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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Games 134 & 135
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<img alt="I wonder what Logan got for the ball." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/P-u4-yAR2B7Fqe03BK2B7Q8fs_Q=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/37706046/454385590.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>I wonder what Logan got for the ball. | Dilip Vishwanat</figcaption>
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<p>How do you keep Jorge Soler off of the Hero podium? Give him a game off.</p> <p>That's not to say that <span>Felix Doubront</span> didn't earn it in Game 1 on Saturday, because he most certainly did.</p>
<p>The quick Friday recap (Game 134 - Cubs 7, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> 2):</p>
<p><b>Superhero - </b><span>Jorge Soler</span> (.391). I had a vision during this game. It was a vision of the future. The not-too-distant-future. And it was good. <b>Really</b> good.<br><b>Billy Goat - </b><span>Welington Castillo</span> (-.126). I'm not sure I saw him in it, though.</p>
<p>And for Game 1 on Saturday:</p>
<p><b>Graphs for Game 135 </b>(courtesy of <a style="background-color: #ffffff;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2014-08-30&team=Cubs&dh=1&season=2014">Fangraphs</a>):</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4950450/Game-135.png"><img src="http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4950450/Game-135.png" class="photo" alt="Game-135"></a> <br id="1409433110180"></p>
<p><b>Stats for Game 135:</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>F Doubront</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="28">
<p align="right">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.94</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.189</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="83">
<p>N Ramirez</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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.64</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.023</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">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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.015</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>7</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>1</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right"><b>2</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>6</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right"><b>0.84</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right"><b>.228</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>C Coghlan</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">2</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">1.08</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.157</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>L Watkins</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">1</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">0.88</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.150</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>C Valaika</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">1</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">0.52</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.119</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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right">1</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">0.53</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.006</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>F Doubront</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right">2</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">0.88</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">.003</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>M Szczur</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">0.05</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.001</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>J Baez</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.73</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.008</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>A Alcantara</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.38</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.037</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">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">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.53</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.055</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p>J Baker</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right">0.68</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right">-.061</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="89">
<p><b>Total</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>33</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right"><b>5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="21">
<p align="right"><b>7</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="27">
<p align="right"><b>5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="23">
<p align="right"><b>1</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="24">
<p align="right"><b>13</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="35">
<p align="right"><b>0.67</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="right"><b>.272</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>Felix Doubront (.189). Dear Felix: I sincerely apologize for saying that expectations for your start should be kept pretty low. I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about.</li>
<li> <b><b>Hero</b> - </b><span>Chris Coghlan</span> (.157). Lost in the Jorge Soler fanfare is the fact that Coghlan has made the Hero podium four games in a row.</li>
<li> <b>Sidekick </b>- <span>Logan Watkins</span> (.150). Congratulations to him for his first Major League homer. I'll hold off on jokes on how this is vindication for him not playing last year because that's so 2013 anyway.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>T</b><b>HE THREE GOATS:</b></p>
<ul>
<li> <b>Billy Goat -</b> <span>John Baker</span> (-.061). Slowly but surely losing his folk-hero status.</li>
<li> <b>Goat - </b><span>Luis Valbuena</span> (-.055). And in the 135th game of the season, <span>Nate Schierholtz</span> was finally usurped from the top of the Goat list.</li>
<li> <b>Kid -</b> <span>Arismendy Alcantara</span> (-.037). About as plain of an 0-for-4 day as you can get.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>U</b><b>PDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 135 (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 class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">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>Anthony Rizzo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">77</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Starlin Castro</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">71</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Luis Valbuena</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">63</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Welington Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">42.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Justin Ruggiano</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">41.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Chris Coghlan</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>39</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Jake Arrieta</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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">33</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>Travis Wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</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">27</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Nate Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</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">27</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Ryan Sweeney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">24.5</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>z-Emilio Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">22</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Mike Olt</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>Arismendy Alcantara</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Junior Lake</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>x-Brian Schlitter</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">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Darwin Barney</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>x-Edwin Jackson</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">16</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Pedro Strop</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">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">16</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Kyle Hendricks</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Hector Rondon</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">12.