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After a college move-in day and a widespread internet outage, there's a little catching up to do.
A quick recap of the Friday and Saturday games:
Game 128 (Friday - Cubs 4, Orioles 1):
Superhero - Jake Arrieta (.307). The first of several dominant performances on the mound by the Cub pitching staff in this series.
Billy Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.054). The whiff with runners on the corners in the third was all it took.
Game 129 (Saturday - Cubs 7, Orioles 2):
Superhero - Chris Coghlan (.227). Only had one hit on the day, but it was a huge one.
Billy Goat - Kyle Hendricks (-.119). Had two rough innings before the rains came and ended his day early.
And now, back to the normal recap for Sunday:
Graphs for Game 130 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 130:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wada |
6.1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0.86 |
.274 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.1 |
.158 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.69 |
.118 |
|
N Ramirez |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.72 |
.051 |
|
Total |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
1.17 |
.601 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.75 |
.190 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.65 |
.076 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.78 |
-.002 |
|
T Wada |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.63 |
-.008 |
|
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.08 |
-.030 |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.72 |
-.035 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.85 |
-.066 |
|
L Watkins |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.91 |
-.066 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.66 |
-.070 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.78 |
-.090 |
|
Total |
30 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0.76 |
-.101 |
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 - Tsuyoshi Wada (.274). Breezed through six-plus innings of work with only one mistake.
- Hero - Arismendy Alcantara (.190). Put the first run on the board with his homer in the fifth.
- Sidekick - Hector Rondon (.158). Has recorded a save in each of his last seven outings, allowing only three hits in that span.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Javier Baez (-.090). 0-for-4 day topped off by the blown bunt in the sixth.
- Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.070). The other 0-for-4 performance on the day, followed by...
- Kid (tie) - Welington Castillo and Logan Watkins (-.066). The 0-for-3 performances.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 130 (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 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
77 |
|
x-Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
69 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
10 |
6 |
62 |
|
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
5 |
1 |
32 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Travis Wood |
5 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Jacob Turner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
x-Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
14 |
50 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
7 |
8.5 |
11.5 |
49.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Welington Castillo |
3 |
9.5 |
8 |
36 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
6 |
31 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
6 |
3 |
21 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
|
John Baker |
3 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
|
Javier Baez |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Chris Valaika |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
12 |
21 |
|
x-Starlin Castro |
69 |
50 |
19 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
62 |
49.5 |
12.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
3 |
11 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
36 |
6.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
9 |
6.5 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
32 |
31 |
1 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
16 |
0 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Logan Watkins |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
16 |
-2 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
Wesley Wright |
11.5 |
14 |
-2.5 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
17 |
21 |
-4 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
24 |
42 |
-18 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Wada moves up to the number two position on the plus/minus chart among starting pitchers, with Hendricks sliding back down after his short outing on Saturday.