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The slide job into third base that followed it wasn't exactly a thing of beauty, but at least he and Anthony Rendon got a good laugh out of it.
Graphs for Game 77 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 77:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.44 |
0.072 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.94 |
0.071 |
|
N Ramirez |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.77 |
0.020 |
|
T Wood |
6.2 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1.34 |
-0.021 |
|
Total |
9 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
1.3 |
0.141 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Ruggiano |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1.27 |
0.306 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.71 |
0.149 |
|
D Barney |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.84 |
0.040 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.83 |
0.035 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.78 |
0.023 |
|
C Coghlan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.15 |
0.021 |
|
T Wood |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.53 |
-0.026 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.55 |
-0.031 |
|
N Schierholtz |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.82 |
-0.061 |
|
R Sweeney |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.18 |
-0.096 |
|
Total |
31 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0.89 |
0.359 |
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 - Justin Ruggiano (.306). The first time this season he's seen the top of the Hero podium by himself.
- Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.149). Did a lot of table-setting on Thursday night.
- Sidekick - Pedro Strop (.072). Induced a clutch double play after the shift-breaker bunt by Adam LaRoche.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Ryan Sweeney (-.096). The way that leadoff hitting has gone for the Cubs lately really makes me miss Emilio Bonifacio, even if he was crashing back to the mean when he got injured.
- Goat - Nate Schierholtz (-.061). Seriously, this guy is getting way too comfortable with the Goat podium.
- Kid - Luis Valbuena (-.031). He did have the triple, but with a 3-1 score and two outs it didn't have a lot of impact.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 77 (Changes in Bold):
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
11.5 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
54 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
10 |
7 |
8 |
52 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
7 |
2 |
40 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Jason Hammel |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
|
Welington Castillo |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
1.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
17.5 |
|
Mike Olt |
3 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
|
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
3.5 |
4 |
14 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
|
John Baker |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
5 |
9 |
6 |
39 |
|
Starlin Castro |
4 |
4.5 |
11 |
32 |
|
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
5 |
26 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
6 |
3 |
1 |
25 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
4 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
24.5 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
20.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
5.5 |
3.5 |
20.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
0 |
6 |
6 |
18 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
3 |
1.5 |
13.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Hector Rondon |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Darwin Barney |
0 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
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 |
52 |
18 |
34 |
|
Starlin Castro |
54 |
32 |
22 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
40 |
24.5 |
15.5 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
12 |
12 |
|
Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
9 |
7.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
15 |
8 |
7 |
|
Jason Hammel |
24 |
20 |
4 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
14 |
10 |
4 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Welington Castillo |
23 |
20.5 |
2.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
17.5 |
15 |
2.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
21 |
20 |
1 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
6 |
6 |
0 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
10 |
-3 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
|
James Russell |
8 |
13 |
-5 |
|
Wesley Wright |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6.5 |
12 |
-5.5 |
|
Junior Lake |
16 |
22 |
-6 |
|
John Baker |
6 |
12 |
-6 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
7 |
13.5 |
-6.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
13 |
-8 |
|
Mike Olt |
17 |
26 |
-9 |
|
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
25 |
-13 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
20.5 |
-14.5 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
22 |
39 |
-17 |
The top and bottom of the plus/minus chart extend further outward as Rizzo and Schierholtz both continue to charge in opposite directions.