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You might not want to look at the hitting section of the statistics for this game... it's really not all that pretty.
Graphs for Game 71 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 71:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
E Jackson |
1.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.2 |
.015 |
Y Medina |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.12 |
.014 |
J Russell |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
.010 |
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.05 |
.003 |
J Lester |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
0.81 |
-.270 |
Total |
9 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
0.5 |
-.229 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.57 |
.106 |
J Herrera |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.57 |
.006 |
C Coghlan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0.91 |
-.007 |
M Baxter |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.59 |
-.009 |
S Castro |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.19 |
-.009 |
D Ross |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.9 |
-.011 |
D Fowler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.49 |
-.012 |
K Bryant |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.31 |
-.035 |
J Lester |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.91 |
-.036 |
M Montero |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.64 |
-.047 |
C Denorfia |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
-.050 |
M Szczur |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.07 |
-.076 |
A Russell |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.95 |
-.090 |
Total |
32 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0.73 |
-.271 |
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 - Anthony Rizzo (.106). When you're one of only two hitters in positive territory and the other hitter is 100 points behind you... yeah, that's not good.
- Hero - Edwin Jackson (.015). If the hitting has an off-day, then pitching more than one inning without giving up a run will get you to the Hero promised land.
- Sidekick - Yoervis Medina (.014). Picks up his first-ever podium appearance as a Cub. Welcome to the party, Yoervis!
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jon Lester (-.270). Is it possible to get a mulligan for those first two innings?
- Goat - Addison Russell (-.090). Just keeps bouncing back and forth between podiums. Maybe he really likes running up and down stairs.
- Kid - Matt Szczur (-.076). See that small spike on the graph in the fifth inning? See the drop that immediately follows it? Yeah, that was Szczur.
Rizzo pushes the plus/minus lead back toward the 30-point mark, while Lester joins the ranks of starting pitchers in negative territory.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
10 |
17 |
1 |
65 |
Kris Bryant |
7 |
7 |
6 |
41 |
Dexter Fowler |
6 |
2 |
7 |
29 |
Miguel Montero |
5.5 |
5.5 |
0 |
27.5 |
Starlin Castro |
3 |
5 |
7 |
26 |
Addison Russell |
5 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
25.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
5.5 |
2 |
0.5 |
21 |
Jason Hammel |
5 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
x-Jorge Soler |
2 |
6 |
1 |
19 |
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
5 |
3.5 |
13.5 |
Jon Lester |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Travis Wood |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
0 |
6.5 |
9.5 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
x-Kyle Schwarber |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Jason Motte |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Chris Denorfia |
0 |
1 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
7 |
5 |
8 |
39 |
x-Jorge Soler |
4 |
8 |
4 |
32 |
Dexter Fowler |
4 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
29.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
7 |
8 |
28 |
Kris Bryant |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
7 |
2 |
22 |
Miguel Montero |
2 |
5 |
5 |
21 |
Addison Russell |
1 |
6 |
6 |
21 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Jon Lester |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Pedro Strop |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Hector Rondon |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Jason Hammel |
2 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
David Ross |
0 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Jason Motte |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Mike Baxter |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Jonathan Herrera |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Chris Denorfia |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
65 |
22 |
43 |
Kris Bryant |
41 |
27 |
14 |
Jake Arrieta |
21 |
13 |
8 |
Jason Hammel |
19 |
12 |
7 |
Miguel Montero |
27.5 |
21 |
6.5 |
Jonathan Herrera |
8 |
2 |
6 |
Addison Russell |
25.5 |
21 |
4.5 |
x-Kyle Schwarber |
6 |
2 |
4 |
Chris Denorfia |
5.5 |
2 |
3.5 |
James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Matt Szczur |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Travis Wood |
9.5 |
9 |
0.5 |
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
29 |
29.5 |
-0.5 |
Hector Rondon |
13.5 |
14 |
-0.5 |
Jason Motte |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Mike Baxter |
0.5 |
3 |
-2.5 |
Jon Lester |
13 |
16 |
-3 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Justin Grimm |
5.5 |
9 |
-3.5 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Pedro Strop |
9.5 |
14 |
-4.5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Kyle Hendricks |
8 |
17 |
-9 |
David Ross |
1 |
10.5 |
-9.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
17 |
28 |
-11 |
Starlin Castro |
26 |
39 |
-13 |
x-Jorge Soler |
19 |
32 |
-13 |