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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 147

It's another landslide Superhero game with Starlin Castro running away with it easily.

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Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Here's the latest from around the -- oh wait, wrong piece.

Graphs for Game 147 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 147 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 147:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

T Hunter

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

3.98

.096

J Grimm

1

0

0

0

0

2

0.81

.059

P Strop

1

1

0

0

0

2

0.25

.013

F Rodney

1

0

0

0

1

0

0.24

.009

N Ramirez

1

1

0

0

0

2

0.06

.005

D Haren

4.1

3

0

1

0

2

0.89

-.039

Z Rosscup

0.1

0

0

0

2

1

3.54

-.130

Total

9

5

0

1

3

9

0.97

.013

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

S Castro

3

2

3

2

6

1

0

1.42

.404

A Rizzo

3

1

2

0

1

0

0

0.85

.198

M Montero

3

2

1

0

0

2

2

0.81

.025

A Jackson

2

1

1

0

0

1

0

0.54

.024

K Schwarber

3

1

0

0

0

2

2

0.55

.007

C Denorfia

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.01

.000

J Baez

2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0.03

.000

D Fowler

4

0

0

0

0

2

0

0.48

-.004

C Coghlan

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

1.1

-.006

T La Stella

3

0

1

0

1

0

0

1.81

-.006

K Bryant

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.33

-.009

J Soler

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.51

-.012

A Russell

4

0

1

0

0

1

1

0.53

-.061

D Haren

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.39

-.073

Total

33

8

10

2

8

11

8

0.77

.487

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 - Starlin Castro (.404). As Al wrote in his recap, it's Castro's first six-RBI game since he did it in his major-league debut on May 7, 2010.
  • Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.198). A pretty eventful day for him with a couple of hits and a couple of plunkings.
  • Sidekick - Tommy Hunter (.096). Got the Cubs out of a huge jam caused by somebody to be seen on the Goat chart momentarily.

THE THREE GOATS: And for the third game in a row, there's a bump on the Goat podium as Dan Haren's -.073 hitting is moved out...

  • Kid - Dan Haren (-.039). But there was no escaping the podium as his pitching ends up taking the vacated spot.
  • Goat - Addison Russell (-.061). Not a bad day, going 1-for-4 with a walk, but the dreaded bases-loaded whiff put him on the second step.
  • Billy Goat - Zac Rosscup (-.130). Two batters faced, two walks, one lead given up. That's what's known as a bad day at the office.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 147 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
Rizzo just continues his tear up the chart, breaking through the plus-60 barrier as if it weren't even there.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

17

24.5

11.5

111.5

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

Starlin Castro

5

9

11

44

x-Jorge Soler

6

11

3

43

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

Tommy Hunter

0

0

2

2

x-Mike Baxter

0

0

1.5

1.5

Neil Ramirez

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

18

12

63

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

Zac Rosscup

4

1

1

15

Jonathan Herrera

1

2.5

6.5

14.5

Dan Haren

3

1

2

13

Tsuyoshi Wada

4

0

0

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

111.5

50

61.5

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

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

Tommy Hunter

2

5.5

-3.5

Clayton Richard

6

10

-4

Javier Baez

0

4

-4

x-Mike Olt

0

4

-4

x-Brian Schlitter

5

10

-5

Austin Jackson

3

8

-5

x-Edwin Jackson

3

8

-5

x-Welington Castillo

2

7

-5

Zac Rosscup

9.5

15

-5.5

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

x-Jorge Soler

43

52

-9

Dan Haren

4

13

-9

Chris Denorfia

12.5

22

-9.5

Pedro Strop

16

31

-15

Addison Russell

47.5

63

-15.5

Justin Grimm

10.5

27

-16.5

Kyle Hendricks

20

37

-17

David Ross

4

24.5

-20.5

Starlin Castro

44

69

-25