |
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
John Baker |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
5 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
8 |
5 |
33 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
4.5 |
11 |
32 |
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
4 |
25 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
Edwin Jackson |
5 |
3 |
1 |
22 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
Jason Hammel |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
Anthony Rizzo |
0 |
6 |
4 |
16 |
Luis Valbuena |
1 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
14.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Jeff Samardzija |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Hector Rondon |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
John Baker |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Justin Ruggiano |
1 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Ryan Sweeney |
1 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
39 |
16 |
23 |
Luis Valbuena |
37 |
14.5 |
22.5 |
Jeff Samardzija |
22 |
12 |
10 |
Darwin Barney |
14.5 |
5 |
9.5 |
Starlin Castro |
39 |
32 |
7 |
Jason Hammel |
23 |
17 |
6 |
Welington Castillo |
23 |
17 |
6 |
Justin Ruggiano |
14.5 |
9 |
5.5 |
Brian Schlitter |
12 |
7 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Jake Arrieta |
10 |
7 |
3 |
Neil Ramirez |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Travis Wood |
16 |
17 |
-1 |
Pedro Strop |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
Hector Rondon |
6.5 |
9 |
-2.5 |
Ryan Sweeney |
4 |
6.5 |
-2.5 |
John Baker |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
Wesley Wright |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
James Russell |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
Mike Olt |
17 |
25 |
-8 |
Junior Lake |
14 |
22 |
-8 |
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
22 |
-10 |
Carlos Villanueva |
3 |
13 |
-10 |
Nate Schierholtz |
21 |
33 |
-12 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
19 |
-13 |
Valbuena rebounds nicely after Friday's performance, while Jackson continues to do what he does best.