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Tsuyoshi Wada</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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>John Baker</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>Justin Grimm</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>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Wesley Wright</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Carlos Villanueva</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">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>y-Ryan Kalish</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>z-James Russell</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">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Jorge Soler</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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Neil Ramirez</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>Chris Valaika</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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Javier Baez</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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Zac Rosscup</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">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Felix Doubront</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>1</b></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>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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Chris Rusin</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>Matt Szczur</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>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</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">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Jacob Turner</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><b>Logan Watkins</b></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>2</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>2</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Kyuji Fujikawa</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">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1.5</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><b>Luis Valbuena</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>9.5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>55.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Nate Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">55</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Starlin Castro</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">51</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Edwin Jackson</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</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">43</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Travis Wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10</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">42</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Welington Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">10.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">42</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Junior Lake</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">38</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">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">36</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Chris Coghlan</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</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">31</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>x-Justin Ruggiano</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">26</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-Emilio Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Justin Grimm</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">2.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">24.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>Arismendy Alcantara</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>4</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>24</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>Hector Rondon</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">1</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">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-James Russell</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">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p><b>John Baker</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>4</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center"><b>19</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-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">3.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">18.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Pedro Strop</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</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">16</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>Jake Arrieta</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">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>z-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>Wesley Wright</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">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>x-Brian Schlitter</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">1</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>Javier Baez</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">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">12</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>Kyle Hendricks</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-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>Neil Ramirez</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">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="151">
<p>y-Eli Whiteside</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-Blake Parker</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>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">5</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>Chris Valaika</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>Jacob Turner</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">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-Dan Straily</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>Matt Szczur</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-Chris Rusin</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>Logan Watkins</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">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="39">
<p align="center">0.5</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">77</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">36</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">41</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Starlin Castro</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">71</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">51</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Jake Arrieta</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">33</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Justin Ruggiano</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">41.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">26</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Tsuyoshi Wada</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">11</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>Jorge Soler</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Chris Coghlan</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>39</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">31</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>8</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Luis Valbuena</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">63</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>55.5</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>7.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Kyle Hendricks</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">15.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Ryan Sweeney</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">24.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">18.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Brian Schlitter</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</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>Zac Rosscup</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Felix Doubront</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>3</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Chris Valaika</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-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><b>Logan Watkins</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>2</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>1.5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Kyuji Fujikawa</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">1.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>y-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>x-Chris Rusin</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>Matt Szczur</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>Welington Castillo</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">42.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">42</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0.5</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">6</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Pedro Strop</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</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>Jacob Turner</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</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">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-2</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Wesley Wright</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">11.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-2.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-Emilio Bonifacio</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">22</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">25</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Dan Straily</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">0</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>Arismendy Alcantara</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>24</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>-5</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p><b>John Baker</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>19</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center"><b>-5</b></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>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>
