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From the files of "Completely Coincidental, But Still Cool to Me": After Javier Baez smashed his opposite-field homer in the 12th inning, Jim Deshaies summed up Baez's night by saying "take those goat horns off, throw them away, and put on the hero's crown." Yes, I know that it's all just cliches and catchphrases, but the deep-down conspiracy theorist in me says thanks to JD for the subtle nod, even if Baez didn't truly get to the podium Tuesday night. Of course, the fact that it was late and I was tired had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. Or at least that's what I'll keep telling myself.
Graphs for Game 111 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 111:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Villanueva |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3.75 |
.222 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.4 |
.150 |
|
B Schlitter |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3.59 |
.150 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.88 |
.114 |
|
T Wood |
6 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0.79 |
-.033 |
|
W Wright |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.29 |
-.118 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5.05 |
-.278 |
|
Total |
12 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
1.96 |
.208 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2.7 |
.324 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.09 |
.220 |
|
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.97 |
.195 |
|
S Castro |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.47 |
.187 |
|
C Coghlan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.48 |
.154 |
|
J Baez |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1.7 |
.114 |
|
J Lake |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.97 |
.034 |
|
C Valaika |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.85 |
.020 |
|
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.25 |
-.043 |
|
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.78 |
-.056 |
|
A Rizzo |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.05 |
-.071 |
|
A Alcantara |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.68 |
-.189 |
|
J Ruggiano |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.54 |
-.269 |
|
N Schierholtz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.94 |
-.328 |
|
Total |
39 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
1.96 |
.292 |
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 (.324). Run-scoring participant in the Cavalcade of Walks in the seventh inning, but his solo blast in the sixth is what set him apart from the crowd.
- Hero - Carlos Villanueva (.222). Turn back the clock for this one: The last time that Villanueva had a one-inning save was back on May 20, 2010.
- Sidekick - Luis Valbuena (.220). Grabs the final spot thanks to the Matt Garza impersonation by LaTroy Hawkins on the bunt in the ninth.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Nate Schierholtz (-.328). The essence of an entire season, boiled down and distilled into one at bat: One out, runners on the corners, top of the ninth, game tied. Four. Six. Three. Seriously, you can't script this stuff much better than this.
- Goat - Hector Rondon (-.278). Just couldn't come up with that final strike.
- Kid - Justin Ruggiano (-.269). Had a few chances with runners on and came up empty. Oh, and he didn't deposit a ball into the right field bullpen, either.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 111 (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 |
10 |
8 |
70 |
|
Starlin Castro |
13.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
62 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
|
Welington Castillo |
8 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
36.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
7.5 |
3 |
34.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
3 |
1 |
25 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
1 |
5 |
4.5 |
17.5 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
2 |
10.5 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
7.5 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
9.5 |
14 |
48 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
5 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
38.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
9 |
4 |
2 |
37 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
7 |
37 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
9 |
3 |
1 |
34 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
6 |
30 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
27.5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
4 |
24 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
5 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
2.5 |
17.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
70 |
30 |
40 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
38.5 |
18.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
25 |
9 |
16 |
|
Starlin Castro |
62 |
48 |
14 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
34.5 |
24 |
10.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
36.5 |
27.5 |
9 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
13 |
8 |
5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
7.5 |
3 |
4.5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Pedro Strop |
13 |
11 |
2 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
17.5 |
17.5 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
10.5 |
14 |
-3.5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Hector Rondon |
11.5 |
20 |
-8.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Travis Wood |
21 |
37 |
-16 |
|
Junior Lake |
19 |
37 |
-18 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
24.5 |
-18.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
15 |
34 |
-19 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Castillo picks up his first Superhero award since the middle of July, while Schierholtz sinks even further into the abyss.