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I'm sure I'm not the only person whose heart skipped a beat when Rizzo went careening over the railing and into the camera pit in the sixth. Thankfully he walked away from that one without a scratch.
Graphs for Game 97 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 97:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.38 |
.028 |
N Ramirez |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.78 |
.018 |
J Arrieta |
6.2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
1.11 |
-.033 |
J Russell |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.09 |
-.116 |
Total |
8 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
1.03 |
-.103 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.38 |
.092 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.32 |
.056 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
.049 |
J Ruggiano |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
-.035 |
J Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.78 |
-.038 |
J Baker |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.99 |
-.074 |
R Sweeney |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.35 |
-.084 |
S Castro |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.41 |
-.099 |
N Schierholtz |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.27 |
-.126 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.41 |
-.138 |
Total |
32 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1.21 |
-.397 |
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 - Anthony Rizzo (.092). Big plays with both the bat and the glove.
- Hero - Arismendy Alcantara (.056). The RBI double in the eighth salvaged an otherwise subpar trip to Arizona.
- Sidekick - Chris Coghlan (.049). Another nice day with a pair of doubles.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.138). The rough July continues, now hitting 7-for-48 this month.
- Goat - Nate Schierholtz (-.126). And then there's this slump: hitless in his last 18 at-bats.
- Kid - James Russell (-.116). Faced two batters and didn't retire either of them.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 97 (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 |
14 |
8 |
8 |
66 |
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 |
1 |
20 |
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 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
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 |
11 |
7 |
44 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
6.5 |
14 |
39 |
Luis Valbuena |
5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
35.5 |
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 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
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 |
66 |
30 |
36 |
Starlin Castro |
59 |
39 |
20 |
Justin Ruggiano |
33.5 |
18 |
15.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
21 |
9 |
12 |
Luis Valbuena |
46 |
35.5 |
10.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Welington Castillo |
32 |
24.5 |
7.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
20 |
13 |
7 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
9 |
2 |
7 |
Brian Schlitter |
17 |
11 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
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 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
James Russell |
8 |
15 |
-7 |
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 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
31 |
-18 |
Nate Schierholtz |
24 |
44 |
-20 |
Rizzo adds to his lead on the plus/minus chart, while Schierholtz becomes the first Cub this season to hit the minus-20 mark.
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