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One game left.
Home field for the wild card on the line.
Both games starting at the same time.
All kinds of possibilities still left in the American League.
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I love baseball.
Graphs for Game 161 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 161:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
K Hendricks |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0.96 |
.377 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.5 |
.184 |
|
F Rodney |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3.81 |
.133 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.4 |
.103 |
|
Total |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
1.56 |
.797 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
D Fowler |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.09 |
.098 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.66 |
.081 |
|
Q Berry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.33 |
.068 |
|
J Soler |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.92 |
.036 |
|
A Jackson |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.27 |
.025 |
|
T La Stella |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.59 |
.022 |
|
K Schwarber |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.38 |
-.022 |
|
K Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.13 |
-.035 |
|
D Ross |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.09 |
-.052 |
|
A Russell |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.39 |
-.064 |
|
S Castro |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.04 |
-.086 |
|
A Rizzo |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.57 |
-.147 |
|
K Bryant |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.42 |
-.223 |
|
Total |
33 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
1.19 |
-.297 |
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 (.377). Here's the numbers for Hendricks' last two starts: 12 innings pitched, three hits, no runs, two walks, 17 strikeouts. That's... pretty darn good.
- Hero - Hector Rondon (.184). A nice, uneventful save to end a 1-0 game.
- Sidekick - Fernando Rodney (.133). Wiggled his way out of a jam with a lot of help from Kris Bryant on a nice defensive play that turned into an inning-ending 5-4-3.
THE THREE GOATS: I originally was going to write about the number of people that would guess the Cubs would win with the following Goat podium, but then I remembered that it did happen once before this season.
- Billy Goat - Kris Bryant (-.223). Three huge whiffs with all kinds of runners on base. Seven of them, to be precise.
- Goat - Anthony Rizzo (-.147). And all seven of those guys that were on base for Bryant were also on base for -- and stranded by -- Rizzo. The only difference is that Rizzo didn't strike out.
- Kid - Starlin Castro (-.086). I love what Castro has done in the second half as much as anybody, but one thing's for sure: the dude still knows how to hit into the 6-4-3.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
27.5 |
11.5 |
117.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
17 |
19 |
9 |
98 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
19.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
67 |
|
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 |
10 |
8.5 |
31.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
6 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
|
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 |
1 |
16 |
|
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 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
11 |
12 |
16 |
73 |
|
Addison Russell |
6 |
18 |
13 |
67 |
|
Kris Bryant |
10 |
11 |
9 |
61 |
|
Jorge Soler |
9 |
12 |
10 |
61 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
11.5 |
10.5 |
60.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
11 |
10 |
53 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
12 |
16.5 |
52.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
12 |
10 |
43 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
5 |
7 |
8 |
37 |
|
Jason Hammel |
8 |
5 |
0 |
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 |
117.5 |
53 |
64.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
67 |
16 |
51 |
|
Kris Bryant |
98 |
61 |
37 |
|
Jon Lester |
41 |
25 |
16 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
16 |
7 |
9 |
|
Hector Rondon |
31.5 |
24 |
7.5 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
48.5 |
43 |
5.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
|
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
39 |
37 |
2 |
|
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 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
1.5 |
7 |
-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 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
44 |
52.5 |
-8.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
|
Pedro Strop |
20 |
31.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
25 |
37 |
-12 |
|
Jorge Soler |
46 |
61 |
-15 |
|
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
27 |
-16.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
49.5 |
67 |
-17.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
52 |
73 |
-21 |
|
David Ross |
4 |
25.5 |
-21.5 |