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For those of you who aren't followers of Cub Tracks, I will be heading out for the next few days on a business trip to Scottsdale, Arizona to enjoy some balmy 105-degree weather and all kinds of business meetings. Heroes and Goats will be on break until Thursday, August 13, at which point there will be a recap of Games 110 through 112.
Graphs for Game 109 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 109:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
T Wood |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.7 |
.183 |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.89 |
.065 |
J Grimm |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.13 |
.031 |
J Russell |
0.1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.11 |
-.009 |
J Motte |
0.1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.31 |
-.017 |
K Hendricks |
5.1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0.93 |
-.182 |
Total |
9 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
0.92 |
.071 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
K Bryant |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1.39 |
.290 |
M Montero |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1.18 |
.172 |
A Russell |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.51 |
.125 |
J Soler |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.06 |
.048 |
A Rizzo |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.29 |
.033 |
D Fowler |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.86 |
.025 |
J Herrera |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
-.001 |
C Denorfia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.31 |
-.002 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.22 |
-.048 |
K Schwarber |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.98 |
-.092 |
K Hendricks |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.23 |
-.121 |
Total |
31 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
1.02 |
.429 |
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 - Kris Bryant (.290). Majestic Bryant bombs are always so much fun.
- Hero - Travis Wood (.183). Another excellent relief appearance made even better by stranding two inherited runners.
- Sidekick - Miguel Montero (.172). Welcomed George Kontos to the game with a gapper single to give the Cubs the lead once again.
THE THREE GOATS: And there's another two-way bump as Kyle Hendricks' -.121 hitting is moved out. That makes 27 bumps on the season and 24 from the Goat podium.
- Billy Goat - Kyle Hendricks (-.182). He doesn't get a bump for his pitching, though. Granted, a large part of it was from a walk to Hunter Pence on a really rough ball four call in the second followed by a homer from Brandon Belt that landed in the basket, but regrettably it all counts the same.
- Goat - Kyle Schwarber (-.092). Smoked that ball in the second, but unfortunately right at Belt.
- Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.048). Primarily due to his inning-ending flyout in the fourth with two on.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
13 |
20.5 |
5.5 |
85.5 |
Kris Bryant |
11 |
9 |
6 |
57 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
4 |
10 |
45 |
Jake Arrieta |
10.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
38 |
Jorge Soler |
5 |
10 |
3 |
38 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
34.5 |
Starlin Castro |
3 |
7 |
10 |
33 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
2 |
7 |
32 |
Miguel Montero |
6.5 |
5.5 |
1 |
31.5 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
2 |
2 |
27 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
8.5 |
7 |
24 |
Kyle Schwarber |
6 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
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 |
x-Matt Szczur |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1.5 |
6 |
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 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
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-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
9 |
8 |
13 |
56 |
Jorge Soler |
6 |
10 |
9 |
47 |
Dexter Fowler |
6 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
43.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
9 |
4 |
43 |
Kris Bryant |
7 |
7 |
8 |
43 |
Addison Russell |
2 |
15 |
7 |
43 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
7 |
15 |
35 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
Pedro Strop |
7 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
Kyle Hendricks |
7 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
Jon Lester |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
Justin Grimm |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
David Ross |
1 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
16.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Hector Rondon |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Chris Denorfia |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
4 |
2 |
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 |
85.5 |
43 |
42.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
38 |
16 |
22 |
Kris Bryant |
57 |
43 |
14 |
Kyle Schwarber |
22 |
10 |
12 |
Jon Lester |
27 |
18 |
9 |
Hector Rondon |
24 |
16 |
8 |
Jason Hammel |
25 |
18 |
7 |
Travis Wood |
18.5 |
13 |
5.5 |
x-Matt Szczur |
10 |
5 |
5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Miguel Montero |
31.5 |
27 |
4.5 |
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
11 |
4 |
James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Clayton Richard |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Dexter Fowler |
45 |
43.5 |
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 |
Chris Coghlan |
32 |
35 |
-3 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
Dan Haren |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Chris Denorfia |
8.5 |
13 |
-4.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
19 |
24 |
-5 |
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 |
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Justin Grimm |
9 |
17 |
-8 |
Addison Russell |
34.5 |
43 |
-8.5 |
Jorge Soler |
38 |
47 |
-9 |
Pedro Strop |
13.5 |
25 |
-11.5 |
David Ross |
2 |
16.5 |
-14.5 |
Starlin Castro |
33 |
56 |
-23 |