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<tr>
<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Javier Baez</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">12</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-7</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Hector Rondon</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">14.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">23</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-8.5</p>
</td>
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<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>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Carlos Villanueva</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">21</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-10</p>
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<p>z-James Russell</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">10</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-10</p>
</td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Justin Grimm</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">12</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">24.5</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-12.5</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>Travis Wood</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">27</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">42</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-15</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>x-Junior Lake</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">19</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">38</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-19</p>
</td>
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<p>x-Edwin Jackson</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">16</p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">43</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-27</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="bottom" width="147">
<p>z-Nate Schierholtz</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">27</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">55</p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="51">
<p align="center">-28</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The Cubs go for the series win in Game 2 on Saturday night, and Soler attempts to go 4-for-4 in Hero podium visits to start his career.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/30/6087777/cubs-heroes-and-goats-games-134-135
Russ La Croix
2014-08-30T09:00:03-05:00
2014-08-30T09:00:03-05:00
Cubs Pitchers Who Have Struck Out 4 In One Inning
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<figcaption>Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
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<p>This feat is much rarer than you might think.</p> <p>You don't have to be a great strikeout pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning. In fact, it helps if you're a bit wild, because in order to do so, you have to have a batter (or more) reach base on a wild pitch or passed ball.</p>
<p>Before Justin Grimm accomplished this feat Friday night in St. Louis, it had been accomplished 72 times in major-league history (71 in the regular season, see below!), six times by <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a>. Here are the six previous occurrences (and I personally witnessed four of them):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET190810140.shtml" target="_blank">October 14, 1908</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overaor01.shtml" target="_blank">Orval Overall</a>: If this date sounds familiar, it's because that's the game in which the Cubs won their last World Series. Overall, who finished third in the National League that year with 167 strikeouts, threw a three-hit shutout to win the Series for the Cubs and struck out 10. Most games that long ago don't have play-by-play data available, but since it's a World Series game, we do know that Overall did it in the first inning, a wild inning in which he walked the leadoff hitter and allowed a single before Claude Rossman reached on a strikeout/wild pitch to load the bases. It was the only real threat the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> had in that game. At the time, it was just the fourth four-strikeout inning in big-league history.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN195605271.shtml" target="_blank">May 27, 1956, first game</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisji01.shtml" target="_blank">Jim Davis</a>: From one of the best pitchers in Cubs history to "Who's he?", Davis had come into the game in relief in the fifth inning of a game tied 8-8. He immediately coughed up the lead run to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> on a Stan Musial RBI single. In the next inning, he struck out four; the runner reaching base was Cardinals pitcher Lindy McDaniel, and the play was ruled an error on catcher Hobie Landrith, since a run scored on the play. It was the first time anyone had done this since 1916.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197407311.shtml" target="_blank">July 31, 1974, first game</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonhabi01.shtml" target="_blank">Bill Bonham</a>: A hard-throwing righthander who was sixth in the N.L. in strikeouts in 1974 -- and fifth in walks -- Bonham struck out four Montreal Expos in the second inning of this game. The batter who reached was, again, a pitcher: Montreal's Mike Torrez, who proceeded to steal second base. Bonham K'd the side to end the threat, but the Cubs lost 7-4. Bonham, who went 11-22 that year in a time when pitcher W-L records still meant something, is the last Cubs pitcher to lose 20 or more in a season.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200209022.shtml" target="_blank">September 2, 2002, second game</a>, <span>Kerry Wood</span>: Must be something about doubleheaders, as three of these occurrences happened in one game of a twin bill. Wood's is unique among the Cubs' six because he allowed <i>two</i> runners to reach base on strikeouts, one on a throwing error by <span>Paul Bako</span>, the other on a wild pitch. Thus he might have had a chance to strike out <i>five</i> batters in an inning, but the other out was recorded on a groundout. The Cubs won the game 17-4; in addition to the K mark, Wood hit one of five Cubs home runs in that game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200910040.shtml" target="_blank">October 4, 2009</a>, <span>Ryan Dempster</span>: In the season's final game when players could have been forgiven for having something other than baseball on their minds, Dempster struck out four <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> in the fifth inning. <span>Gerardo Parra</span> reached on a wild pitch and Dempster also issued a walk in that inning, but got out of it unscored upon. The Cubs lost the game 5-2; the only other notable thing that happened for the Cubs that day was <span>Sam Fuld</span>'s first big-league home run, the only one he hit as a Cub.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201209200.shtml" target="_blank">September 20, 2012</a>, <span>Jason Berken</span>: Take your pick. Who's the most unlikely name on this list, Berken or Davis? I'd vote Berken, as he pitched in just six games for the Cubs and this was the only one in which he wasn't awful. In fact, he threw six shutout innings and then watched <span>Manny Corpas</span> blow the game in the seventh inning by allowing five runs. Berken's 4-K inning allowed just the one baserunner, <span>Ryan Hanigan</span>, who reached on a wild pitch. Berken didn't have much of a big-league career, but he'll always have this little corner of the record book to show his grandchildren.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/30/6085513/cubs-pitchers-struck-out-4-one-inning
Al Yellon
2014-08-30T08:00:13-05:00
2014-08-30T08:00:13-05:00
Cubs 7, Cardinals 2: Hey! Hey! Jorge!
