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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 99
<figure>
<img alt="It's way too early to be looking that dejected, man." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/VIOvsWajq9LfEU1_yhVFEBdS4Tw=/0x0:3990x2660/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/36001662/452578422.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>It's way too early to be looking that dejected, man. | Brian Kersey</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The second start for Tsuyoshi Wada didn't go nearly as well as the first.</p> <p>Couple that with two huge missed opportunities in the fifth and seventh innings and you have the recipe for <span>Edwin Jackson</span> as your primary hope for a series victory. You <i>might</i> want to avoid that recipe if you can in the future.</p>
<p><b>Graphs for Game 99 </b>(courtesy of <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2014-07-23&team=Cubs&dh=0&season=2014" target="_blank" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Fangraphs</a>):</p>
<p><a href="http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4805588/Game-99.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Game-99" class="photo" src="http://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4805588/Game-99.png"></a> <br id="1406200376663"></p>
<p><b>Stats for Game 99:</b></p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="299">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p><b>Pitcher</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p><b>IP</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p><b>H</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p><b>HR</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p><b>ER</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p><b>BB</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p><b>SO</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p><b>pLI</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p><b>WPA</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>C Villanueva</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.74</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.069</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>B Schlitter</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.93</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.065</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>J Russell</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.02</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.001</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>J Grimm</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.47</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.110</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>T Wada</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.96</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.429</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p><b>Total</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right"><b>9</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>0</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right"><b>11</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>7</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right"><b>0.82</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right"><b>-.404</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="327">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p><b>Batter</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p><b>AB</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p><b>R</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p><b>H</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p><b>HR</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p><b>RBI</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p><b>BB</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p><b>SO</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p><b>pLI</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p><b>WPA</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>L Valbuena</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.88</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.270</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>R Sweeney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.84</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.053</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>W Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.92</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.018</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>E Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.07</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.001</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>J Baker</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.08</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.002</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>N Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.39</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.006</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>T Wada</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.72</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.018</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>A Rizzo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.43</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.023</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>J Lake</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.52</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.038</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>C Coghlan</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.93</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.052</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>A Alcantara</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.066</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>S Castro</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">2.29</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.232</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p><b>Total</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>30</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right"><b>4</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>1</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right"><b>6</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>9</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right"><b>1.17</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right"><b>-.096</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><i style="font-weight: bold;">Writer's Note: </i><i>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.</i></p>
<p><b>THE THREE HEROES:</b></p>
<ul>
<li> <b>Superhero - </b><span>Luis Valbuena</span> (.270). Fun fact: The last time he homered -- back on <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2014-06-28&team=Cubs&dh=2&season=2014">June 28</a> -- was also the last time he was at the top of the Hero podium.</li>
<li> <b>Hero - </b><span>Carlos Villanueva</span> (.069). More like a depressing fact: The last time he was this high on the podium was on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2014-04-06&team=Cubs&dh=0&season=2014">April 6</a>, 24 appearances ago.</li>
<li> <b>Sidekick </b>- <span>Brian Schlitter</span> (.065). Nifty play on the forceout at home in the fifth. JD's commentary made it even better.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>T</b><b>HE THREE GOATS:</b></p>
<ul>
<li> <b>Billy Goat -</b> <span>Tsuyoshi Wada</span> (-.429). Couldn't find the strike zone most of the night, and when he did bad things tended to happen.</li>
<li> <b>Goat - </b><span>Starlin Castro</span> (-.232). Four chances with runners on and couldn't make anything out of them.</li>
<li> <b>Kid - </b><span>Justin Grimm</span> (-.110). Any hope that remained -- no matter how fleeting -- was essentially squashed after he was done.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>U</b><b>PDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 99 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):</b></p>
