Heroes And Zeroes: Giants 6, Marlins 0

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

Casey McGehee (SFG) .232

McGehee, batting eighth for the Giants, hit a one-out bases loaded home run in the second inning. His grand slam was good for 23.6% of San Francisco's win. He singled to center to lead off the fourth (+0.9%), ended the fifth by grounding into a 6-4-3 double play (-0.9%), and grounded into a second double play with the bases loaded for the first two outs of the seventh (-0.3%).

Tim Lincecum (SFG) .203

Lincecum struck out eight Marlins and allowed three hits, three walks, and zero runs over his six innings pitched. He also drew a walk just after McGehee's slam (+0.8%) and sacrificed McGehee to second in the fourth (-0.3%).

Brandon Belt (SFG) .138

Belt batted fifth for San Francisco and doubled to left with nobody out in the second, moving Buster Posey to third (+11.6%). In the fourth, he singled to left with one out and one on (+1.0%). He collected his third hit of the night in the fifth, for the third time moving Posey up a base (+1.0%). He hit an infield single in the seventh, again moving Posey (+0.2%). He struck out swinging with runners on the corners to end the eighth (-0.0%).

Almost Heroes

Marcell Ozuna (MIA) .056

Buster Posey (SFG) .054

Jason Maxell (SFG) .032

Minimal Impact

Michael Morse (MIA) .019

Yusmiero Petit (SFG) .018

Martin Prado (MIA) .007

Steve Cishek (MIA) .000

Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) -.002

Joaquin Arias (SFG) -.002

Nick Masset (MIA) -.005

Donovan Solano (MIA) -.012

Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -.014

Brad Hand (MIA) -.016

Almost Zeroes

Joe Panik (SFG) -.023

Angel Pagan (SFG) -.028

Nori Aoki (SFG) -.039

Justin Bour (MIA) -.045

JT Realmuto (MIA) -.064

Christian Yelich (MIA) -.066

Zeroes

Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) -.080

Stanton struck out swinging to end the first inning (-0.9%). He grounded out to shortstop leading off the fourth (-1.5%), struck out swinging with two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth (-5.5%), and grounded out to shortstop to close the eighth (-0.0%).

Brandon Crawford (SFG) -.086

Crawford, batting seventh, struck out swinging with the bases loaded and nobody out in the second (-7.0%). He grounded out to second with two on to end the third (-1.2%), struck out swinging with two on and nobody out in the fifth (-0.6%), and drew first base with an HBP to load the bases with nobody out in the seventh (+0.1%).

Jarred Cosart (MIA) -.280

Cosart pitched four innings, allowing all his earned runs on the McGehee slam. He struck out two, allowing six hits and three walks. He also struck out in his only plate appearance.

Last 10 Games

Dee Gordon	0.683
Dan Haren	0.613
Steve Cishek	0.458
Mike Dunn	0.428
Marcell Ozuna	0.403
David Phelps	0.323
Justin Bour	0.226
Jeff Baker	0.206
Nick Masset	0.191
Mat Latos	0.171
Jhonatan Solano	0.160
Giancarlo Stanton	0.155
Donovan Solano	0.077
Brad Hand	0.034
Mike Morse	0.019
Sam Dyson	-0.038
Christian Yelich	-0.066
AJ Ramos	-0.092
Reid Brignac	-0.095
JT Realmuto	-0.178
Ichiro Suzuki	-0.186
Adieny Hechavarria	-0.199
Martin Prado	-0.223
Jarred Cosart	-0.593
Tom Koehler	-0.624
Bryan Morris	-0.853

Ichthyomancy

Attendance: 41,413

MiamiSkye was 87 off the attendance with a pick of 41,500. He got an even prop bet by calling under seven runs, and got Cosart as a Zero and Lincecum as a Hero for five points.

dcfish called Belt as a Hero and Crawford as a Zero for two.

Jigokusabre got a Lincecum Hero point and a Cosart Zero point.

Gatorfan4life picked Lincecum as a Hero.

Ichthyomancy Standings

Miami Skye	82
gustavopim	72.5
Jigokusabre	64.5
dcfish	45
Kevin Kraczkowski	39.5
Marlon D	39
Gatorfan4life	29.5
Bdwatson	25
Jeremy Hulme	22
tomwolf2008	19
Thomas Bennett	17.5

Tonight at 9:05 PM EST, the Giants and Marlins will play game three of this four game series. Leave your picks here or in the GameThread.