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Debbie Downer Fact: With the three-plus strikeout games from Javier Baez and Arismendy Alcantara, a Cubs player has now struck out three times or more in a game 70 times in the 2014 season. The previous record of 57 in 2002 was broken a month ago. I know: Every party has a pooper.
Graphs for Game 158 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 158:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.78 |
.134 |
|
Z Rosscup |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.78 |
.134 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.68 |
.104 |
|
N Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.23 |
.086 |
|
J Grimm |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.64 |
.040 |
|
K Hendricks |
5.1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1.1 |
-.075 |
|
Total |
10 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
1.47 |
.423 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
W Castillo |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2.23 |
.418 |
|
A Rizzo |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.077 |
|
R Kalish |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.14 |
.040 |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.83 |
.023 |
|
L Valbuena |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2.49 |
.015 |
|
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.32 |
.006 |
|
J Soler |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.32 |
-.034 |
|
C Valaika |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.52 |
-.040 |
|
M Olt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.76 |
-.043 |
|
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.24 |
-.056 |
|
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.47 |
-.088 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1.05 |
-.110 |
|
A Alcantara |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1.08 |
-.131 |
|
Total |
38 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
1.43 |
.077 |
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 (.418). From the Did You Know files: That was his first ever walkoff hit in the major leagues.
- Hero / Sidekick Tie - Hector Rondon and Zac Rosscup (.134). Capped off a strong night by the entire bullpen.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.131). His first ever Golden Sombrero.
- Goat - Javier Baez (-.110). He was able to show Mendy how to wear it from his own previous experience.
- Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.088). Sometimes the pinch-hit situations work in your favor, and sometimes they don't.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 158 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on active roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
11 |
10 |
83 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
13 |
8 |
73 |
|
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
11 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
55.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
9 |
9 |
4 |
49 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
11 |
4 |
1 |
42 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
6 |
6 |
1 |
31 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Junior Lake |
4 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
|
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
19.5 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
2 |
15 |
19 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
18.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Chris Valaika |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
9.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Blake Parker |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Dan Straily |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Rafael Lopez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
10 |
13 |
57 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Welington Castillo |
4 |
15.5 |
9 |
52 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
|
Travis Wood |
12 |
5 |
2 |
48 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
3 |
1 |
46 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
5 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
39.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
5 |
8 |
39 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Mike Olt |
6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
27.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
26.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
John Baker |
4 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
|
Wesley Wright |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Jacob Turner |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Chris Valaika |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
83 |
36 |
47 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
42 |
15 |
27 |
|
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
73 |
57 |
16 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
19.5 |
6 |
13.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
49 |
39 |
10 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
17 |
9 |
8 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
7.5 |
1 |
6.5 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
14 |
5.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
18.5 |
13 |
5.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
15 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
55.5 |
52 |
3.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
9.5 |
6 |
3.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
15 |
12 |
3 |
|
Felix Doubront |
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Rafael Lopez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
17 |
18 |
-1 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Blake Parker |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Hector Rondon |
19 |
23 |
-4 |
|
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
12 |
-4.5 |
|
Mike Olt |
27 |
32 |
-5 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
Jacob Turner |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
15 |
26.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
|
Javier Baez |
13 |
27.5 |
-14.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
31 |
48 |
-17 |
|
Junior Lake |
22 |
39.5 |
-17.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
21 |
39.5 |
-18.5 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
16 |
46 |
-30 |
Castillo adds on to his hot September, while Alcantara and Baez continue their slide down the plus/minus chart.