<p>x - Player not on 25-man roster.<br>y - Player not on 40-man roster.<br>z - Player no longer with <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cubs</a>.</p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Heroes</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>1st</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>2nd</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>3rd</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>Total</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Anthony Rizzo</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">66</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Starlin Castro</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">59</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Luis Valbuena</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>10</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>49</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Justin Ruggiano</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">34.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Welington Castillo</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Jason Hammel</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">28</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Jeff Samardzija</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">24</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Nate Schierholtz</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">24</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Jake Arrieta</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Travis Wood</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Mike Olt</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Chris Coghlan</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Emilio Bonifacio</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Junior Lake</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Brian Schlitter</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>6</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>18</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>y-<span>Darwin Barney</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">16.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>John Baker</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Edwin Jackson</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Ryan Sweeney</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Ryan Kalish</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Hector Rondon</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Arismendy Alcantara</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Carlos Villanueva</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>2</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>James Russell</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Wesley Wright</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Neil Ramirez</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Justin Grimm</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Pedro Strop</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Zac Rosscup</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><span>Kyle Hendricks</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Dallas Beeler</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Tsuyoshi Wada</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Blake Parker</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Goats</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>1st</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>2nd</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>3rd</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>Total</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Nate Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">44</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Starlin Castro</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>7.5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>41</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Luis Valbuena</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">35.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Travis Wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Junior Lake</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Edwin Jackson</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">31</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Anthony Rizzo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Mike Olt</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">27</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Welington Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">26.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Justin Grimm</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>2.5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>24.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Jason Hammel</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">23</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Emilio Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">23</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Carlos Villanueva</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Hector Rondon</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Justin Ruggiano</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Ryan Sweeney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">16.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Jeff Samardzija</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>James Russell</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>y-Darwin Barney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Chris Coghlan</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>John Baker</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Pedro Strop</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Brian Schlitter</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Wesley Wright</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Jose Veras</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Jake Arrieta</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Ryan Kalish</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>y-<span>Eli Whiteside</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Dallas Beeler</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Neil Ramirez</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Tsuyoshi Wada</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Arismendy Alcantara</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-<span>Chris Rusin</span></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Kyle Hendricks</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Blake Parker</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="299">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Overall</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>Hero</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>Goat</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>+/-</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Anthony Rizzo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">66</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">30</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">36</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Starlin Castro</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">59</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>41</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>18</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Justin Ruggiano</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">34.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Luis Valbuena</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>49</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">35.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>13.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Jake Arrieta</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-Jeff Samardzija</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">24</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Chris Coghlan</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Brian Schlitter</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>18</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>7</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Arismendy Alcantara</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Welington Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">26.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">5.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-Jason Hammel</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">28</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">23</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Zac Rosscup</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Neil Ramirez</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>John Baker</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>y-Darwin Barney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Ryan Kalish</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Kyle Hendricks</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Blake Parker</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Dallas Beeler</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-1</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Tsuyoshi Wada</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>-1</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Chris Rusin</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Emilio Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">23</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Wesley Wright</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-3.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Pedro Strop</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Mike Olt</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">27</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Ryan Sweeney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">10.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>y-Eli Whiteside</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>James Russell</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-7</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Hector Rondon</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-8.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-Jose Veras</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Travis Wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-11</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Carlos Villanueva</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>-12</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Junior Lake</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">32</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-13</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Edwin Jackson</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">31</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-18</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Justin Grimm</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>24.5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>-18.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Nate Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">24</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">44</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-20</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Valbuena rides the longball to the top of the Heroes, while Wada sees for the first time what the Goat podium looks like.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/7/24/5931799/cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-99
