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As I was sitting in training this afternoon at work and then in traffic on my way home on a rainy day, I could have sworn that I heard squeals of joy coming from the northeast.
Then I got home, saw the scoreboard on MLB.com, and it all made sense.
Graphs for Game 113 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 113:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
K Hendricks |
8 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1.2 |
.306 |
|
W Wright |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.51 |
.014 |
|
J Grimm |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.18 |
.009 |
|
Total |
9 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1.06 |
.328 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Baez |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.91 |
.286 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.56 |
.041 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.64 |
.028 |
|
J Ruggiano |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.57 |
.001 |
|
C Valaika |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.55 |
.001 |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.62 |
-.011 |
|
K Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.74 |
-.013 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.88 |
-.064 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
-.095 |
|
Total |
32 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0.68 |
.172 |
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 - Kyle Hendricks (.306). Only the seventh pitcher this year to throw eight innings in a start at Coors Field and allow two runs or less. Oh, and two of the other guys who did it are those scrubs Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke.
- Hero - Javier Baez (.286). With his two-homer day, he became only the 23rd player since 1914 (and only the second second-baseman) to have a multi-homer game within the first three games of his career. The last player to do it was Yasiel Puig on June 4, 2013. And the only other second baseman to do it? That would be Dave Stapleton on May 31, 1980.
- Sidekick - Starlin Castro (.041). Went back-to-back with Baez in the sixth.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.095). The lone 0-for-4 on the day, and the double play in the second didn't help, either.
- Goat - Chris Coghlan (-.064). After having multi-hit games in the last six games he started, I can give him a break for going 0-for-3 in this one.
- Kid - Kyle Hendricks, the hitter (-.013). Sometimes life's just not fair.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 113 (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 |
7.5 |
63 |
|
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 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
1 |
26 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
3 |
1 |
25 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
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 |
5.5 |
18.5 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
10.5 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
2 |
10.5 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
9.5 |
14 |
48 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
6 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
41.5 |
|
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 |
7.5 |
28.5 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
2.5 |
17.5 |
|
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 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
70 |
30 |
40 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
41.5 |
15.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
63 |
48 |
15 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
25 |
12 |
13 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
34.5 |
24 |
10.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Welington Castillo |
36.5 |
28.5 |
8 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
26 |
19 |
7 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
15 |
8 |
7 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
10.5 |
4 |
6.5 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
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 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
18.5 |
17.5 |
1 |
|
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
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 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Hendricks picks up his third Superhero award in five starts, with Baez and Castro homering their way to the second and third spots on the Hero podium.