SnakeLines, Week 21: Goldschmidt RBI

Week 20 review

Ooh. It was close. VERY close. Friday and Saturday started off as usual, but Sunday provided the first notch on the "late wins" pole, as we won that game in a sixteen-inning marathon. That meant one more late win was needed in the Cincinnati series to push the line over. Monday and Tuesday were split, each side having a clear advantage after eight innings, but Wednesday... It looked like another blow-out, as Arizona fell eight behind after four, only for the visitors to chip away, and fall one hit short, stranding the tying run in scoring position during the top of the eighth, before the Reds pulled away in the bottom half.

Today's game was also decided late, with the teams locked at one in the bottom of the eighth. We were two outs from going into a late win situation, where any Arizona victory would pull over the line. Then, the day's fourth wild pitch brought home the go-ahead run for Cincinnati, and there would be no late heroics for the visitors. The result instead kept things under, and proved quite profitable for a number of punters:

• Winners (15) - AJV19, Angry_Saguaro, BigLeagueAZ, blank_38, catbat, eel, frienetic, Gildo, grimmy01, GuruB, imstillhungry95, preston.salisbury, SenSurround, TimInTucson, TolkienBard
• Sinners (6) - azcougs, AzRattler, babakolo, rd33, walleye01, xmet

Standings

• 13 points
  blank_38
• 11 points
  AJV19
  Gildo
  grimmy01
• 10 points
  
  
• 9 points
  
• 8 points
  GuruB
  SenSurround
  TolkienBard
  
• 7 points
  Angry_Saguaro
  AzRattler
  JoelPre
  piratedan7
  xmet
  
• 6 points
  frienetic
  walleye01
  
• 5 points
  rd33
  
• 4 points
  azshadowwalker
  BigLeagueAZ
  Craig from Az
  eel
  FlannelFlapjacks
  imstillhungry95
  Marc Fournier
  preston.salisbury
  
• 3 points
  azcougs
  AzDbackfanInDc
  catbat
  TimInTucson
  
• 2 points
  bozzy35
  BrokeNBattleX
  Maizefed
  Songbird
  
• 1 point
  AZfan85308
  babakolo
  backtocali
  benhat
  BobRob12
  LiamNeeson
  Muu
  navyazfan
  porty99
  Shawnwck
  Xipooo
  
• 0 points
  azsportsfan31
  BattleMoses
  Daniel Corbin Jr.
  Diamondhacks
  hotclaws
  leemellon
  littleRoom
  PatrickPetersonAZ
  since_98
  Stumpy657
  Surksquatch
  

Week 20 line

Paul Goldschmidt reached 100 RBI for the season this week, with the big blow being his third grand-slam of the year against the Reds, setting a franchise record with that. He's on pace to drive in 129 runs, which would be the most by any Arizona player since Gonzo's 142 in 2001. To honor his achievement in being only the second D-back in a decade to reach 100 RBI (the other, incidentally being Adam LaRoche in 2010!), the line for the week is for you to predict how many more he will have over the six games against Philadelphia and San Diego. Here are some numbers to help you:

• RBI in last six games: 7
• RBI last three road games: 4
• RBI last three home games: 2
• Average RBI per home game: 0.69
• Average RBI per road game: 0.92

RBI for Goldschmidt: 5

Usual rules. Over, under or "push" (if you think he'll get exactly five) in the comments, by first pitch Friday at Chase Field (6:40pm). Get it right, and get a point, except for "push" which nets you two points: I'll update the results and standings next Thursday which is another convenient off-day.