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Another routine day at the office for Javier Baez.
Just add it to @javy23baez's reel. https://t.co/UWZwJtl3BD #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/kDCrI8SEa3
— #VoteCubs (@Cubs) June 29, 2016
Graphs for Game 77 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 77:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
K Hendricks |
6.2 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0.58 |
.146 |
C Edwards Jr. |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.11 |
.017 |
J Grimm |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.09 |
-.011 |
Total |
9 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0.44 |
.152 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0.51 |
.122 |
K Bryant |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.51 |
.067 |
B Zobrist |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.32 |
.057 |
W Contreras |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.27 |
.051 |
J Baez |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.23 |
.050 |
A Russell |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.23 |
.019 |
A Almora |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.14 |
.010 |
C Edwards Jr. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.01 |
.000 |
M Szczur |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.15 |
-.005 |
K Hendricks |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.25 |
-.021 |
Total |
37 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
5 |
11 |
0.28 |
.348 |
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 (.146). As Al mentioned in his recap, the 117 pitches thrown by Hendricks was a career high, breaking his previous mark of 108 on May 21, 2015.
- Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.122). If you only have one hit on the day, might as well make it a three-run inside-the-parker.
- Sidekick - Kris Bryant (.067). Hard to believe, but true: This game is only the second one this season in which Team Bryzzo has been on the Hero podium in the same game, with the only other time being in the series opener on Monday.
THE THREE GOATS: It's an extremely tough-luck crew on the Goat podium in this game, magnified by a domino-effect bump from Hendricks' -.021 hitting being moved out, which in turn led to the .000 hitting of Carl Edwards Jr. being moved out.
- Billy Goat - Justin Grimm (-.011). It's a new high-water mark (or closest-to-zero mark, if you prefer) for the Billy Goat this season, breaking the previous mark of -.017 which had been set by Jason Heyward and Kris Bryant on April 13 and April 24.
- Goat - Matt Szczur (-.005). Even a walk, a passed ball, and a wild pitch couldn't help him out as the score was already at least 8-2 when they occurred. And then there's the toughest luck of them all...
- Kid - Albert Almora Jr. (+.010). Yup, 1-for-3 with an opposite-field homer -- the first homer of his major-league career, no less -- and he ends up as the new largest Anti-Goat for 2016, smashing the previous mark of +.002 set by Justin Grimm on June 17. Sometimes life just isn't fair.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 77: Hendricks moves back into fifth place on the chart as the starting rotation once again occupies four of the top five spots.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
6 |
10.5 |
7.5 |
46.5 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
7 |
4 |
36 |
Jon Lester |
9 |
3 |
1 |
34 |
Kris Bryant |
3.5 |
6.5 |
8 |
31.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
9 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
Ben Zobrist |
6 |
2 |
6.5 |
28.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
Miguel Montero |
3.5 |
4 |
1.5 |
20 |
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
3 |
11 |
20 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
Jorge Soler |
2 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
Jason Heyward |
1 |
6 |
2 |
17 |
John Lackey |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
David Ross |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Hector Rondon |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
3 |
3.5 |
12.5 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Adam Warren |
0 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
6.5 |
Willson Contreras |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Trevor Cahill |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Joel Peralta |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Addison Russell |
9 |
9 |
5 |
50 |
Jason Heyward |
8 |
9 |
1 |
43 |
Kris Bryant |
6.5 |
8.5 |
5 |
41.5 |
Dexter Fowler |
8 |
6 |
5 |
41 |
Ben Zobrist |
3.5 |
6.5 |
8 |
31.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
4 |
8 |
2.5 |
30.5 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
Javier Baez |
4 |
3 |
7 |
25 |
Adam Warren |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
Miguel Montero |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Justin Grimm |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
John Lackey |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Hector Rondon |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Jason Hammel |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Jake Arrieta |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Jon Lester |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Willson Contreras |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Jon Lester |
34 |
4 |
30 |
Jake Arrieta |
29 |
4 |
25 |
Anthony Rizzo |
46.5 |
30.5 |
16 |
Jason Hammel |
19 |
6 |
13 |
Kyle Hendricks |
20 |
11 |
9 |
Travis Wood |
17 |
10 |
7 |
Miguel Montero |
20 |
14 |
6 |
John Lackey |
15 |
9 |
6 |
Hector Rondon |
13 |
8 |
5 |
Willson Contreras |
6 |
3 |
3 |
David Ross |
13 |
10.5 |
2.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
12.5 |
10 |
2.5 |
Joel Peralta |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Trevor Cahill |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Albert Almora Jr. |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
Gerardo Concepcion |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
Spencer Patton |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
Ben Zobrist |
28.5 |
31.5 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
Clayton Richard |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
Justin Grimm |
6.5 |
10 |
-3.5 |
Pedro Strop |
9 |
14 |
-5 |
Matt Szczur |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
14 |
-7.5 |
Kris Bryant |
31.5 |
41.5 |
-10 |
Jorge Soler |
17 |
27 |
-10 |
Javier Baez |
13 |
25 |
-12 |
Addison Russell |
36 |
50 |
-14 |
Dexter Fowler |
20 |
41 |
-21 |
Jason Heyward |
17 |
43 |
-26 |