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Sometimes you just need a cute baby photo to make things better. #ThatsNotHowStropWearsItThough
The smallest @Cubs fan representing at Citi Field tonight. pic.twitter.com/adWEFDi5n7
— Jessica Asbury (@Jess_Asbury) July 1, 2016
Graphs for Game 78 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 78:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Lackey |
6.1 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
1.25 |
.223 |
|
T Cahill |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.33 |
.024 |
|
P Strop |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.86 |
-.240 |
|
J Peralta |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2.79 |
-.341 |
|
Total |
8 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
1.32 |
-.334 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
B Zobrist |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.51 |
.336 |
|
M Montero |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.73 |
.115 |
|
A Russell |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1.07 |
.033 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.34 |
-.007 |
|
A Almora |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
-.007 |
|
K Bryant |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1.53 |
-.029 |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.53 |
-.039 |
|
J Lackey |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.58 |
-.040 |
|
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3.14 |
-.083 |
|
J Heyward |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.18 |
-.101 |
|
W Contreras |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2.44 |
-.116 |
|
J Baez |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2.89 |
-.229 |
|
Total |
35 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
1.64 |
-.166 |
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 - Ben Zobrist (.336). You can't ask for much more table-setting than what he delivered Thursday night, giving the Cubs two runners in scoring position with nobody out in the ninth.
- Hero - John Lackey (.223). Cruised through the first four innings and fought his way out of a couple of big jams in the fifth and the sixth.
- Sidekick - Miguel Montero (.115). He gets the junior table-setter award for his pinch-hit walk to start the ninth.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Joel Peralta (-.341). Two batters faced, one walk, one single through the middle. And one impending sense of doom.
- Goat - Pedro Strop (-.240). It's safe to say that a lot of this podium spot is due to events that he didn't control, namely the error that occurred behind him made by...
- Kid - Javier Baez (-.229). ...but I guess this is karma's way of evening the scales. That and a popout to end the game with the bases loaded.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 78: Lackey breaks the tie with Montero for sixth place, moving the starting rotation into five of the top six spots on the chart.
|
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 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
7 |
2 |
6.5 |
31.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
3.5 |
6.5 |
8 |
31.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
9 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3.5 |
4 |
2.5 |
21 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
3 |
11 |
20 |
|
Jason Hammel |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
|
John Lackey |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
|
Jorge Soler |
2 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
|
Jason Heyward |
1 |
6 |
2 |
17 |
|
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 |
8 |
26 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
|
Adam Warren |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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 |
|
Joel Peralta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
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 |
|
John Lackey |
17 |
9 |
8 |
|
Miguel Montero |
21 |
14 |
7 |
|
Travis Wood |
17 |
10 |
7 |
|
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 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
31.5 |
31.5 |
0 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
6 |
6 |
0 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Albert Almora Jr. |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
|
Joel Peralta |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Gerardo Concepcion |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Spencer Patton |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
|
Clayton Richard |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6.5 |
10 |
-3.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
9 |
16 |
-7 |
|
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
14 |
-7.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
31.5 |
41.5 |
-10 |
|
Jorge Soler |
17 |
27 |
-10 |
|
Javier Baez |
13 |
26 |
-13 |
|
Addison Russell |
36 |
50 |
-14 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
20 |
41 |
-21 |
|
Jason Heyward |
17 |
43 |
-26 |