Cubs Heroes and Goats: Games 127 & 128

As has been the case with previous two-game recaps, I won't be including each game's stats here in the interest of keeping the piece a bit shorter. The stats can can be found at the included Fangraphs links for those that are interested.

Also, no polls today, but feel free to leave your votes in the comments.

Graphs for Game 127 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

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, GAME 127:

• Superhero - Anthony Rizzo (.095). Breaks through the plus-50 barrier in grand fashion with his blast to center.
• Hero - Matt Szczur (.023). Bonus points for being the only Cub to reach base twice against Clayton Kershaw. (No, there are not actually bonus points.)
• Sidekick - Clayton Richard (.009). And once again pitching a scoreless inning in a three-run deficit earns a podium spot.

THE THREE GOATS, GAME 127:

• Billy Goat - Jason Hammel (-.172). Everything was good until that sixth inning where everyone forgot how to throw the ball.
• Goat - Miguel Montero (-.080). Including him, but he's not here because of his error. Although it's probably karma evening things out.
• Kid - Chris Denorfia (-.077). Hard to believe, but he and Montero were the only two batters to leave a man on base. Well, against Kershaw maybe it's not as hard to believe.

And, for Saturday's game...

Graphs for Game 128 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

THE THREE HEROES, GAME 128:

• Superhero - Kris Bryant (.082). Earned more points on the night for advancing on a wild pitch and getting plunked than he did for actually hitting the ball, but sometimes that's the way things work out. And then you send out a couple of fruit baskets instead of one.
• Hero - Tommy La Stella (.067). Primarily due to his table-setting effort in the fifth which was followed by Mat Latos trying to convince everyone that he wasn't on the mound when he faked to nobody in particular.
• Sidekick - Miguel Montero (.040). This is the first time in longer than I can remember that two podium spots were earned in fruit-basket fashion, as Montero ends up here also as a result of getting hit by Jim Johnson.

THE THREE GOATS, GAME 128:

• Billy Goat - Jon Lester (-.357). Oh, that seventh inning. That dreadful, dreadful seventh.
• Goat - Kyle Schwarber (-.119). Had runners on in all five of his plate appearances but could only muster up a walk.
• Kid - Anthony Rizzo (-.114). For those of you who might be asking at this point "Wait, where the heck is Addison Russell??"... he avoided the Goats by way of the previously mentioned balk, leaving Rizzo's 0-for-4 to take the spot in his place.