Yeah, see those four flaming red bars at the end of the ninth inning? Those are an excellent parallel for my pulse rate at that same time. And that was just from watching the condensed game. I can't imagine what it would have been had I been watching the game live.
Graphs for Game 45 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 45:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
H Rondon |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5.71 |
.184 |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3.37 |
.133 |
J Grimm |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
.103 |
J Arrieta |
5 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1.3 |
-.093 |
A Warren |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.57 |
-.122 |
T Wood |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.48 |
-.145 |
Total |
9 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
1.93 |
.061 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
K Bryant |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0.58 |
.190 |
B Zobrist |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.9 |
.179 |
D Fowler |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
.086 |
A Russell |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.11 |
.064 |
T La Stella |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.02 |
.060 |
J Heyward |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1.05 |
.056 |
M Szczur |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.99 |
.036 |
J Soler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.44 |
-.011 |
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.24 |
-.036 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.57 |
-.037 |
J Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.28 |
-.057 |
M Montero |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.96 |
-.091 |
Total |
36 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
0.91 |
.439 |
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 - Jorge Soler (.223).
- Hero - Hector Rondon (.184). Boy, did he make that ninth inning way too interesting, but he got out of it with a couple of absolutely huge whiffs.
- Sidekick - Ben Zobrist (.179). All the guy knows how to do lately is hit. It's just crazy.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.145). Travis Wood against Matt Adams. Bad idea.
- Goat - Adam Warren (-.122). Generally when your team puts up three runs in the top half of an inning, the idea is to not give them all back in the bottom half.
- Kid - Jake Arrieta (-093). And in the 45th game of the season... Arrieta finally finds the Goat podium. It had to happen sometime.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 45: Bryant continues the trek back to even ground as Arrieta drops back just a tad closer to the rest of the pack.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
27.5 |
Ben Zobrist |
5 |
2 |
4.5 |
23.5 |
Addison Russell |
3 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
Kris Bryant |
2.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
20.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
Jon Lester |
5 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
Miguel Montero |
3.5 |
2 |
0.5 |
15 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
Jorge Soler |
1 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Jason Heyward |
0 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
2 |
3.5 |
7.5 |
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 |
David Ross |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
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 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Jason Heyward |
6 |
8 |
1 |
35 |
Addison Russell |
7 |
2 |
3 |
28 |
Dexter Fowler |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
Kris Bryant |
3.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
23.5 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
2 |
7 |
23 |
Anthony Rizzo |
3 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
Ben Zobrist |
1.5 |
3.5 |
4 |
15.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
Adam Warren |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
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 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hammel |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Jake Arrieta |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Jake Arrieta |
20 |
1 |
19 |
Jon Lester |
19 |
4 |
15 |
Jason Hammel |
14 |
3 |
11 |
Miguel Montero |
15 |
5 |
10 |
Ben Zobrist |
23.5 |
15.5 |
8 |
Hector Rondon |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Anthony Rizzo |
27.5 |
23 |
4.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
9 |
6 |
3 |
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Tommy La Stella |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
8 |
-1.5 |
Travis Wood |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Kris Bryant |
20.5 |
23.5 |
-3 |
David Ross |
4 |
8 |
-4 |
Addison Russell |
23 |
28 |
-5 |
Javier Baez |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
Dexter Fowler |
16 |
24 |
-8 |
Jorge Soler |
11 |
23 |
-12 |
Jason Heyward |
8 |
35 |
-27 |