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Dear Cincinnati Reds,
We would love you forever (or at least until next season starts) if you could go to Pittsburgh and snap your 12-game losing streak in majestic fashion by winning two of the final three games of the season against the Pirates. We might even throw in a giant fruit basket if you were to win all three games there.
You know how much you love Edible Arrangements. Just saying. We can make it happen.
Sincerely,
The Heroes and Goats Crew
Graphs for Game 159 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 159:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Hammel |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1.2 |
.195 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.09 |
.072 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.08 |
.071 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.47 |
.017 |
|
T Cahill |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.32 |
-.013 |
|
F Rodney |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.24 |
-.026 |
|
C Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.01 |
-.046 |
|
Total |
9 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1.16 |
.269 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Jackson |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0.87 |
.270 |
|
D Fowler |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.55 |
.024 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.56 |
.023 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.3 |
.023 |
|
A Russell |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.31 |
.021 |
|
C Denorfia |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0.47 |
.000 |
|
T La Stella |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.16 |
-.004 |
|
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.18 |
-.009 |
|
J Hammel |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
-.034 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.39 |
-.036 |
|
K Schwarber |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.54 |
-.048 |
|
Total |
34 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
0.49 |
.231 |
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 - Austin Jackson (.270). Apparently he likes the view from up here.
- Hero - Jason Hammel (.195). Was quite the magician out there, stranding all kinds of baserunners in all kinds of ways in the first four innings. Of course, the slick running catch by Jackson in the third helped out with that effort.
- Sidekick - Pedro Strop (.072). That was quite the gift call he got on the strikeout to Eugenio Suarez.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Kyle Schwarber (-.048). See, this is what happens when he's the catcher.
- Goat - Clayton Richard (-.046). At least he was efficient about it and only took one pitch to make the second step.
- Kid - Starlin Castro (-.036). Someone should check and see if David Ross is reaching through the door and pulling on Castro's leg. Because that wouldn't be fair, after all.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
26.5 |
11.5 |
115.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
17 |
19 |
9 |
98 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
18.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
64 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
6 |
17 |
62 |
|
Starlin Castro |
7 |
9 |
13 |
52 |
|
Addison Russell |
9 |
6.5 |
9.5 |
49.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
10.5 |
6.5 |
4 |
48.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
7 |
11 |
3 |
46 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
5 |
10 |
44 |
|
Jon Lester |
9 |
6 |
2 |
41 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
9 |
2 |
8 |
39 |
|
Jason Hammel |
7 |
5 |
1 |
32 |
|
Hector Rondon |
1 |
9 |
8.5 |
29.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
|
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
10 |
20 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
2 |
3 |
5.5 |
17.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2.5 |
12.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
|
Austin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
x-James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
|
Dan Haren |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Taylor Teagarden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
11 |
12 |
15 |
72 |
|
Addison Russell |
6 |
18 |
13 |
67 |
|
Jorge Soler |
9 |
12 |
10 |
61 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
11.5 |
10.5 |
60.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
9 |
11 |
9 |
58 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
12 |
15.5 |
51.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
10 |
10 |
51 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
11 |
10 |
41 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
|
Jason Hammel |
8 |
5 |
0 |
34 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
4 |
7 |
8 |
34 |
|
Pedro Strop |
9 |
2 |
0.5 |
31.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
|
David Ross |
3 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
25.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
7 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
3 |
8 |
23 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
|
Dan Haren |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
|
Austin Jackson |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Javier Baez |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
x-Rafael Soriano |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
|
x-James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Quintin Berry |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
115.5 |
51 |
64.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
64 |
16 |
48 |
|
Kris Bryant |
98 |
58 |
40 |
|
Jon Lester |
41 |
25 |
16 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
15 |
7 |
8 |
|
Miguel Montero |
48.5 |
41 |
7.5 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
29.5 |
24 |
5.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
39 |
34 |
5 |
|
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
62 |
60.5 |
1.5 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
14.5 |
0.5 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
10.5 |
11 |
-0.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
32 |
34 |
-2 |
|
Austin Jackson |
9 |
11 |
-2 |
|
Quintin Berry |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
2 |
5.5 |
-3.5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
17.5 |
23 |
-5.5 |
|
Dan Haren |
7 |
13 |
-6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
6 |
12 |
-6 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
x-Rafael Soriano |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
0.5 |
7 |
-6.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
44 |
51.5 |
-7.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
|
Pedro Strop |
20 |
31.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
46 |
61 |
-15 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
22 |
37 |
-15 |
|
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
27 |
-16.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
49.5 |
67 |
-17.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
52 |
72 |
-20 |
|
David Ross |
4 |
25.5 |
-21.5 |