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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 103

The hot streak continues for Anthony Rizzo.

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

Fun Fact: With his homer in yesterday's game, Anthony Rizzo broke his personal best for consecutive games with a home run. He previously had hit a homer in three consecutive games between April 30 and May 3, 2014.

Graphs for Game 103 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 103 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 103:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Hendricks

7

4

0

1

2

6

1.04

.236

T Wood

0.2

0

0

0

0

1

1.58

.072

T Hunter

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0.85

.044

J Grimm

0.1

0

0

0

0

1

0.67

.019

J Motte

0.1

1

0

1

0

0

1.24

-.008

Total

9

5

0

2

2

8

1.06

.363

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

A Rizzo

4

1

2

1

3

0

1

0.88

.297

K Schwarber

3

2

2

1

1

1

0

0.6

.099

C Denorfia

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.11

-.003

J Soler

3

0

1

0

0

1

1

0.58

-.009

K Bryant

2

0

0

0

0

1

1

0.62

-.022

D Fowler

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.53

-.024

C Coghlan

3

1

0

0

0

1

0

0.77

-.045

A Russell

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.46

-.046

K Hendricks

3

0

0

0

0

0

3

0.64

-.048

S Castro

4

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.66

-.062

Total

31

4

5

2

4

5

8

0.62

.137

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 (.297). Seriously making up for lost time after those 11 gams away from the Hero podium between July 12 and July 26.
  • Hero - Kyle Hendricks (.236). A very solid outing, and probably could have taken the top of the podium if not for the run allowed in the fourth.
  • Sidekick - Kyle Schwarber (.099). If I could give him bonus points for his at-bat in the third, I would.

THE THREE GOATS: Another bump on the Goat podium as Hendricks' -.048 hitting is moved out. It's the 24th pitcher hitting bump on the season and the 21st from the Goats.

  • Billy Goat - Starlin Castro (-.062). A couple of grounders to short with runners on.
  • Goat - Addison Russell (-.046). Couldn't get the flyout to left to complete the trifecta of flyouts.
  • Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.045). He did have a walk in the game, but erased it with his 4-6-3 a couple of innings later.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 103 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
Rizzo continues his climb toward his high-water mark for the season, while Castro sets a new low-water mark on the other side.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

13

18.5

5.5

81.5

Kris Bryant

10

8

6

52

Dexter Fowler

9

4

10

45

Jake Arrieta

9.5

3

0.5

35

Addison Russell

6

4.5

6.5

33.5

Chris Coghlan

7

2

7

32

Jorge Soler

3

10

3

32

Starlin Castro

3

7

9

32

x-Miguel Montero

6.5

5.5

0

30.5

Jason Hammel

7

2

0

25

Jon Lester

7

1

2

25

Hector Rondon

0

8

6.5

22.5

Kyle Hendricks

5

1

2

19

Kyle Schwarber

5

1

1

18

Travis Wood

1

5

3.5

16.5

Jonathan Herrera

1

5

2

15

Pedro Strop

1

1

8.5

13.5

Jason Motte

0

2.5

5.5

10.5

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

Justin Grimm

0

1

5.5

7.5

x-Junior Lake

1

1

1

6

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

1

1

0

5

Taylor Teagarden

1

1

0

5

x-Brian Schlitter

0

2

1

5

x-Phil Coke

1

0

0.5

3.5

x-Edwin Jackson

0

1

1

3

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-Clayton Richard

0

0

1

1

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Yoervis Medina

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

9

7

13

54

Jorge Soler

6

9

9

45

Kris Bryant

7

7

8

43

Addison Russell

2

14

6

40

Dexter Fowler

5

8.5

6.5

38.5

Anthony Rizzo

5

9

4

37

Chris Coghlan

2

7

14

34

x-Miguel Montero

3

6

6

27

Pedro Strop

7

2

0

25

Kyle Hendricks

6

1

1

21

Jon Lester

5

1

1

18

Jason Hammel

4

3

0

18

Justin Grimm

2

4

3

17

Jake Arrieta

5

0

1

16

Hector Rondon

4

2

0

16

David Ross

1

3.5

4.5

14.5

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

4

0

0

12

x-Zac Rosscup

3

1

1

12

Chris Denorfia

2

1

4

12

Travis Wood

2

1

3

11

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

Kyle Schwarber

0

3

2

8

x-Welington Castillo

1

1

2

7

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

x-Donn Roach

1

0

0

3

x-Gonzalez Germen

1

0

0

3

x-Phil Coke

0

1

1

3

x-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

81.5

37

44.5

Jake Arrieta

35

16

19

Kyle Schwarber

18

8

10

Kris Bryant

52

43

9

Jon Lester

25

18

7

Jason Hammel

25

18

7

Dexter Fowler

45

38.5

6.5

Hector Rondon

22.5

16

6.5

Travis Wood

16.5

11

5.5

Taylor Teagarden

5

0

5

Jonathan Herrera

15

11

4

x-Matt Szczur

9

5

4

x-Miguel Montero

30.5

27

3.5

James Russell

7.5

5

2.5

x-Junior Lake

6

5

1

x-Arismendy Alcantara

2

1

1

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

x-Clayton Richard

1

2

-1

Chris Coghlan

32

34

-2

Kyle Hendricks

19

21

-2

x-Zac Rosscup

9

12

-3

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

Chris Denorfia

8.5

12

-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

x-Dallas Beeler

0

6

-6

Rafael Soriano

0

6

-6

Addison Russell

33.5

40

-6.5

x-Mike Baxter

1.5

8

-6.5

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

5

12

-7

Justin Grimm

7.5

17

-9.5

Pedro Strop

13.5

25

-11.5

David Ross

2

14.5

-12.5

Jorge Soler

32

45

-13

Starlin Castro

32

54

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