Cubs Heroes and Goats: NLCS Game 3

Sobering Stat of the Day: In the three NLCS games, the Cubs' first hitters of the inning have gone 0-for-25 with a walk and a hit by pitch. Both of which came from Anthony Rizzo.

Graphs for NLCS Game 3 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Stats for NLCS Game 3:

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 Schwarber (.097). His five homers so far in the postseason have been a very fun sight to see. Especially when he hits one off of his front foot on a ball that's out of the zone.
• Hero - Jorge Soler (.085). Provided a second momentum boost with his solo shot in the fourth.
• Sidekick - Clayton Richard (.062). Heck, I give him kudos for getting Daniel Murphy to hit into a double play. In this postseason that's been quite the feat.

THE THREE GOATS:

• Billy Goat - Trevor Cahill (-.131). If you want to give part (or all) of this award to Miguel Montero for not blocking that third strike better, that's fine.
  
• Goat - Kris Bryant (-.109). The Cubs' lone 0-for-4.
• Kid - Justin Grimm (-.108). And if you want to give part of this award to Schwarber for missing that fly ball, that's also fine.