Russ La Croix
2014-07-24T08:00:09-05:00
2014-07-24T08:00:09-05:00
Padres 8, Cubs 3: Wada Long Game
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ruIXwyBJDGEvuf_u-de076ERdpQ=/0x350:3075x2400/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/36002154/20140723_pjc_bb6_099.JPG.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>David Banks-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>If you like lots of walks in a baseball game, you were in heaven Wednesday night.</p> <p>A couple of days ago, I came across <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-1994" target="_blank">this Roger Ebert review</a> of a forgettable film called "North." The review, one of his most famous, had been linked online because it was the review's 20th anniversary. In it was one of Ebert's most memorable lines:</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it.</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>That's how I felt about <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2014_07_23_sdnmlb_chnmlb_1" target="_blank">the Cubs' 8-3 loss to the Padres</a> at Wrigley Field Wednesday night. <i>I hated this game. Hated hated hated hated hated this game. Hated it.</i></p>
<p>The length -- yes, the length. You know this about me already: nine-inning games that drag on and on and on and on, just can't stand them and this one...</p>
<p>Let's go over some of the particulars. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> pitchers walked 11 Wednesday night. <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=q9LZC" target="_blank">Here's a list of all the nine-inning games</a> in the expansion era (since 1962) where the Cubs issued 11 or more walks. There are 19 such games -- that's an average of one about every two and a half years. (The last one before Wednesday was <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201009260.shtml" target="_blank">September 26, 2010</a> against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a>, amusing to look at because of the players who played for the Cubs in that game, only two of whom remain in the organization.) You probably don't have to look to guess the Cubs' record in those 19 games -- it's 0-19. Thus another loss was probably predetermined by the walkathon. It wasn't just the Cubs, either; <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> pitchers added to the misery by issuing six walks. At one point in the middle innings, the two teams sent 16 hitters to the plate, and eight of them walked. <span>Yasmani Grandal</span> walked twice, and he didn't even get into the game until the eighth inning. That's when <span>Justin Grimm</span> put the game out of reach with a three-walk, two hit, one sac fly, three-run abomination of an outing.</p>
<p>Even <span>Jeff Francoeur</span>, just recalled by the Padres, who is one of the most difficult hitters to walk in modern baseball, drew a walk. (On four pitches, no less.)</p>
<p>The Padres scoring eight runs is rare enough. They had eight runs <i>combined</i> in their three previous games and had scored at least eight runs in a game only four times all year before Wednesday night (comparison point: the Cubs, not a good offensive team, have scored eight or more runs nine times this year). The Padres got the leadoff man on base in seven of the nine innings, and four times Cubs pitchers issued a leadoff walk.</p>
<p>You're simply not going to win games that way.</p>
<p><span>Tsuyoshi Wada</span> was the primary culprit, issuing four walks in four innings plus three hitters in the fifth (as well as five hits). Two of the three fifth-inning hitters walked, followed by a double into the ivy, and at that point even Rick Renteria had had enough, replacing Wada with <span>Brian Schlitter</span>, who walked two of the four hitters he faced. It was what happened with the other two hitters that inning that kept the game close at 5-3: Schlitter made a nifty acrobatic dive and flip for a force at the plate on an attempted squeeze (nicely done!) and then got out of the inning with a double play.</p>
<p>The only reason the score was even that close: <span>Luis Valbuena</span> had smacked a three-run homer in the last of the fourth, which had tied the game at three. If you didn't see this game and haven't yet looked at the play-by-play, you can almost certainly guess how the two runners he drove in got on base. (Yep. Walks.) The home run was hit into a gale blasting off Lake Michigan, in at 16 miles per hour, the weather having turned from July stickiness Tuesday night to October-like chill Wednesday. It was Valbuena's first home run since June 28 and (hopefully) broke him out of a 7-for-52 slump. Besides Valbuena's blast, the Cubs had just three other hits and had only one other real chance to score, when they loaded the bases in the fifth with one out -- two walks, of course, after a double by <span>Welington Castillo</span> -- but <span>Anthony Rizzo</span> struck out and <span>Starlin Castro</span> bounced into a force play.</p>
<p>Those kinds of things are going to happen, even to your two best hitters, from time to time. But man, the walks. The walks. Awful. 335 pitches were thrown in this game, 142 by Padres hurlers and an astonishing total of 193 by Cubs pitchers (114 strikes, 79 balls).</p>
<p>I don't get it about Wada. One of the things he did best at Triple-A Iowa this year was not walk hitters -- just 28 walks in 113⅔ innings, 2.2 per nine innings. He's thrown nine innings in the major leagues now, with five walks issued. Small sample size and all, but that's not a good thing. He'll have to do better if he wants to stick in this rotation.</p>
<p>I'll repeat: <b>I hated this game. Hated hated hated hated hated this game. Hated it.</b> It lasted one hour and one minute longer than Tuesday night's and the result was worse.</p>
<p>This isn't related at all to Wednesday's game, but I wanted to note <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-theo-epstein-bits-cubs-padres-spt-0724-20140724,0,5948313.story" target="_blank">this Theo Epstein comment</a> on the demotion of <span>Mike Olt</span> to Iowa:</p>
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<pre>"He acknowledges he has gotten into a few bad habits at the plate and a few bad habits he couldn't break out of at the big league level, especially playing sporadically," Epstein said. "So playing every day down there will be good for him. And we think he has a chance to right himself just by playing every day and being relaxed."</pre>
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<p>I'm not sure if Olt will "right himself," but he will get his chance -- and Epstein specifically stated that one of the reasons for Olt's struggle was "playing sporadically."</p>
<p>Back to the series at hand: the Cubs will try to win it Thursday night when <span>Edwin Jackson</span> takes on the Padres' <span>Tyson Ross</span>. I certainly won't be going to Wrigley Field expecting fewer walks, with Jackson on the mound. Wednesday, I actually saw someone in the bleachers wearing a Jackson shirsey. Didn't even know they sold those.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/7/24/5932793/cubs-padres-recap-tsuyoshi-wada-luis-valbuena-mlb-scores
Al Yellon
2014-07-23T21:50:02-05:00
2014-07-23T21:50:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Padres, Wednesday 7/23
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/7/23/5920391/overflow-thread-3-cubs-vs-padres-wednesday-7-23-7-05-ct
Al Yellon
2014-07-23T21:05:02-05:00
2014-07-23T21:05:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Padres, Wednesday 7/23
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/7/23/5920397/overflow-thread-2-cubs-vs-padres-wednesday-7-23-7-05-ct
Al Yellon
2014-07-23T20:05:02-05:00
2014-07-23T20:05:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Padres, Wednesday 7/23
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Al Yellon
2014-07-23T17:00:02-05:00
2014-07-23T17:00:02-05:00
Cubs vs. Padres Preview, Wednesday 7/23, 7:05 CT
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<p>The Cubs go for their second straight win over the Padres.</p> <p>There hasn't been any real news from the Cubs today, but their opponents, the San Diego Padres, <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11254009/cameron-maybin-san-diego-padres-suspended-25-games" target="_blank">have made some news they probably wish they hadn't</a>:</p>
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<pre>San Diego Padres outfielder <span>Cameron Maybin</span> has been suspended 25 games after testing positive for amphetamines, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday. The suspension is effective immediately.
