Heroes And Zeroes: Dodgers 11, Marlins 1

Heroes and Zeroes is a series where I take each players contribution to the final result (based on weighted plate appearances) of the ballgame. Each participant in the matchup is ranked from best to worst. The top three are "Heroes," the bottom three are "Zeroes." I used the win expectancy chart from www.fangraphs.com to rank these players.

Heroes

Andre Ethier (LAD) .217

Ethier, batting seventh for the Dodgers, started his night hitting a no-out single with a man on second in the second inning (+6.7%). Nobody scored in the frame, but Ethier hit a solo-home run in his next plate appearance to lead off the fourth to put the Dodgers on top, 2-1 with the eventual game winning RBI (+14.1%). He singled to right with one out and one on in the fifth (+0.7%), hit a two-RBI, bases loaded single in the sixth (+0.1%) and singled to left to lead off the eighth (+0.0%).

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) .175

Stanton started out by hitting a baseball into orbit with two-out in the first (+11.2%) for a 1-0 Marlins lead. Seriously, it's still in orbit. He drew a walk to lead off the fourth (+4.5%) and singled Martin Prado to second with one out in the sixth (+1.8%).

Howie Kendrick (LAD) .172

Kendrick, also batting third for his club, singled Joc Pederson to second with one out in the first (+4.0%). He hit a leadoff home run in the third to tie the game at one (+13.4%), then grounded out and moved Jimmy Rollins to third for the first out of the fifth (-0.6%). He then hit an infield single with one out and nobody on in the sixth (+0.4%) and hit another infield single with one out in the seventh (+0.0%)

Almost Heroes

Scott Van Slyke (LAD) .100

Yasmani Grandal (LAD) .093

JT Realmuto (MIA) .045

Mike Bolsinger (LAD) .037

Alex Guererro (LAD) .030

Minimal Impact

Paco Rodriguez (LAD) .016

Nick Masset (MIA) .000

Bryan Morris (MIA) .000

Jeff Baker (MIA) .000

Jhonatan Solano (MIA) .000

Ichiro! Suzuki (MIA) .000

Sergio Santos (LAD) .000

Juan Nicasio (LAD) .000

JP Howell (LAD) .000

Juan Uribe (LAD) .000

Almost Zeroes

Brad Hand (MIA) -.032

Martin Prado (MIA) -.040

Michael Morse (MIA) -.040

Adrian Gonzalez (LAD) -.043

Dee Gordon (MIA) -.058

Jimmy Rollins (LAD) -.058

Joc Pederson (LAD) -.064

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) -.069

Zeroes

Christian Yelich (MIA) -.069

Yelich, batting fifth, drew a walk to lead off the second inning (+3.3%), but then was thrown out trying to steal second (-5.3%). He reached base with one out in the fourth, but got Stanton out in the process (-3.3%), then struck out to end the sixth stranding runners on the corners (-1.6%).

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -.072

Heche, batting eighth, singled to the third base side to lead off the third inning (+3.4%). He erased JT Realmuto with the first two outs of the fifth by grounding into a 1-6-3 double play (-10.7%), then drew a two-out walk in the seventh (+0.0%).

Dan Haren (MIA) -.340

Haren earned the loss by allowing 11 hits in four and a third innings, including two home runs. He struck out four Dodgers and did not issue any free passes (silver lining). In total, he allowed six earned runs to raise his ERA from 2.68 to 3.70.

Last 10 Games

Heroes	Christian Yelich	0.619
	Mat Latos	0.454
	Donovan Solano	0.364
Almost Heroes	David Phelps	0.348
	Jeff Baker	0.326
	AJ Ramos	0.228
	Mike Dunn	0.219
	Justin Bour	0.147
	Dee Gordon	0.146
	Dan Haren	0.102
Minimal Impact	JT Realmuto	0.085
	Mike Morse	0.077
	Jhonatan Solano	0.055
	Ichiro Suzuki	0.004
	Nick Masset	-0.005
	Marcell Ozuna	-0.066
	Brad Hand	-0.070
Almost Zeroes	Reid Brignac	-0.125
	Sam Dyson	-0.170
	Giancarlo Stanton	-0.261
	Tom Koehler	-0.368
	Martin Prado	-0.454
	Jarred Cosart	-0.593
Zeroes	Adieny Hechavarria	-0.643
	Bryan Morris	-0.950
	Steve Cishek	-1.470

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 49,628

gustavopim guessed 50,789, winning the attendance with a pick just 1,161 off the actual figure. He said the Dodgers would give up more walks than the Marlins, picked Stanton as a Hero and Haren as a Zero to finish his night with five points.

Jigokusabre picked Stanton as a Hero, Heche as a Zero, and Haren as a Zero to max out his H&Z's with three points.

Jeremy Hulme called Stanton as a hero and correctly predicted that he would draw more walks than he would strikeouts. That sounds like two to me, and yes, Scott is Andy's kid. He totaled three points.

Thomas Bennett got a single point by predicting that Haren would bottom out as a Zero.

dcfish called Stanton for a Hero and Haren as a Zero for two points.

MiamiSkye had a bad night and drops out of the lead, but it's a long season, and it looks like a three horse race unless dcfish starts to get serious here (get on it, bub!).

Ichthyomancy Standings

gustavopim	87.5
Miami Skye	86
Jigokusabre	73.5
dcfish	52
Kevin Kraczkowski	41.5
Marlon D	39
Gatorfan4life	36.5
Jeremy Hulme	29
Bdwatson	25
tomwolf2008	19
Thomas Bennett	18.5
sternma	14
thenumber95	11
zag	3
Alex Carver	3
Al-Kendall	3
nfries7	2.5
Delusional Marlins Fan	2
rsanchez1	2
DavidJacobs	2
Sandman	2
SuperRadz	1
ncchief	1
d.o.g.o.b.y.g.n.	1

The Fish try to avoid a sweep at Dodger Stadium with the final game of their 10 game road trip tonight at 7:50 EST. Get your picks in here or in the GameThread later. After, Miami gets an off day before hosting the Braves three times this weekend.