Heroes And Zeroes: Marlins 7, Mets 3

Heroes and Zeroes is a series of articles which focus on the players who had the most impact at the plate and on the mound. I used the Wins Probability Added (WPA) chart at www.fangraphs.com to help sort out the details.

Heroes

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) .298

Stanton, batting third for the Marlins, came to bat down by two with one out and Martin Prado on first in the first inning, and hit a two run blast to even the score (+18.7%). He lined out to shortstop for the second out of the third (-1.8%), singled with two out and Donovan Solano on third in the fifth to tie the game at three (+14.7%), and struck out swinging with a man on first to end the seventh (-1.8%).

Michael Cuddyer (NYM) .195

Cuddyer, batting cleanup for the Mets, hit a two-out, two-run blast in the top of the first inning (+19.8%). He flew out to right to end the third (-1.0%), flew out to center with a man on first to end the fifth (-2.3%), and slapped an infield single with two out in the seventh (+3.1%).

Dee Gordon (MIA) .169

Gordon got his average back up above .400 with a two-hit night. Leading off for the Fish, he singled to shortstop in the first inning (+3.9%), flew out to center with a man on second to close out the second (-3.4%), and singled to right with a man on first with nobody out in the fifth (+8.6%). With one out in the seventh, he hit a sacrifice fly to score Adeiny Hechavarria and give Miami a 4-3 lead (+7.9%).

Almost Heroes

Sam Dyson (MIA) .156

Mike Dunn (MIA) .115

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) .107

Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) .051

Juan Lagares (NYM) .044

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) .029

Minimal Impact

Eric Campbell (NYM) .017

Bryan Morris (MIA) .012

Curtis Granderson (NYM) .008

Erik Goeddel (NYM) .001

Jack Leathersich (NYM) .001

Justin Bour (MIA) -.001

Kirk Nieuwenhuis (NYM) -.004

Reid Brignac (MIA) -.005

Almost Zeroes

Hansel Robles (NYM) -.021

Kevin Plawecki (NYM) -.048

JT Realmuto (MIA) -.052

Mat Latos (MIA) -.058

Daniel Murphy (NYM) -.061

Alex Torres (NYM) -.073

Michael Morse (MIA) -.109

Wilmer Flores (NYM) -.113

Zeroes

Lucas Duda (NYM) -.124

Duda batted third for the Mets, singling to center with two out in the first (+1.2%), later scoring on Cuddyer's home run. With one out in the third inning, he hit an RBI ground out to score Curtis Granderson (+2.9%). He drew a walk in the fifth (+1.3%) before doing the Mets some damage in the eighth inning by erasing Juan Lagares with a 3-4-3 double play (-17.8%).

Martin Prado (MIA) -.210

Prado, batting second for Miami, started his night by grounding into a fielders' choice which erased Dee Gordon (-3.5%), then scored on Stanton's home run. He flew out to center to open the third (-2.7%), and grounded into a double play with nobody out and two on in the fifth (-15.8%). He added a single to right field with two out in the seventh (+1.0%).

Bartolo Colon (NYM) -.320

Colon pitched long enough to qualify for a quality start, but allowed too many runs. He didn't walk anyone, but gave up nine hits and struck out two in 6.2 innings, allowing four earned runs (including Stanton's long ball).

Last 10 Games

Jarred Cosart	0.788
Dee Gordon	0.719
Adieny Hechavarria	0.709
Giancarlo Stanton	0.385
David Phelps	0.318
Bryan Morris	0.245
Sam Dyson	0.189
Justin Bour	0.174
Martin Prado	0.160
Marcell Ozuna	0.126
Reid Brignac	0.108
Mike Dunn	0.072
Mat Latos	0.042
Brad Hand	0.005
Nick Masset	0.002
Jeff Baker	-0.012
AJ Ramos	-0.013
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	-0.043
Mike Morse	-0.069
Tom Koehler	-0.075
Christian Yelich	-0.175
Donovan Solano	-0.208
Ichiro Suzuki	-0.213
JT Realmuto	-0.224
Steve Cishek	-0.449
Dan Haren	-0.543

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 17,076

gustavopim's attendance guess of 17,120 was just 44 off the actual figure. He also called the winner and Gordon and Stanton as Heroes for a total of five points.

Jigokusabre called the winner and earned 1.5 by calling two Marlin's home runs, then added two more with a Stanton Hero and a Duda Zero for a total of 4.5.

Marlon D picked the winner, 1.5 points for calling two Marlin's doubles, one for calling Marlins relievers with more K's than Mets relievers (3-to-2) and two more for a Stanton Hero and a Duda Zero. That's 5.5 points.

Jeremy Hulme called the winner and said Stanton would go deep for two. He got two more for a Stanton Hero and a Colon Zero.

On most other nights, MiamiSkye would have won the attendance with a guess of 16,900, just 176 off. He called the winner and a Colon Zero for two points.

Ichthyomancy Standings

gustavopim	53.5
Jigokusabre	44
Miami Skye	43.5
Kevin Kraczkowski	39.5
dcfish	37
Marlon D	26.5
Bdwatson	24
tomwolf2008	19
Gatorfan4life	16.5
Thomas Bennett	14
Jeremy Hulme	13
thenumber95	11

Next up for the Marlins, a well earned day off.