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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 132

Jason Hammel gets himself back on track with a nice one-run outing over six innings on Wednesday to pick up his ninth Superhero of the season in the Cubs' 6-5 win.

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The style points bank has once again been emptied. As has the one that's on the other side of town. And once they get the third one built, it'll be immediately emptied as well. #AbsolutelyRidiculous

Graphs for Game 132 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 132 Chart 2016

Stats for Game 132:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Hammel

6

3

0

1

3

6

1.28

.244

F Pena

0.2

0

0

0

1

1

2.99

.095

J Grimm

0.2

0

0

0

1

1

2.63

.083

A Chapman

1

2

0

1

1

2

2.07

.069

T Cahill

0.1

2

0

1

1

1

0.76

-.084

T Wood

0.1

2

0

2

1

1

0.65

-.120

Total

9

9

0

5

8

12

1.52

.287

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Bryant

4

2

2

1

1

1

1

0.77

.161

J Heyward

3

1

2

0

1

1

0

0.82

.137

A Russell

2

1

1

0

2

1

0

0.86

.121

M Szczur

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0.19

.008

M Montero

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.31

-.007

J Soler

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0.85

-.009

D Fowler

5

0

1

0

0

0

2

0.45

-.018

W Contreras

4

0

1

0

1

0

1

0.58

-.023

J Baez

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.5

-.029

J Hammel

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.59

-.029

T La Stella

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.73

-.037

A Rizzo

3

1

0

0

0

1

0

0.89

-.061

Total

31

6

8

1

5

6

5

0.68

.213

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 132: After getting two quick strikes on Jordy Mercer in the top of the ninth with two out and two on, Aroldis Chapman wins an 11-pitch battle by striking out Mercer on a 92-mile-per-hour wipeout slider, putting the finishing touch on a somewhat nerve-wracking final inning and completing the sweep of the three-game series against the PiratesWPA impact: +.137.

THE THREE HEROES:

  • Superhero - Jason Hammel (.244 / .215). There were a few occasions in this game where he was faced with a runner on third base, but he got out of most of the trouble with a key strikeout and some help from his friends on defense.
  • Hero - Kris Bryant (.161). Got the scoring started with his 36th homer of the season in the first and never looked back after that.
  • Sidekick - Jason Heyward (.137). He's had four two-hit games in his last five starts, which is wonderful, but there's definitely a fruit basket headed to Antonio Bastardo for his wild pitch and his balk in the sixth which gave Heyward almost half of his WPA on the night.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.120). His outing started out well enough with a strikeout in the eighth, but quickly unraveled after that with a walk sandwiched between two doubles to left.
  • Goat - Trevor Cahill (-.084). His outing started out well enough with a strikeout in the seventh -- wait, this sounds familiar -- but it quickly unraveled after that with a walk sandwiched between two singles to the left side.
  • Kid - Anthony Rizzo (-.061). You can't always drive 'em in... he had a pretty big chance with runners on the corners in the fifth but popped out to end the inning.

RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 132: Hammel moves back into the plus-20 club but still finds himself well back of the rest of the lead pack in fifth place.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

11

20.5

11

85

Addison Russell

11

11

13

68

Kris Bryant

8.5

14.5

13

67.5

Jon Lester

14

3.5

2.5

51.5

Ben Zobrist

8

6

11.5

47.5

Kyle Hendricks

10

5

3

43

Jake Arrieta

12.5

2.5

0

42.5

Dexter Fowler

3

6.5

14.5

36.5

Jason Hammel

9

2

5

36

Javier Baez

4

5

7

29

Jason Heyward

2

9

5

29

John Lackey

8

1

0

26

Miguel Montero

4.5

4

3.5

25

Jorge Soler

4

3

7

25

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

4.5

7.5

Rob Zastryzny

2

0

0.5

6.5

Carl Edwards Jr.

0

2

2

6

Mike Montgomery

1

1

0

5

Chris Coghlan

0

2

1

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

Addison Russell

13

12

13.5

76.5

Jason Heyward

14

14

4.5

74.5

Kris Bryant

10.5

11.5

10

64.5

Ben Zobrist

6.5

14.5

12

60.5

Anthony Rizzo

6

14

5.5

51.5

Dexter Fowler

10

7

6

50

Javier Baez

7

7

13.5

48.5

Jorge Soler

6

3

11

35

Willson Contreras

3.5

5.5

4

25.5

Travis Wood

5

1

5

22

Miguel Montero

3

5

3

22

Pedro Strop

4

4

1

21

David Ross

3

3

4.5

19.5

Matt Szczur

1.5

3.5

8

19.5

John Lackey

5

1

2

19

Adam Warren

4

2

0

16

Jason Hammel

3

2

2

15

Hector Rondon

3

2

1

14

Jake Arrieta

3

1

2

13

Trevor Cahill

2

3

1

13

Jon Lester

3

1

1

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

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

Rob Zastryzny

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

51.5

12

39.5

Anthony Rizzo

85

51.5

33.5

Kyle Hendricks

43

11

32

Jake Arrieta

42.5

13

29.5

Jason Hammel

36

15

21

Tommy La Stella

17.5

10

7.5

John Lackey

26

19

7

Hector Rondon

19.5

14

5.5

Rob Zastryzny

6.5

2

4.5

Kris Bryant

67.5

64.5

3

Miguel Montero

25

22

3

Ryan Kalish

2

0

2

Felix Pena

0.5

0

0.5

Carl Edwards Jr.

6

6

0

Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Spencer Patton

1.5

2

-0.5

Mike Montgomery

5

6

-1

Joel Peralta

2

3

-1

Gerardo Concepcion

1

2

-1

Kyle Schwarber

0

1

-1

Chris Coghlan

5

6.5

-1.5

Travis Wood

20

22

-2

Jeimer Candelario

2

4

-2

Tim Federowicz

2

4

-2

Justin Grimm

7.5

10

-2.5

Aroldis Chapman

3

6

-3

Clayton Richard

3

6

-3

Brian Matusz

0

3

-3

Trevor Cahill

9.5

13

-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

Addison Russell

68

76.5

-8.5

Jorge Soler

25

35

-10

Matt Szczur

9

19.5

-10.5

Willson Contreras

14

25.5

-11.5

Pedro Strop

9

21

-12

Ben Zobrist

47.5

60.5

-13

Dexter Fowler

36.5

50

-13.5

Javier Baez

29

48.5

-19.5

Jason Heyward

29

74.5

-45.5