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Magic number: Zero.
Congratulations to the Champions of the Central... now the real journey begins.
Graphs for Game 146 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 146:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Smith |
1.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
.049 |
|
S Patton |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.47 |
.035 |
|
M Montgomery |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1.05 |
-.039 |
|
J Grimm |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1.97 |
-.319 |
|
Total |
9 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
1.04 |
-.274 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Heyward |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.47 |
.174 |
|
M Montgomery |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.32 |
.106 |
|
J Soler |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1.58 |
.053 |
|
M Montero |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.73 |
.023 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1.15 |
.012 |
|
T La Stella |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.26 |
-.035 |
|
B Zobrist |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.5 |
-.036 |
|
A Russell |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.45 |
-.101 |
|
D Fowler |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.47 |
-.136 |
|
W Contreras |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5.15 |
-.140 |
|
K Bryant |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.42 |
-.146 |
|
Total |
35 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
1.54 |
-.226 |
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 Gonzalez Mishap of Game 146: With two on and one out in the top of the seventh, Scooter Gennett drops a double into the left-field corner, scoring Domingo Santana and Martin Maldonado to give the Brewers a 5-3 lead. WPA impact: -.279.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Jason Heyward (.174). Gave the Cubs a fighting chance with his second double of the game in the eighth to cut the lead to one.
- Hero - Jorge Soler (.053). That homer of his in the second was loud. And majestic.
- Sidekick - Joe Smith (.049). Ended the threat in the seventh with a swinging strikeout of Keon Broxton and then made a very nice pickoff play on Ryan Braun in the eighth.
- Honorable Mention - Mike Montgomery (-.039 / +.067). I had to give Montgomery a nod here for his first major-league hit, which just also happened to tie the game at the time.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Justin Grimm (-.319). Just wasn't his night, allowing a leadoff double and a walk before the double to Gennett that Soler really had no chance to get. At least not without crashing into the side wall in left field.
- Goat - Kris Bryant (-.146). Getting picked off of second base in the seventh when you're down by two is painful. Striking out with two on in a tie game in the fourth doesn't help, either.
- Kid - Willson Contreras (-.140). Only had one chance in this one as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and got beat on a pitcher's strike by Tyler Thornburg to end the inning with runners on the corners.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 146: Heyward begins yet another climb away from the minus-50 door while Bryant takes another tumble backward toward the minus-10 mark.
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
14 |
20.5 |
11 |
94 |
|
Addison Russell |
12 |
11 |
14 |
72 |
|
Kris Bryant |
8.5 |
16.5 |
13 |
71.5 |
|
Jon Lester |
17 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
60.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
8 |
7 |
13.5 |
51.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
11 |
6 |
3 |
48 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
12.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
43.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
4 |
8.5 |
14.5 |
43.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
9 |
2 |
5 |
36 |
|
Jason Heyward |
4 |
9 |
6 |
36 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
5 |
8 |
33 |
|
John Lackey |
8 |
2 |
0 |
28 |
|
Jorge Soler |
4 |
4 |
8 |
28 |
|
Miguel Montero |
4.5 |
5 |
3.5 |
27 |
|
Travis Wood |
4 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
|
Hector Rondon |
2.5 |
3.5 |
5 |
19.5 |
|
David Ross |
2 |
5 |
3.5 |
19.5 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
4 |
3.5 |
17.5 |
|
Willson Contreras |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
|
Adam Warren |
1 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
11.5 |
|
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
3 |
0.5 |
9.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
8.5 |
|
Albert Almora Jr. |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
Rob Zastryzny |
2 |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Joe Smith |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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 |
14 |
16.5 |
83.5 |
|
Jason Heyward |
16 |
14 |
6.5 |
82.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
13.5 |
14.5 |
10 |
79.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
8.5 |
14.5 |
12 |
66.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
12 |
8 |
6 |
58 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
6 |
17 |
5.5 |
57.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
7 |
7 |
13.5 |
48.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
6 |
5 |
11 |
39 |
|
Willson Contreras |
3.5 |
6.5 |
6 |
29.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
5 |
4 |
23 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1.5 |
4.5 |
9 |
22.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
5 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
|
David Ross |
3 |
3 |
6.5 |
21.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
5 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
|
Pedro Strop |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
|
John Lackey |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
|
Adam Warren |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
|
Hector Rondon |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
|
Justin Grimm |
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 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
2 |
3.5 |
10.5 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Joe Smith |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Jeimer Candelario |
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 |
60.5 |
12 |
48.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
48 |
11 |
37 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
94 |
57.5 |
36.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
43.5 |
13 |
30.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
36 |
21 |
15 |
|
John Lackey |
28 |
19 |
9 |
|
Tommy La Stella |
17.5 |
11 |
6.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
19.5 |
14 |
5.5 |
|
Rob Zastryzny |
6.5 |
2 |
4.5 |
|
Miguel Montero |
27 |
23 |
4 |
|
Carl Edwards Jr. |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Felix Pena |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
Aroldis Chapman |
6 |
6 |
0 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Spencer Patton |
1.5 |
2 |
-0.5 |
|
Joel Peralta |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Gerardo Concepcion |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
|
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Travis Wood |
20 |
22 |
-2 |
|
David Ross |
19.5 |
21.5 |
-2 |
|
Jeimer Candelario |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
10.5 |
-2.5 |
|
Mike Montgomery |
6 |
9 |
-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 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
|
Adam Warren |
11.5 |
16 |
-4.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
8.5 |
13 |
-4.5 |
|
Kris Bryant |
71.5 |
79.5 |
-8 |
|
Matt Szczur |
12 |
22.5 |
-10.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
28 |
39 |
-11 |
|
Addison Russell |
72 |
83.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
9 |
21 |
-12 |
|
Willson Contreras |
16 |
29.5 |
-13.5 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
43.5 |
58 |
-14.5 |
|
Ben Zobrist |
51.5 |
66.5 |
-15 |
|
Javier Baez |
33 |
48.5 |
-15.5 |
|
Jason Heyward |
36 |
82.5 |
-46.5 |