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Game 48 WPA: What, me worry? Nats win 2-1

Ross didn't strike 'em all out, but he managed his contact and Harper and Espy (?!) came through with the solo bombs sufficient for victory.

By Doghouse
"You pick as goofy a picture of me as you like, I still got the win." (Not an actual quote.)
"You pick as goofy a picture of me as you like, I still got the win." (Not an actual quote.)
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports


Source: FanGraphs

(What do these graphs mean?)

  • Tightrope walked: Joe Ross (+25.6%) gives up one run over 7 IP, fanning 4 and walking one. I'm still not a fan of P2C, but he made it work.
  • I see you, Jackie Robinson: Bryce Harper (+14.7%) cranks a majestic solo moonshot to the third deck in RF, just above Robinson's name, to tie the game in the 6th (+19.6%).
  • Work on the fielding, dude: Danny Espinosa (+14.5%) hits a go-ahead solo shot of his own out to RF for the winning run in the 7th (+23.0%).
  • Fearless: Felipe Rivero (+11.7%) works around an Epsy error and gets righties and lefties alike out for a scoreless aeyth and a shutdown.
  • Delightfully uninteresting: Jonathan Papelbon (+15.6%) works a 1-2-3 9th for a shutdown to end the game with a curly W in the books.
  • Be more hitterish: Ben Revere (-9.7%) is 0-4 with a GDP.

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