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<figcaption>Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images</figcaption>
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<p>The Cubs' future was on display Friday night in St. Louis -- big time.</p> <p><a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2014_08_29_chnmlb_slnmlb_1" target="_blank">The Cubs beat the Cardinals 7-2 Friday night in St. Louis</a>, and as BCBer elgato said to me: "We'll look back on this game in two years."</p>
<p>We will indeed, or maybe even sooner, because so much of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a>' future brought this win to a team that isn't going anywhere now... but might be, much more quickly than any of us might have thought.</p>
<p>What more can be said about <span>Jorge Soler</span>? He became the first Cub to homer three times in his first three major-league games since... Javier Baez. And that was only a few weeks ago! Soler's first home run, in the seventh inning off <span>Shelby Miller</span>, tied the game 2-2, and then he absolutely demolished a <span>Pat Neshek</span> pitch with Baez on base in the eighth, 442 feet, one of the longest big-league homers by <i>anyone</i> this year, to give the Cubs a 6-2 lead after Baez had smacked a double into the left-center field gap to score the runs that had broken the tie.</p>
<p>That was only the fourth home run Neshek, who is having a fine season in which he made the All-Star team, has allowed all year in 56 innings.</p>
<p>Earlier in the game <span>Luis Valbuena</span> had homered for the Cubs' first run and in the ninth, <span>Arismendy Alcantara</span> continued the rookie home-run parade with his sixth to complete the Cubs' scoring for the evening.</p>
<p>None of that comeback might have been possible if not for an outstanding evening of pitching from ... well, I'm going to say it, my favorite, rookie <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> . It was the first time Hendricks was facing a team he'd faced before and you could tell in the first inning that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> had done their homework. Four of the first five hitters reached base, three on solid singles and the Cardinals had a quick 2-0 lead.</p>
<p>But you know what? Hendricks appeared to make adjustments on the fly. After <span>Jhonny Peralta</span> singled in the Cardinals' second run, Hendricks retired 14 straight and gave up only two more hits from the second through the sixth inning. After throwing 22 pitches in that rough first frame, Hendricks threw just 67 pitches in the remaining five innings he worked, a very efficient outing. He struck out three, which isn't a lot, but then he's not really a strikeout pitcher. He is, however, a very impressive big-league pitcher, dominating so far just as he had at every minor-league level.</p>
<p><span>Neil Ramirez</span> was the "win" beneficiary when the Cubs broke the tie in the top of the eighth, and between Ramirez, <span>Pedro Strop</span> and <span>Justin Grimm</span>, they threw three shutout innings, allowing just three singles and striking out seven.</p>
<p>Seven strikeouts, and therein lies another story of this game. You'll look at Grimm's boxscore line and wonder how he struck out four batters while throwing one inning, and that's because one of the hitters Grimm K'd, pinch-hitter <span>Daniel Descalso</span>, reached first base on a wild pitch by Grimm, who then struck out the side to finish the game -- the last one on a gorgeous pitch on the outside corner to <span>Kolten Wong</span>. He thus became the second pitcher to have a 4-K inning this year (<span>Zack Greinke</span> did it <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN201407250.shtml" target="_blank">July 25</a>, in the third inning, against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a>).</p>
<p>The last Cubs pitcher to strike out four batters in an inning was... ready for this? Jason Berken. Of all people. It happened in the second inning <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201209200.shtml" target="_blank">September 20, 2012</a> at Wrigley Field against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> in the best game Berken pitched for the Cubs (six shutout innings).</p>
<p>It's the 73rd such inning in major-league history and Grimm is the seventh Cub to do it. I'll have another article later this morning with some details of the other six.</p>
<p>That was a very, very, <i>very</i> impressive performance by the Cubs, and especially by several players (Soler, Baez, Hendricks) who are going to be an important part of the club going forward. And, even better, it happened against the Cardinals.</p>
<p>I'm sure you'd like to see all the home runs again, so here they are. Valbuena:</p>
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<p>Soler's first:</p>
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<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/v1aZ8nd.gif"></p>
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<p>Soler's second (man, this one's impressive):</p>
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<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/fCsXUZE.gif"></p>
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<p>And, just so we don't leave him out, Alcantara:</p>
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<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/AsrOyt1.gif"></p>
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<p>As always, GIFs courtesy BCBer ubercubsfan.</p>
<p>Keep it up, Cubs. That one was a lot of fun. The Cubs will have two chances to knock the Cardinals out of playoff contention Saturday, in a split doubleheader. Game 1 at 1:15 CT features <span>Felix Doubront</span> making his Cubs debut against <span>Justin Masterson</span>; Game 2 at 7:15 CT will have <span>Tsuyoshi Wada</span> pitching against Cardinals rookie <span>Marco Gonzales</span>.</p>
