Hello! It’s your substitute writer from Heroes and Goats again. As mentioned last week, Thomas Smith was away, but he will be back tomorrow for the final game of the Blue Jays series.
In its place, I will just post the table for the game, the three heroes and three goats, and the player of the game poll. Thomas will keep you updated on the H&G rankings when he returns.
So let’s get started!
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Fangraphs
As a reminder, Heroes and Goats are determined by WPA ratings and are in no way subjective.
THREE HEROES:
- Superhero: Porter Hodge (.241). 1⅔ IP, 2 BB, 2 K
- Hero: Michael Busch (.140). 1-for-4, two runs 3B
- Buddy: Nate Pearson (.119).
THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat: Drew Smyth (-.144).
- Goat: Seiya Suzuki (-.056). 0:3, 2 K
- Child: Isaac Paredes (-.049). 0-for-3, K
WPA move of the game: Michael Busch’s two-run triple in the fifth inning gave the Cubs a 3-0 lead. (.180)
*Blue Jays play of the game: Addison Barger’s home run to start the ninth inning. (.099)
Suzuki won the PoTG poll for Friday’s game with 47 percent of the vote to 28 percent for Tyson Miller.
Cubs Player of the Game:
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Next: The Cubs are aiming for a series win with Shōta Imanaga (9-2, 3.16) on the mound against Jays right-hander Bowden Francis (5-3, 4.92).
