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Graphs for Game 127 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 127:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.7 |
.123 |
|
A Chapman |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.21 |
.076 |
|
C Edwards Jr. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.84 |
.041 |
|
J Grimm |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.35 |
-.054 |
|
M Montgomery |
5 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1.33 |
-.149 |
|
Total |
10 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
1.21 |
.037 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
K Bryant |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1.66 |
.439 |
|
J Heyward |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.86 |
.257 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.27 |
.090 |
|
D Fowler |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.22 |
.045 |
|
A Russell |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.12 |
.014 |
|
M Montero |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1.26 |
-.010 |
|
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.47 |
-.012 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.21 |
-.029 |
|
W Contreras |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.21 |
-.030 |
|
M Montgomery |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.54 |
-.069 |
|
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.47 |
-.079 |
|
B Zobrist |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.36 |
-.154 |
|
Total |
39 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
1.39 |
.463 |
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 Ramirez Catalyst of Game 127: No doubt about this one. With one on and nobody out in the top of the 10th, Kris Bryant hits his second homer of the night, this one to right-center to give the Cubs a 6-4 lead. WPA impact: +.356.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Kris Bryant (.439). Hey, it's not how you start the night; it's how you finish it. And two homers in your final two plate appearances, one being a go-ahead shot, is a heck of a way to finish a night.
- Hero - Jason Heyward (.257). There's definitely a fruit basket due to Kenley Jansen for tying the game with his wild pitch in the ninth, but it doesn't have to come from Heyward because he would have had the podium spot even without it. The wild pitch just makes the podium spot look a lot more impressive.
- Sidekick - Travis Wood (.123). Took advantage of the perfect opportunity for a reliever to shine by pitching a perfect ninth inning in a tie game.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Ben Zobrist (-.154). He did have a couple of strikeouts, but the BABIP overlords came down on him hard in this one courtesy of this play by Chase Utley.
- Goat - Mike Montgomery (-.149 / -.218). He put a lot of people on base in this one -- 11 in five innings -- but managed to walk away with only three runs allowed. And then there were the two blown bunt opportunities to make the slash line look pretty blah.
- Kid - Jorge Soler (-.079). Only had one opportunity with a runner on base in this game, and not being able to capitalize on it ended up landing him on the final step.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 127: Bryant continues his journey back to even ground while Heyward tries to claw his way out of the minus-40 club.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
11 |
19.5 |
11 |
83 |
|
Addison Russell |
11 |
11 |
13 |
68 |
|
Kris Bryant |
8.5 |
10.5 |
13 |
59.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
13 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
48.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
8 |
6 |
11.5 |
47.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
12.5 |
2.5 |
0 |
42.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
9 |
5 |
3 |
40 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
3 |
6.5 |
13.5 |
35.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
8 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
|
Javier Baez |
4 |
5 |
6 |
28 |
|
Jason Heyward |
2 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
|
John Lackey |
8 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
|
Miguel Montero |
4.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
25 |
|
Jorge Soler |
3 |
3 |
7 |
22 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
|
Hector Rondon |
2.5 |
3.5 |
5 |
19.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
4 |
3.5 |
17.5 |
|
David Ross |
2 |
3 |
2.5 |
14.5 |
|
Willson Contreras |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Adam Warren |
1 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
11.5 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
3 |
0.5 |
9.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Albert Almora Jr. |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
6.5 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Rob Zastryzny |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Jeimer Candelario |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Joel Peralta |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Spencer Patton |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Gerardo Concepcion |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Felix Pena |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Jason Heyward |
13 |
14 |
4.5 |
71.5 |
|
Addison Russell |
11 |
12 |
12.5 |
69.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
10.5 |
10.5 |
10 |
62.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
6.5 |
14.5 |
12 |
60.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
6 |
14 |
4.5 |
50.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
10 |
7 |
6 |
50 |
|
Javier Baez |
7 |
6 |
12.5 |
45.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
6 |
3 |
11 |
35 |
|
Willson Contreras |
3.5 |
5.5 |
4 |
25.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
|
Pedro Strop |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
|
David Ross |
3 |
3 |
4.5 |
19.5 |
|
John Lackey |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1.5 |
3.5 |
7 |
18.5 |
|
Adam Warren |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
|
Hector Rondon |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Jon Lester |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Jason Hammel |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
|
Albert Almora Jr. |
1 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
Justin Grimm |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Jeimer Candelario |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Joe Smith |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Brian Matusz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Joel Peralta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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 |
48.5 |
12 |
36.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
83 |
50.5 |
32.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
42.5 |
12 |
30.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
40 |
11 |
29 |
|
Jason Hammel |
33 |
12 |
21 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
17.5 |
10 |
7.5 |
|
John Lackey |
26 |
19 |
7 |
|
Hector Rondon |
19.5 |
14 |
5.5 |
|
Rob Zastryzny |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
25 |
22 |
3 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Travis Wood |
20 |
19 |
1 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
9.5 |
9 |
0.5 |
|
Felix Pena |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Spencer Patton |
1.5 |
2 |
-0.5 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
|
Joel Peralta |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Gerardo Concepcion |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Addison Russell |
68 |
69.5 |
-1.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
6.5 |
-1.5 |
|
Jeimer Candelario |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Kris Bryant |
59.5 |
62.5 |
-3 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
|
Clayton Richard |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
|
Brian Matusz |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6.5 |
10 |
-3.5 |
|
Albert Almora Jr. |
8 |
12 |
-4 |
|
Joe Smith |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
Adam Warren |
11.5 |
16 |
-4.5 |
|
David Ross |
14.5 |
19.5 |
-5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
9 |
18.5 |
-9.5 |
|
Willson Contreras |
14 |
25.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
9 |
21 |
-12 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
47.5 |
60.5 |
-13 |
|
Jorge Soler |
22 |
35 |
-13 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
35.5 |
50 |
-14.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
28 |
45.5 |
-17.5 |
|
Jason Heyward |
28 |
71.5 |
-43.5 |