PHOENIX — By the tip of the longest sport of the season for the Cubs on Sunday, the one query was whether or not Ben Zobrist did extra for them earlier than the sport or on the finish in driving house the go-ahead runs within the 15th inning in a 6-5 victory. Zobrist approached supervisor Joe Maddon earlier than the sport to counsel that hot-hitting David Bote stay within the lineup Sunday after hitting two house runs Saturday, regardless of an advance schedule that had Zobrist beginning and Bote on the bench. Maddon accepted the “selfless” suggestion, and Zobrist wound up wanting like an oracle — to not point out a late-inning hero. “Frankly, there was a
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By the numbers: David Bote, Daniel Descalso and the reality
Baseball analysts don’t deny the existence of clutch hitting. David Bote’s game-winning RBI single within the Cubs’ 2-1 victory Sunday towards the Diamondbacks was clutch. When Daniel Descalso singled within the seventh to drive within the first run in a 2-Zero victory April 11 towards the Pirates, that was clutch, too. But whereas clutch hitting is actual, clutch hitters have proved elusive. No actual sample has been discovered when it comes to who comes by means of and who falters when the sport is on the road, and there's no clutch-hitting element in WAR. Fangraphs.com does have a stat labeled ‘‘Clutch‘’ on the win-probability portion of every participant and chief web page. It’s primarily based on win chance