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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 114

Chris Coghlan comes through with two big homers to take the top of the Hero podium on Friday afternoon.

He's hiding a bit, but there's the Friday Superhero. However, will he be the Friday Hickman winner?
He's hiding a bit, but there's the Friday Superhero. However, will he be the Friday Hickman winner?
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A huge tip of the cap goes to the bullpen as well for this line: 5⅔ innings pitched, two hits, two walks, eight strikeouts. That's how you get the job done. Hickman voting should be pretty interesting.

Graphs for Game 114 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 114 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 114:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

H Rondon

1

0

0

0

0

0

2.64

.200

J Grimm

1.2

0

0

0

0

3

1.57

.200

P Strop

1

1

0

0

1

2

3.98

.142

C Richard

2

1

0

0

1

3

1.32

.119

K Hendricks

3.1

8

1

5

3

3

1.11

-.442

Total

9

10

1

5

5

11

1.66

.219

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

D Fowler

5

2

2

0

0

0

3

1.08

.068

K Schwarber

3

1

0

0

1

1

1

1.02

-.038

C Coghlan

4

2

2

2

4

0

2

1.03

.331

A Rizzo

3

1

1

1

1

1

0

0.53

.132

K Bryant

4

0

2

0

0

0

1

0.65

.009

M Montero

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.92

-.103

C Denorfia

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.78

-.079

S Castro

4

0

3

0

0

0

0

0.65

.034

A Russell

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.9

-.075

Total

35

6

10

3

6

2

9

0.85

.281

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 - Chris Coghlan (.331). "We lost the lead again? Fine... I'll hit another homer."
  • Hero / Sidekick #1 - Justin Grimm (.200). He's making a lot of batters look foolish lately with his offspeed stuff.
  • Hero / Sidekick #2 - Hector Rondon (.200). And nobody had a heart attack during his save!

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Kyle Hendricks (-.442). There are days where you just don't have it. This outing was most definitely one of those.
  • Goat - Miguel Montero (-.103). Had a couple of opportunities to keep rallies going but couldn't capitalize.
  • Kid - Chris Denorfia (-.079). Pretty much a garden-variety 0-for-4, enhanced a little bit with three of the four outs coming as the leadoff batter in the inning.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 114 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
Nothing much different at the top of the chart, but the lower end gets busy with Denorfia and Hendricks slipping toward and into the bottom five.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

13

20.5

6.5

86.5

Kris Bryant

11

10

6

59

Dexter Fowler

10

4

10

48

Jake Arrieta

11.5

3

0.5

41

Jorge Soler

6

10

3

41

Chris Coghlan

8

2

7

35

Miguel Montero

7.5

5.5

1

34.5

Addison Russell

6

4.5

7.5

34.5

Starlin Castro

3

7

10

33

Jon Lester

7

3

2

29

Jason Hammel

7

3

0

27

Hector Rondon

0

9

8.5

26.5

Kyle Schwarber

6

1

3

23

Kyle Hendricks

5

1

2

19

Travis Wood

1

6

3.5

18.5

Jonathan Herrera

1

5

2

15

Pedro Strop

1

1

8.5

13.5

Jason Motte

0

2.5

5.5

10.5

Justin Grimm

0

2

6.5

10.5

x-Matt Szczur

2

1

2

10

x-Zac Rosscup

2

0

3

9

Chris Denorfia

1

1

3.5

8.5

James Russell

0

3

1.5

7.5

x-Junior Lake

1

1

1

6

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

1

1

0

5

x-Taylor Teagarden

1

1

0

5

Clayton Richard

1

0

2

5

x-Brian Schlitter

0

2

1

5

x-Phil Coke

1

0

0.5

3.5

x-Edwin Jackson

0

1

1

3

Dan Haren

0

1

0

2

x-Welington Castillo

0

1

0

2

x-Arismendy Alcantara

0

1

0

2

David Ross

0

0

2

2

x-Mike Baxter

0

0

1.5

1.5

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

x-Yoervis Medina

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

9

8

14

57

Jorge Soler

6

11

9

49

Dexter Fowler

7

8.5

8.5

46.5

Addison Russell

2

15

8

44

Anthony Rizzo

7

9

4

43

Kris Bryant

7

7

8

43

Chris Coghlan

2

9

15

39

Miguel Montero

3

7

7

30

Kyle Hendricks

8

1

1

27

Pedro Strop

7

2

0

25

David Ross

2

4.5

4.5

19.5

Hector Rondon

5

2

0

19

Jon Lester

5

1

1

18

Jason Hammel

4

3

0

18

Justin Grimm

2

4

3

17

Jake Arrieta

5

0

1

16

Chris Denorfia

2

2

6

16

Kyle Schwarber

1

4

3

14

Travis Wood

2

2

3

13

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

4

0

0

12

x-Zac Rosscup

3

1

1

12

Jason Motte

1

4

0

11

Jonathan Herrera

1

2

4

11

x-Brian Schlitter

3

0

1

10

x-Edwin Jackson

2

1

0

8

x-Mike Baxter

2

1

0

8

x-Welington Castillo

1

1

2

7

x-Rafael Soriano

2

0

0

6

x-Dallas Beeler

2

0

0

6

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

Tommy Hunter

1

0

1

4

Dan Haren

1

0

0

3

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-Arismendy Alcantara

0

0

1

1

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Anthony Rizzo

86.5

43

43.5

Jake Arrieta

41

16

25

Kris Bryant

59

43

16

Jon Lester

29

18

11

Jason Hammel

27

18

9

Kyle Schwarber

23

14

9

Hector Rondon

26.5

19

7.5

Travis Wood

18.5

13

5.5

x-Matt Szczur

10

5

5

x-Taylor Teagarden

5

0

5

Miguel Montero

34.5

30

4.5

Jonathan Herrera

15

11

4

Clayton Richard

5

2

3

James Russell

7.5

5

2.5

Dexter Fowler

48

46.5

1.5

x-Junior Lake

6

5

1

x-Arismendy Alcantara

2

1

1

x-Yoervis Medina

1

0

1

x-Phil Coke

3.5

3

0.5

x-Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Jason Motte

10.5

11

-0.5

Dan Haren

2

3

-1

x-Zac Rosscup

9

12

-3

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

Chris Coghlan

35

39

-4

Tommy Hunter

0

4

-4

x-Mike Olt

0

4

-4

x-Brian Schlitter

5

10

-5

x-Edwin Jackson

3

8

-5

x-Welington Castillo

2

7

-5

x-Dallas Beeler

0

6

-6

x-Rafael Soriano

0

6

-6

Justin Grimm

10.5

17

-6.5

x-Mike Baxter

1.5

8

-6.5

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

5

12

-7

Chris Denorfia

8.5

16

-7.5

Jorge Soler

41

49

-8

Kyle Hendricks

19

27

-8

Addison Russell

34.5

44

-9.5

Pedro Strop

13.5

25

-11.5

David Ross

2

19.5

-17.5

Starlin Castro

33

57

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