<p>Can't wait for more Soler and Baez. This is getting exciting. Truly.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/30/6085377/cubs-cardinals-recap-jorge-soler-kyle-hendricks-mlb-scores
Al Yellon
2014-08-29T22:00:02-05:00
2014-08-29T22:00:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 8/29
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<figcaption>Joe Robbins</figcaption>
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/29/6059537/overflow-thread-3-cubs-vs-cardinals-friday-8-29-7-15-ct
Al Yellon
2014-08-29T21:15:02-05:00
2014-08-29T21:15:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 8/29
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<figcaption>Joe Robbins</figcaption>
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/29/6059535/overflow-thread-2-cubs-vs-cardinals-friday-8-29-7-15-ct
Al Yellon
2014-08-29T20:15:02-05:00
2014-08-29T20:15:02-05:00
Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Cardinals, Friday 8/29
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<figcaption>Joe Robbins</figcaption>
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/29/6059529/overflow-thread-1-cubs-vs-cardinals-friday-8-29-7-15-ct
Al Yellon
2014-08-29T17:00:03-05:00
2014-08-29T17:00:03-05:00
Cubs vs. Cardinals Preview, Friday 8/29, 7:15 CT
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<figcaption>Joe Robbins</figcaption>
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<p>Now the fun part: Trying to ruin the season for the Cardinals.</p> <p>The St. Louis Cardinals come into tonight's game one-half game ahead of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> for the first wild-card spot in the National League and 1½ games behind the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> for first place in the N.L. Central.</p>
<p>This makes no logical sense. The Cardinals have a -12 run differential and a record that is six (!) games better than their Pythagorean mark. They are second-to-last in the major leagues with 496 runs scored -- even the offensively-challenged Cubs have more (501). It's not even their pitching; their 508 runs allowed ranks only 11th-best in baseball. They don't have a particularly outstanding record in one-run games (24-20, good but not great) and they have a losing record in blowouts (5+ run games; 15-17).</p>
<p>Perhaps the Cubs, who have added <span>Javier Baez</span>, <span>Jorge Soler</span>, <span>Chris Valaika</span>, <span>Logan Watkins</span>, <span>Matt Szczur</span>, <span>Jacob Turner</span>, <span>Kyuji Fujikawa</span> and <span>Zac Rosscup</span> to the 25-man roster <b><i>just since the last time they played the Cardinals a month ago</i></b>, can put a dent in St. Louis' playoff hopes.</p>
<p>That would be sweet, wouldn't it?</p>
<p>One thing the Cubs are going to have to do is figure out how to play better within the N.L. Central. Outside the division the Cubs are essentially a .500 team this year -- 39-40. But they are just 20-34 against N.L. Central teams. That's the worst record of <b><i>any</i></b> team this year inside its own division, entering tonight's action. This does not bode well for the rest of this year, as 22 of the remaining 29 games are against N.L. Central clubs.</p>
<p>Fix that and the Cubs will be on the right road.</p>
<p>As usual, I commend you to Russ La Croix' <a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/8/29/6082551/on-the-horizon-cubs-vs-cardinals-series-preview">excellent series preview</a>, if you have not already read it.</p>
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<p>On to today's particulars.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
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<pre>Coghlan LF, Baez 2B, Castro SS, Valbuena 3B, Soler RF, Castillo C, Alcantara CF, Valaika 1B, Hendricks P</pre>
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<p>Cardinals lineup:</p>
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<pre>Carpenter 3B, Wong 2B, Holliday LF, Adams 1B, Peralta SS, Molina C, Taveras RF, Jay CF, Miller P</pre>
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<p>Well, you all know how big a <span>Kyle Hendricks</span> fan I am, and he has not disappointed so far. This is the first time he's faced a team twice -- <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201407270.shtml">he had a good outing against them at Wrigley July 27</a> even though he lost 1-0 on a solo homer by <span>Matt Holliday</span> -- so it'll be useful to watch to see if he can continue to keep a squad off balance the second time around. I would expect the same tonight, especially with St. Louis being an offensively-challenged squad that's 29th in the major leagues in runs.</p>
<p>Fun Hendricks fact: Since he allowed three runs in his first big-league inning, he has posted a 1.27 ERA in 49⅔ innings. Keep this up and there might be Rookie-of-the-Year votes in his future.</p>
<p><span>Shelby Miller</span> threw 5⅔ decent innings against the Cubs <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201407260.shtml" target="_blank">July 26 at Wrigley Field</a>, and the Cubs actually had the game tied when he left; the bullpen blew the game, one of the few bullpen failures this year. Miller has a 4.88 ERA in four starts in August and has walked 11 in 24 innings this month.</p>
<p>Today's game is on WGN.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?ymd=20140401#date=8/29/2014">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_29_chnmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=gameday">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/CHC.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/161949/pregame">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p>Please visit our SB Nation <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vivaelbirdos.com">Viva el Birdos</a>.</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 "Chicago Cubs Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). 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/2014/8/29/6082565/chicago-cubs-st-louis-cardinals-preview-friday
Al Yellon