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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 67

A career strikeout night for Kyle Hendricks pushed him to the top of the Hero class in Sunday's 10-5 win over the Pirates.

The powder blue is kind of a cool look, if you ask me.
The powder blue is kind of a cool look, if you ask me.
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Welcome to the bigs, Willson Contreras!

Graphs for Game 67 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 67 Chart 2016

Stats for Game 67:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Hendricks

6

7

1

1

0

12

0.92

.220

P Strop

0.2

0

0

0

0

1

0.22

.013

J Grimm

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0.32

.008

C Richard

0

1

0

2

1

0

0.3

-.025

A Warren

2

5

0

2

0

1

0.37

-.066

Total

9

13

1

5

1

14

0.7

.149

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

A Rizzo

4

2

3

1

3

0

0

0.81

.160

J Baez

4

2

3

1

1

0

0

0.28

.092

J Heyward

5

1

3

0

0

0

0

0.52

.085

W Contreras

1

1

1

1

2

0

0

0.27

.063

C Coghlan

3

1

1

0

0

1

1

0.37

.036

K Bryant

4

2

1

1

1

1

3

0.63

.029

A Warren

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.01

.000

A Almora

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

A Russell

4

1

1

1

2

0

2

0.38

-.013

K Hendricks

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.41

-.020

B Zobrist

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

0.59

-.039

M Montero

4

0

1

0

0

0

1

0.47

-.041

Total

37

10

14

5

10

2

9

0.47

.351

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 - Kyle Hendricks (.220). As Al mentioned in his recap, Hendricks' 12 strikeouts on Sunday night were a career high, shattering his previous record of nine which he set twice on July 22, 2015 and September 28, 2015.
  • Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.160). He's hitting .333 with an 1.166 OPS in his last 10 games.
  • Sidekick - Javier Baez (.092). A very nice 3-for-4 night with his homer in the second going a long way to securing the final spot on the Heroes.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Adam Warren (-.066). The three runs that scored after he entered in the seventh got him here. The run and three hits that he gave up in the ninth may not have made a WPA dent, but they certainly didn't help matters by any means.
  • Goat - Miguel Montero (-.041). Once again Captain Clutch fell short, popping out to end the first with two on.
  • Kid - Ben Zobrist (-.039). The only player in the starting lineup -- other than Hendricks -- to miss the hit parade.

RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 67: Hendricks and Rizzo both climb back toward double-digit positives while Warren continues his slide further into negative territory.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

6

7.5

6.5

39.5

Addison Russell

4

7

4

30

Jake Arrieta

9

1

0

29

Jon Lester

8

2

1

29

Kris Bryant

2.5

5.5

7

25.5

Ben Zobrist

5

2

5.5

24.5

Dexter Fowler

1

3

11

20

Jason Hammel

4

1

4

18

Miguel Montero

3.5

3

1.5

18

Kyle Hendricks

4

2

1

17

Jorge Soler

2

3

5

17

John Lackey

5

0

0

15

Travis Wood

4

1

1

15

Javier Baez

2

2

3

13

Tommy La Stella

1

3

3.5

12.5

Hector Rondon

2

2

2

12

Jason Heyward

0

6

0

12

David Ross

1

3

1

10

Pedro Strop

1

2

2

9

Albert Almora Jr.

2

1

0

8

Adam Warren

0

2.5

1.5

6.5

Trevor Cahill

0

3

0

6

Justin Grimm

0

0.5

3.5

4.5

Clayton Richard

0

1

1

3

Matt Szczur

0

1

1

3

Ryan Kalish

0

1

0

2

Tim Federowicz

0

1

0

2

Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Addison Russell

9

8

5

48

Kris Bryant

6.5

8.5

5

41.5

Dexter Fowler

8

6

5

41

Jason Heyward

7

8

1

38

Anthony Rizzo

4

8

2.5

30.5

Jorge Soler

4

3

9

27

Ben Zobrist

3.5

4.5

6

25.5

Javier Baez

3

3

6

21

Adam Warren

4

1

0

14

Pedro Strop

2

2

1

11

David Ross

1

2

3.5

10.5

Tommy La Stella

2

0

4

10

Miguel Montero

1

3

1

10

Kyle Hendricks

2

1

1

9

Travis Wood

2

0

1

7

John Lackey

2

0

0

6

Trevor Cahill

1

1

1

6

Clayton Richard

1

0

3

6

Matt Szczur

0

2

2

6

Hector Rondon

1

1

0

5

Jason Hammel

0

2

1

5

Jon Lester

1

0

1

4

Tim Federowicz

1

0

1

4

Albert Almora Jr.

0

1

2

4

Justin Grimm

0

1

2

4

Chris Coghlan

1

0

0

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

29

1

28

Jon Lester

29

4

25

Jason Hammel

18

5

13

Anthony Rizzo

39.5

30.5

9

John Lackey

15

6

9

Miguel Montero

18

10

8

Kyle Hendricks

17

9

8

Travis Wood

15

7

8

Hector Rondon

12

5

7

Albert Almora Jr.

8

4

4

Tommy La Stella

12.5

10

2.5

Ryan Kalish

2

0

2

Justin Grimm

4.5

4

0.5

Trevor Cahill

6

6

0

Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

David Ross

10

10.5

-0.5

Ben Zobrist

24.5

25.5

-1

Kyle Schwarber

0

1

-1

Pedro Strop

9

11

-2

Tim Federowicz

2

4

-2

Spencer Patton

0

2

-2

Clayton Richard

3

6

-3

Matt Szczur

3

6

-3

Chris Coghlan

0

3

-3

Adam Warren

6.5

14

-7.5

Javier Baez

13

21

-8

Jorge Soler

17

27

-10

Kris Bryant

25.5

41.5

-16

Addison Russell

30

48

-18

Dexter Fowler

20

41

-21

Jason Heyward

12

38

-26