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And now, it's time for the final homestand of the regular season. Here's hoping the Cubs can take care of business at Wrigley and get that magic number the rest of the way down while they're at home.
Graphs for Game 146 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 146:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
T Wood |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.53 |
.078 |
C Richard |
3.1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
.054 |
J Grimm |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.81 |
.000 |
K Hendricks |
3 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0.9 |
-.325 |
Total |
9 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
0.69 |
-.193 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.99 |
.165 |
A Russell |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1.02 |
.153 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.31 |
.152 |
M Montero |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.89 |
.107 |
K Bryant |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.65 |
.078 |
T La Stella |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.63 |
.072 |
C Richard |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.6 |
.055 |
K Schwarber |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.63 |
.019 |
D Fowler |
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.47 |
.005 |
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.08 |
.003 |
C Denorfia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.11 |
.002 |
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.11 |
-.003 |
A Jackson |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.26 |
-.032 |
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.54 |
-.084 |
Total |
44 |
9 |
17 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
0.74 |
.693 |
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 (.165). Don't look now, but he's just one-half of a point shy of the plus-60 mark on the season. That's crazy talk.
- Hero - Addison Russell (.153). A very nice 2-for-4 day, plus he turned an unassisted double play for style points.
- Sidekick - Chris Coghlan (.152). Would have missed the Hero podium if not for the fielding error by Jung Ho Kang on his grounder in the first.
THE THREE GOATS: Well, this is a first for the season... there's a bump on the Goat podium for Kyle Hendricks' -.084 hitting, and that bump caused a second bump for Travis Wood's -.003 hitting. I guess you could call that a domino-effect bump. Or something.
- Billy Goat - Kyle Hendricks (-.325). His pitching doesn't get a free pass, though.
- Goat - Austin Jackson (-.032). Sometimes double plays hurt even when you're leading by five runs when you hit into it.
- Kid - Justin Grimm (.000). Just can't get out of an inning unscathed lately.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
23.5 |
11.5 |
109.5 |
Kris Bryant |
16 |
16 |
9 |
89 |
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
6 |
16 |
61 |
Jake Arrieta |
16.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
58 |
Addison Russell |
9 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
47.5 |
Miguel Montero |
10.5 |
5.5 |
4 |
46.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
5 |
10 |
44 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
11 |
3 |
43 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
9 |
11 |
41 |
Jon Lester |
9 |
5 |
2 |
39 |
Kyle Schwarber |
9 |
2 |
5 |
36 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
9 |
8.5 |
29.5 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
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 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3.5 |
9.5 |
x-James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
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 |
David Ross |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Austin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
11 |
11 |
14 |
69 |
Addison Russell |
5 |
17 |
12 |
61 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
58.5 |
Kris Bryant |
8 |
10 |
9 |
53 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
12 |
10 |
52 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
10 |
9 |
50 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
11 |
15 |
46 |
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
8 |
9 |
34 |
Pedro Strop |
9 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
Jason Hammel |
6 |
5 |
0 |
28 |
Justin Grimm |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
Kyle Schwarber |
3 |
6 |
6 |
27 |
David Ross |
3 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
3 |
7 |
22 |
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 |
Dan Haren |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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 |
Austin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Fernando Rodney |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
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 |
x-James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Javier Baez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
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 |
109.5 |
50 |
59.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
58 |
16 |
42 |
Kris Bryant |
89 |
53 |
36 |
Jon Lester |
39 |
24 |
15 |
Miguel Montero |
46.5 |
34 |
12.5 |
Kyle Schwarber |
36 |
27 |
9 |
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
10 |
4 |
6 |
Hector Rondon |
29.5 |
24 |
5.5 |
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Trevor Cahill |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Dexter Fowler |
61 |
58.5 |
2.5 |
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Jason Hammel |
30 |
28 |
2 |
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 |
Chris Coghlan |
44 |
46 |
-2 |
Zac Rosscup |
9.5 |
12 |
-2.5 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Clayton Richard |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
5.5 |
-4.5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
Austin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-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 |
Fernando Rodney |
0.5 |
7 |
-6.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Dan Haren |
4 |
12 |
-8 |
x-Jorge Soler |
43 |
52 |
-9 |
Chris Denorfia |
12.5 |
22 |
-9.5 |
Addison Russell |
47.5 |
61 |
-13.5 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
31 |
-15 |
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
27 |
-16.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
20 |
37 |
-17 |
David Ross |
4 |
24.5 |
-20.5 |
Starlin Castro |
41 |
69 |
-28 |