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Possibly Peculiar Fact: The last nine Cubs' golden sombreros have come in 0-for-4 games, per Baseball Reference:
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Graphs for Game 42 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 42:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wood |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.91 |
.073 |
|
K Hendricks |
5.1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1.01 |
.063 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.43 |
.022 |
|
Total |
8 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0.92 |
.159 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.72 |
-.009 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
-.042 |
|
D Ross |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.14 |
-.044 |
|
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.05 |
-.047 |
|
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.11 |
-.050 |
|
B Zobrist |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.14 |
-.063 |
|
K Bryant |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.01 |
-.080 |
|
J Soler |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.63 |
-.084 |
|
D Fowler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.93 |
-.090 |
|
A Russell |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1.57 |
-.148 |
|
Total |
30 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
1.18 |
-.659 |
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 - Travis Wood (.073). He doesn't find himself in this position very often; there were only two occasions in 2015 when he was at the top of the Hero podium, the last time occurring on August 16, 2015 against the White Sox.
- Hero - Kyle Hendricks (.063). Who would have figured that a run-scoring double by Madison Bumgarner would have been the only run of the game?
- Sidekick - Pedro Strop (.022). The last Cub standing on the positive side of the ledger.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Addison Russell (-.148). The first of his four whiffs was particularly damaging as it came with the bases loaded and two out.
- Goat - Dexter Fowler (-.090). Nothing particularly eventful in his 0-for-4 day.
- Kid - Jorge Soler (-.084). Had his walk come in one of his later plate appearances, it probably would have kept him off of the final step.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 42: Wood climbs back into positive territory on the chart while Soler hits a new low-water mark for the season.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
27.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
3 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
4 |
2 |
3.5 |
19.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
5 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
|
Kris Bryant |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
17.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
2 |
8 |
15 |
|
Jason Hammel |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
13 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Jorge Soler |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
|
Jason Heyward |
0 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
2 |
3.5 |
7.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Adam Warren |
0 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
|
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Travis Wood |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Javier Baez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Jason Heyward |
6 |
7 |
1 |
33 |
|
Addison Russell |
6 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
|
Jorge Soler |
4 |
2 |
7 |
23 |
|
Kris Bryant |
3.5 |
5.5 |
1 |
22.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
1.5 |
3.5 |
4 |
15.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
|
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Jon Lester |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Travis Wood |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Adam Warren |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Jason Hammel |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Jake Arrieta |
20 |
0 |
20 |
|
Jon Lester |
19 |
4 |
15 |
|
Jason Hammel |
13 |
3 |
10 |
|
Miguel Montero |
13 |
5 |
8 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
27.5 |
21 |
6.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
19.5 |
15.5 |
4 |
|
Hector Rondon |
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
9 |
6 |
3 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Travis Wood |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
Justin Grimm |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
|
John Lackey |
6 |
6 |
0 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Pedro Strop |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
23 |
25 |
-2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Spencer Patton |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
Kris Bryant |
17.5 |
22.5 |
-5 |
|
Javier Baez |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
|
David Ross |
1 |
8 |
-7 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
15 |
24 |
-9 |
|
Jorge Soler |
9 |
23 |
-14 |
|
Jason Heyward |
8 |
33 |
-25 |