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Well, that one hurt. I must admit, though; I had a pretty uneasy feeling about things once the eighth inning started. I'm guessing I wasn't the only one.
Graphs for Game 138 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 138:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Lester |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1.04 |
.305 |
|
P Strop |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.61 |
-.088 |
|
C Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.03 |
-.153 |
|
F Rodney |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.98 |
-.470 |
|
Total |
8 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
1.3 |
-.405 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T La Stella |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.71 |
.102 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.61 |
.082 |
|
A Russell |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.72 |
.061 |
|
S Castro |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.27 |
.007 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.64 |
-.004 |
|
J Herrera |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.31 |
-.007 |
|
D Fowler |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.36 |
-.012 |
|
D Ross |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.8 |
-.040 |
|
J Lester |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.04 |
-.044 |
|
A Jackson |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.92 |
-.046 |
|
C Denorfia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.98 |
-.047 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.88 |
-.049 |
|
K Schwarber |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0.82 |
-.098 |
|
Total |
38 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
14 |
0.86 |
-.095 |
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 - Jon Lester (.305). Would it have been wiser to leave him for the eighth inning, facing the bottom of the order, with 105 pitches already thrown? The world will never know.
- Hero - Tommy La Stella (.102). With the way the season has gone so far for La Stella, a 1-for-2 day with a walk is almost something to be celebrated.
- Sidekick - Anthony Rizzo (.082). Led off the scoring in the game for the Cubs, but not having a hit after that landed him on the final step instead of the second one.
THE THREE GOATS: Today in reverse order with a special mention going to Pedro Strop, who had another rough day on the mound but missed out on the podium only because of one worse performance, and that was from...
- Kid - Kyle Schwarber (-.098). Just didn't have it at the plate today, recording the dreaded swinging golden sombrero.
- Goat - Clayton Richard (-.153). Couldn't get Matt Carpenter out the second time around, causing the fire to grow a bit bigger, and then...
- Billy Goat - Fernando Rodney (-.470). ...the double from Stephen Piscotty sent it out of control.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
16 |
23.5 |
9.5 |
104.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
16 |
14 |
8 |
84 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
6 |
14 |
59 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
15.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
55 |
|
Miguel Montero |
10.5 |
5.5 |
4 |
46.5 |
|
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
11 |
3 |
43 |
|
Addison Russell |
8 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
42.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
4 |
9 |
11 |
41 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
3 |
9 |
39 |
|
Jon Lester |
8 |
5 |
2 |
36 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
8 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
|
Jason Hammel |
7 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
9 |
8.5 |
26.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
8.5 |
13.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2.5 |
12.5 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
12.5 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3.5 |
9.5 |
|
x-James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Taylor Teagarden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Dan Haren |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Austin Jackson |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Starlin Castro |
10 |
10 |
14 |
64 |
|
Addison Russell |
4 |
17 |
11 |
57 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
54.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
8 |
10 |
8 |
52 |
|
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
12 |
10 |
52 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
9 |
9 |
48 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
10 |
15 |
44 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
9 |
3 |
1 |
34 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
8 |
8 |
33 |
|
Pedro Strop |
9 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
3 |
6 |
5 |
26 |
|
Jason Hammel |
5 |
5 |
0 |
25 |
|
Jon Lester |
7 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
3 |
7 |
22 |
|
David Ross |
2 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
21.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
3 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
|
Dan Haren |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Austin Jackson |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
x-Rafael Soriano |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
104.5 |
48 |
56.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
55 |
16 |
39 |
|
Kris Bryant |
84 |
52 |
32 |
|
Miguel Montero |
46.5 |
33 |
13.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
36 |
24 |
12 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
33 |
26 |
7 |
|
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
30 |
25 |
5 |
|
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
59 |
54.5 |
4.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
26.5 |
22 |
4.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
7 |
4 |
3 |
|
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
14.5 |
0.5 |
|
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
x-Jason Motte |
10.5 |
11 |
-0.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
9.5 |
12 |
-2.5 |
|
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Clayton Richard |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
5.5 |
-4.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
39 |
44 |
-5 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
|
Dan Haren |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
|
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
|
Austin Jackson |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
|
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
x-Rafael Soriano |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
x-Jorge Soler |
43 |
52 |
-9 |
|
Chris Denorfia |
12.5 |
22 |
-9.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
21 |
-10.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
42.5 |
57 |
-14.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
19 |
34 |
-15 |
|
Pedro Strop |
13.5 |
31 |
-17.5 |
|
David Ross |
2 |
21.5 |
-19.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
41 |
64 |
-23 |