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Hopefully that won't be the last game at Wrigley Field this season. But if it was, you couldn't ask for a better finish.
Graphs for Game 156 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 156:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
K Hendricks |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0.94 |
.334 |
T Cahill |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.47 |
.180 |
F Rodney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.7 |
.123 |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.82 |
.123 |
H Rondon |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.94 |
.069 |
C Richard |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.22 |
.054 |
Total |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
1.27 |
.883 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
C Denorfia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.18 |
.377 |
K Bryant |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.38 |
.010 |
J Soler |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.21 |
-.003 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.03 |
-.005 |
K Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.46 |
-.011 |
A Jackson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.66 |
-.039 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.37 |
-.080 |
D Fowler |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.07 |
-.081 |
A Russell |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.28 |
-.088 |
K Schwarber |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.97 |
-.093 |
M Montero |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.23 |
-.125 |
T La Stella |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.65 |
-.242 |
Total |
33 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1.34 |
-.383 |
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 - Chris Denorfia (.377). All he needed was one pitch.
- Hero - Kyle Hendricks (.334). Posted his second-best Game Score of the season thanks to the nine punchouts, and it's the first time he hasn't allowed a run in a start since July 10.
- Sidekick - Trevor Cahill (.180). Another solid two-inning relief stint. In his nine outings for the Cubs, he's only given up a run in two of them.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Tommy La Stella (-.242). Oh, how the 4-6-3 can hurt sometimes.
- Goat - Miguel Montero (-.125). The other 0-for-4 on the night capped with the strikeout with a runner on in the 10th.
- Kid - Kyle Schwarber (-.093). Only had two plate appearances in the game, but their effect was magnified since it was a scoreless affair.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
17 |
26.5 |
11.5 |
115.5 |
Kris Bryant |
17 |
19 |
9 |
98 |
Jake Arrieta |
18.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
64 |
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
6 |
17 |
62 |
Starlin Castro |
7 |
9 |
13 |
52 |
Addison Russell |
9 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
48.5 |
Miguel Montero |
10.5 |
5.5 |
4 |
46.5 |
Jorge Soler |
7 |
11 |
3 |
46 |
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
5 |
10 |
44 |
Jon Lester |
9 |
5 |
2 |
39 |
Kyle Schwarber |
9 |
2 |
7 |
38 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
9 |
8.5 |
29.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
Chris Denorfia |
2 |
3 |
5.5 |
17.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
3 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2.5 |
12.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
x-Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
x-James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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 |
David Ross |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
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 |
12 |
14 |
71 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
18 |
13 |
67 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
11.5 |
10.5 |
60.5 |
Jorge Soler |
8 |
12 |
10 |
58 |
Kris Bryant |
8 |
10 |
9 |
53 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
10 |
10 |
51 |
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
11 |
15.5 |
49.5 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
11 |
10 |
41 |
Kyle Hendricks |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
Jason Hammel |
8 |
5 |
0 |
34 |
Pedro Strop |
9 |
2 |
0.5 |
31.5 |
Kyle Schwarber |
3 |
7 |
8 |
31 |
Justin Grimm |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
David Ross |
3 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
3 |
7 |
22 |
Zac Rosscup |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
Dan Haren |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Austin Jackson |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
x-Jason Motte |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Fernando Rodney |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Quintin Berry |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
115.5 |
51 |
64.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
64 |
16 |
48 |
Kris Bryant |
98 |
53 |
45 |
Jon Lester |
39 |
25 |
14 |
Tommy La Stella |
15 |
7 |
8 |
Kyle Schwarber |
38 |
31 |
7 |
Trevor Cahill |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Matt Szczur |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
Miguel Montero |
46.5 |
41 |
5.5 |
Hector Rondon |
29.5 |
24 |
5.5 |
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
62 |
60.5 |
1.5 |
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 |
Quintin Berry |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Tommy Hunter |
2 |
5.5 |
-3.5 |
Jason Hammel |
30 |
34 |
-4 |
Clayton Richard |
6 |
10 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Chris Denorfia |
17.5 |
22 |
-4.5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
Chris Coghlan |
44 |
49.5 |
-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 |
Zac Rosscup |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
Austin Jackson |
3 |
11 |
-8 |
Dan Haren |
4 |
13 |
-9 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
10 |
-10 |
Jorge Soler |
46 |
58 |
-12 |
Pedro Strop |
19 |
31.5 |
-12.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
22 |
37 |
-15 |
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
27 |
-16.5 |
Addison Russell |
48.5 |
67 |
-18.5 |
Starlin Castro |
52 |
71 |
-19 |
David Ross |
4 |
24.5 |
-20.5 |