Agent Brian Goldberg said Maybin will address the media when he returns from his 25-game suspension. Maybin issued a statement Wednesday through the Players Association.
"I have been undergoing treatment for several years for a medical condition, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), for which I previously had a Therapeutic Use Exemption [TUE],'' Maybin said. "Unfortunately, in my attempts to switch back to a medicine that had been previously ok'd, I neglected to follow all the rules and as a result I tested positive.
"I want to assure everyone that this was a genuine effort to treat my condition and I was not trying in any way to gain an advantage in my baseball career. I understand that I must accept responsibility for this mistake and I will take my punishment and will not challenge my suspension. I apologize to my family, friends, fans, teammates, and the entire Padres organization. I look forward to returning to the field and contributing to the success of my Club."</pre>
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<p>Maybin isn't having a good year anyway, batting .247/.286/.368 with one home run and three stolen bases in 62 games and an OPS+ of 88. More interesting is who's going to replace him:</p>
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<pre>The Padres are expected to add outfielder <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> from their Triple-A El Paso club to replace Maybin on the 25-man roster.</pre>
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<p>Frenchy's back in the big leagues! He hit decently well, nothing special, at Triple-A El Paso: .294/.325/.465 with almost as many home runs (15) as walks (18) and 82 strikeouts. And, they tried him as a relief pitcher (seven games, 6⅓ innings, three walks, four strikeouts, 4.26 ERA, 1.263 WHIP). Now <i>that</i> would be interesting.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
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<pre>Bonifacio 2B, Alcantara CF, Rizzo 1B, Castro SS, Coghlan LF, Valbuena 3B, Schierholtz RF, Castillo C, Wada P</pre>
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<p>The Padres lineup was not available at the time I wrote this post. Please check <a href="http://www.twitter.com/bleedcubbieblue" target="_blank">the BCB Twitter feed</a> for the Padres lineup.</p>
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<p><span>Tsuyoshi Wada's</span> first major-league start, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201407082.shtml" target="_blank">in the second game of the July 8 doubleheader</a> against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a>, was good enough for the Cubs to give him another shot at the rotation. Wada has made two starts at Iowa since then, and in his last one at Round Rock struck out 10. At the moment he leads the PCL in strikeouts; perhaps that can translate to the big-league level.</p>
<p><span>Ian Kennedy</span> had a pretty good outing against the Cubs <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN201405250.shtml" target="_blank">May 25 in San Diego</a>, allowing just two hits, two walks and one run in six innings. One of the runs was a homer by <span>Junior Lake</span>, who, of course, isn't starting tonight.</p>
<p>Today's game is on CSN Chicago.</p>
<p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?ymd=20130401#date=7/23/2014" target="_blank">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_07_23_sdnmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=gameday" target="_blank">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/CHC.shtml" target="_blank">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/161453/pregame" target="_blank">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p>Please visit our SB Nation <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Padres</a> site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gaslampball.com">Gaslamp Ball</a>. Be careful over there, though.</p>
<p>For 2014, we are going to have the same game-thread routine as 2013. Here's how it works.</p>
<p>You'll find the game preview -- like this one -- posting as the first link in the StoryStream™, which will then contain all the overflow threads and the recap. The recap will also be on the front page as a separate post; once I post a game recap, the stream for each game will be retitled "Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads" so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game.</p>
<p>In general, game previews will post two hours before game time. Exception: for day games after night games, that will usually be 90 minutes.</p>
<p>You will also be able to find the First Pitch Thread and all the overflow threads in the box marked "<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Chicago Cubs</a> Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page (<a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/game-threads">you can also find them in this section link</a>). They will also appear in this StoryStream™. As I've done for each regular-season game for several years now, we'll have the First Pitch thread at five minutes before game time (moved up from actual game time per your requests), then an overflow one hour, two hours and 2:45 after game time.</p>
<p>Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/7/23/5915541/chicago-cubs-san-diego-padres-preview-wednesday
Al Yellon