Peskiest of the Fish

Jeremy Hermida has five hits and four RBI in two days. Three of the hits are doubles. He's not exactly killing the Cubs, but they have enough Fish issues as it is, without this guy causing problems.

Here's a look at his eight at-bats, before the Cubs try to pick up a win on get-away day, and get the magic number down to two. Don't forget to pull for Padres during the night-cap.

9/25
v Lilly
Double to left center
automatic Double to center
infield Single to third

v Wuertz
strike Out

9/26

v Marquis
line Out to center
Single to left
ground Out to first

v Marmol
Double to left


For Game 1, PITCHf/x is missing all but one pitch from the first at bat, so we're left with the big hit to center and the infield hit against Lilly, plus the K against Wuertz.

The pitches happen to be in order, running clockwise from the bottom right, in the release point chart. Keep the colors in mind when viewing the other charts.

Starts with a couple two-seamers, busting down-and-in for this lefty-on-lefty match-up, followed by four-seamer down. Finally, a curve-ball. A hanging curve-ball. An automatic (or ground-rule) double to deep center is a bomb in Dolphin Stadium.






The first pitch is a called strike, although it appears outside Hermida's average PITCHf/x strike zone. He swung and missed the second, fouled off the third, and we already know what happened to the curve ball.

I'll move on to the next at bats later.