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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 66

Jackson strikes again!

Oh, the humanity!
Oh, the humanity!
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

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):

Game-66

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.