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Fun fact about Jake Arrieta: In his last three starts, he has allowed only one run over 20 innings while striking out 27. Pretty darn impressive, I must say.
Graphs for Game 70 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 70:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Arrieta |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
0.189 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.3 |
0.010 |
|
J Russell |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.07 |
0.005 |
|
Total |
9 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
0.84 |
0.204 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
S Castro |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.99 |
0.267 |
|
N Schierholtz |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
0.105 |
|
A Rizzo |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.72 |
0.082 |
|
J Baker |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.54 |
0.028 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.79 |
0.001 |
|
M Olt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
-0.002 |
|
J Ruggiano |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.15 |
-0.012 |
|
R Sweeney |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.03 |
-0.013 |
|
J Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.91 |
-0.033 |
|
D Barney |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
-0.044 |
|
L Valbuena |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
-0.083 |
|
Total |
39 |
6 |
13 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0.78 |
0.296 |
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 - Starlin Castro (.267). Definitely found a groove on the road trip, raising his average from .269 to .291 over the last 10 games.
- Hero - Jake Arrieta (.189). The 11 strikeouts in a start are a career high for him; his previous high-water mark was nine.
- Sidekick - Nate Schierholtz (.105). Only had the homer, but the three runs batted in were enough to take the final stair on the podium.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.083). Tough 0-for-5 day on an afternoon where almost everyone else was hitting.
- Goat - Darwin Barney (-.044). Had the RBI single, but the impact was minimal given the score of the game at the time.
- Kid - Jake Arrieta (-.033). Similar to Barney, the double came late and the outs came early.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 70 (Changes in Bold):
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
9.5 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
47 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
7 |
2 |
40 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
8 |
4 |
8 |
40 |
|
Welington Castillo |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
|
Jason Hammel |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
|
Mike Olt |
3 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
1.5 |
1 |
14.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
0.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
14.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
2.5 |
4 |
12 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
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 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
3 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
20.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
0 |
6 |
6 |
18 |
|
Travis Wood |
3 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Hector Rondon |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Darwin Barney |
0 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
1 |
2 |
1.5 |
8.5 |
|
Wesley Wright |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
40 |
18 |
22 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
40 |
20.5 |
19.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
47 |
32 |
15 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
22 |
12 |
10 |
|
Welington Castillo |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Darwin Barney |
14.5 |
9 |
5.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
21 |
17 |
4 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
12 |
8 |
4 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
14.5 |
11 |
3.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
23 |
20 |
3 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Pedro Strop |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6.5 |
9 |
-2.5 |
|
John Baker |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
5 |
8.5 |
-3.5 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
|
Junior Lake |
16 |
22 |
-6 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
James Russell |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
|
Mike Olt |
17 |
25 |
-8 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
13 |
-9 |
|
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
22 |
-10 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
22 |
33 |
-11 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
19 |
-13 |
Castro widens the gap on the Hero chart, while Arrieta pulls the tough-luck pitcher daily double.