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After so many games lately where the Cubs have had the lead and lost, it's nice to see the tables turn the other direction for once.
Graphs for Game 101 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 101:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.88 |
.158 |
|
N Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3.09 |
.118 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.38 |
.053 |
|
W Wright |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.65 |
-.114 |
|
T Wood |
5 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0.93 |
-.295 |
|
Total |
9 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
1.53 |
-.079 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
L Valbuena |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1.45 |
.424 |
|
R Sweeney |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1.33 |
.258 |
|
T Wood |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.74 |
.129 |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.13 |
.064 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
.053 |
|
E Bonifacio |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.04 |
.051 |
|
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.38 |
-.009 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.82 |
-.044 |
|
J Ruggiano |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.6 |
-.059 |
|
N Schierholtz |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.22 |
-.062 |
|
C Coghlan |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-.097 |
|
S Castro |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.7 |
-.129 |
|
Total |
35 |
7 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
1.18 |
.579 |
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 (.424). Another day, another game-changing homer. He's getting good at this.
- Hero - Ryan Sweeney (.258). And then there was his game-changer. Apparently he and Valbuena have been sharing a playbook.
- Sidekick - Hector Rondon (.158). Saves when you're only ahead by one run are pretty huge.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.295). No doubt he was victimized by the Keystone Cops defense behind him in the first, but giving up two homers in the fifth to tie the game did him in.
- Goat - Starlin Castro (-.145). Seriously, July can not end soon enough for him.
- Kid - Wesley Wright (-.114). Another victim of a defensive miscue.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 101 (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 |
9 |
8 |
68 |
|
Starlin Castro |
13.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
62 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
11 |
8 |
4 |
53 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
7.5 |
3 |
34.5 |
|
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 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
5 |
1 |
20 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
1 |
20 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
6 |
18 |
|
y-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
4 |
4.5 |
12.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
|
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 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
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 |
8.5 |
14 |
43 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
35.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
9 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
9 |
3 |
1 |
34 |
|
Junior Lake |
5 |
6 |
5 |
32 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
6 |
30 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
26.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
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 |
|
y-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
|
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 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
68 |
30 |
38 |
|
Starlin Castro |
62 |
43 |
19 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
53 |
35.5 |
17.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
34.5 |
18 |
16.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
21 |
9 |
12 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
9 |
2 |
7 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
20 |
14 |
6 |
|
Welington Castillo |
32 |
26.5 |
5.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
18 |
13 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
y-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
20 |
23 |
-3 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
12.5 |
16.5 |
-4 |
|
Wesley Wright |
6.5 |
11 |
-4.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
James Russell |
8 |
15 |
-7 |
|
Hector Rondon |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
8 |
20 |
-12 |
|
Junior Lake |
19 |
32 |
-13 |
|
Travis Wood |
21 |
35 |
-14 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
24.5 |
-18.5 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
24 |
44 |
-20 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
34 |
-21 |
Valbuena tops the podium once again with one swing of the bat, while Wood ties Edwin Jackson for the most Billy Goats of the season.