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I would have guessed that it was longer ago than it's actually been that a Cub team walked seven times in a game and didn't score. It turns out that it's only been less than four years, as the Cubs walked seven times and got nine hits in a 3-0 loss to the Braves on August 22, 2011. Oh, those were dark days indeed.
Graphs for Game 85 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 85:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
K Hendricks |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1.16 |
.416 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.42 |
.030 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.22 |
-.224 |
|
Total |
9 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1.25 |
.222 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Russell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1.5 |
.141 |
|
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.86 |
.034 |
|
C Coghlan |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.56 |
.018 |
|
C Denorfia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.53 |
-.027 |
|
A Rizzo |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1.45 |
-.036 |
|
J Herrera |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.43 |
-.059 |
|
T Teagarden |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.87 |
-.063 |
|
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.83 |
-.098 |
|
K Bryant |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.92 |
-.190 |
|
S Castro |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.61 |
-.200 |
|
D Fowler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2.15 |
-.241 |
|
Total |
25 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
1.6 |
-.722 |
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:
For only the second time this year there's a bump on the Hero podium as Kyle Hendricks' .034 hitting is moved out of the bottom spot. The bump is the 19th of the season overall.
- Superhero - Kyle Hendricks (.416). After four straight appearances at the top of the Goat podium, he now has three straight at the top of the Heroes.
- Hero - Addison Russell (.141). How far back do you have to go to find a Cub who had three walks in his only three plate appearances of the game? The answer is 17 years, all the way back to Jeff Blauser, who pulled off the feat on May 23, 1998. And who the heck was Kennie Steenstra??
- Sidekick - Justin Grimm (.030). Granted, it's a nice outing for him, but more of a telling statement about the offense on Friday than anything else.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Dexter Fowler (-.241). Well, I can't really give it to Dan Bellino. But he'll definitely be in the Marmol poll, even if he's an ump.
- Goat - Hector Rondon (-.224). I do believe that hitting a guy with a .338 OPS and then watching him score the winning run, as well as the game's only run, falls somewhere in the definition of karma.
- Kid - Starlin Castro (-.200). If you're going to hit into two double plays, I guess you might as well make them both Web Gem candidates.
Hendricks gets back to all square on the plus/minus chart, while Castro once again falls a step into the basement.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
10 |
18 |
3 |
69 |
|
Kris Bryant |
9 |
7 |
6 |
47 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
6 |
4 |
7 |
33 |
|
Miguel Montero |
6.5 |
5.5 |
0 |
30.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
6 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
30.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
7.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
29 |
|
Starlin Castro |
3 |
6 |
8 |
29 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
2 |
5 |
27 |
|
Jason Hammel |
6 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
|
Jorge Soler |
2 |
7 |
1 |
21 |
|
Jon Lester |
5 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
6 |
4.5 |
16.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
1 |
3 |
3.5 |
12.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
0 |
8.5 |
11.5 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
|
x-Matt Szczur |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
|
James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
|
Jason Motte |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
|
x-Kyle Schwarber |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
x-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 |
|
Taylor Teagarden |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
8 |
6 |
11 |
47 |
|
Jorge Soler |
5 |
9 |
5 |
38 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
5 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
34.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
2 |
11 |
6 |
34 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
7 |
11 |
31 |
|
Kris Bryant |
4 |
5 |
6 |
28 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
3 |
7 |
3 |
26 |
|
Pedro Strop |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
|
Jon Lester |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Hector Rondon |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
|
Jason Hammel |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
|
Justin Grimm |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Travis Wood |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
|
x-David Ross |
0 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Jason Motte |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
|
James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
69 |
26 |
43 |
|
Kris Bryant |
47 |
28 |
19 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
29 |
13 |
16 |
|
Jason Hammel |
22 |
15 |
7 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
11 |
7 |
4 |
|
x-Matt Szczur |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
x-Kyle Schwarber |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
Miguel Montero |
30.5 |
27 |
3.5 |
|
James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
|
Taylor Teagarden |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Travis Wood |
12.5 |
11 |
1.5 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
8.5 |
7 |
1.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
17 |
16 |
1 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hector Rondon |
16.5 |
16 |
0.5 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
17 |
17 |
0 |
|
Jason Motte |
7 |
7 |
0 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
33 |
34.5 |
-1.5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
|
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Addison Russell |
30.5 |
34 |
-3.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
27 |
31 |
-4 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
|
Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
|
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6.5 |
14 |
-7.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
11.5 |
20 |
-8.5 |
|
x-David Ross |
1 |
10.5 |
-9.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
21 |
38 |
-17 |
|
Starlin Castro |
29 |
47 |
-18 |