Well, so much for my 2-1 prediction for this series.
Graphs for Game 96 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 96:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
Z Rosscup |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0.04 |
-.008 |
C Villanueva |
1.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.46 |
-.050 |
T Wood |
5.1 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1.44 |
-.476 |
Total |
8 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
1.1 |
-.534 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.05 |
.104 |
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.58 |
.058 |
J Lake |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.98 |
.043 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.04 |
.031 |
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.39 |
.026 |
D Barney |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.35 |
-.008 |
T Wood |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.48 |
-.018 |
J Ruggiano |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.65 |
-.025 |
M Olt |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.62 |
-.039 |
N Schierholtz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.25 |
-.046 |
A Alcantara |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.76 |
-.091 |
Total |
34 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
0.72 |
.034 |
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 - Welington Castillo (.104). His first homer since July 2.
- Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.058). He didn't swing at the pitch that hit him this time!
- Sidekick - Junior Lake (.043). It almost looked like Mark Trumbo was waiting for Lake's triple to go foul from the way that he played it.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.476). The same issue that it's been for over a month: Just way too many baserunners allowed.
- Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.091). If you're going to make your debut on the podium in style, I guess the way to do it is by whiffing three times.
- Kid - Carlos Villanueva (-.050). Rough start to his outing, but it ended nicely.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 96 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on 25-man roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
13 |
8 |
8 |
63 |
Starlin Castro |
12.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
59 |
Luis Valbuena |
9 |
8 |
3 |
46 |
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
7.5 |
2 |
33.5 |
Welington Castillo |
7 |
4 |
3 |
32 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
6 |
3 |
24 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
5 |
0 |
19 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
5 |
17 |
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
3 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2 |
6.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Nate Schierholtz |
5 |
10 |
7 |
42 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
6.5 |
14 |
39 |
Luis Valbuena |
4 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
32.5 |
Travis Wood |
8 |
3 |
2 |
32 |
Edwin Jackson |
8 |
3 |
1 |
31 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
6 |
30 |
Junior Lake |
4 |
6 |
5 |
29 |
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
5 |
26 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
24.5 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
23.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
Hector Rondon |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
1.5 |
16.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
63 |
30 |
33 |
Starlin Castro |
59 |
39 |
20 |
Justin Ruggiano |
33.5 |
18 |
15.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
46 |
32.5 |
13.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
21 |
9 |
12 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Welington Castillo |
32 |
24.5 |
7.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
19 |
13 |
6 |
Brian Schlitter |
17 |
11 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
7 |
2 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
John Baker |
14 |
12 |
2 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
x-Blake Parker |
2 |
1 |
1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
x-Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Wesley Wright |
6.5 |
10 |
-3.5 |
Mike Olt |
21 |
26 |
-5 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
Pedro Strop |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
Ryan Sweeney |
10.5 |
16.5 |
-6 |
James Russell |
8 |
14 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Hector Rondon |
9.5 |
18 |
-8.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Junior Lake |
19 |
29 |
-10 |
Travis Wood |
21 |
32 |
-11 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
20 |
-14 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
23.5 |
-17.5 |
Nate Schierholtz |
24 |
42 |
-18 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
31 |
-18 |
Castillo rebounds nicely from Friday night's performance, while Wood passes Edwin Jackson for the top of the Goat board among starting pitchers.