Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 16, 2026 Gametracker

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J. RitchieR	1-2 W-L	58.0 IP	4.50 ERA	1.47 SO/BB	1.43 WHIP
S. ImanagaL	10-10 W-L	162.1 IP	3.88 ERA	4.22 SO/BB	1.12 WHIP

.J. Ritchie

1-2, 58.0 IP, 4.50 ERA

.S. Imanaga

10-10, 162.1 IP, 3.88 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Reynaldo Lopez	Shoulder	09-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 29
Joe Jimenez	Knee	09-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 25
Joey Wentz	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lane Thomas	Side	10-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Oct 11
Spencer Strider	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bryce Elder	Knee	10-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Oct 2
Robert Suarez	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Spencer Schwellenbach	Elbow	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Dansby Swanson	Oblique	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Phil Maton	Knee	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Trent Thornton	Ankle	09-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 27
Gavin Hollowell	Shoulder	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ben Brown	Neck	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves ATL89-63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC84-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wrigley FieldChicago, IL

ATLBraves

CHCCubs

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Olson 1B	152	588	96	147	85	39	63	166	.250	.324	.505	.829	33	0	4	0	469
M. Harris II CF	146	555	72	161	83	25	21	115	.290	.317	.486	.803	32	1	11	3	409
O. Albies 2B	152	580	83	142	71	22	44	93	.245	.299	.409	.708	27	1	4	4	399
D. Baldwin C	129	511	80	143	77	24	52	125	.280	.354	.456	.810	18	0	3	1	392
M. Dubon LF	144	536	61	145	69	11	34	68	.271	.317	.386	.703	25	2	9	3	356
R. Acuna Jr. RF	99	378	57	96	49	18	50	97	.254	.346	.447	.793	17	1	20	8	313
A. Riley 3B	150	533	61	118	68	17	46	188	.221	.295	.364	.659	21	2	9	2	302
L. Thomas LF	21	41	6	7	3	1	5	15	.171	.261	.317	.578	3	0	2	0	216
M. Yastrzemski LF	129	333	47	76	36	10	38	90	.228	.313	.378	.691	18	1	1	0	208
D. Smith DH	105	263	39	67	44	8	22	46	.255	.312	.376	.688	6	1	0	0	183
J. Jarvis SS	38	111	10	23	11	1	8	23	.207	.267	.297	.564	5	1	0	1	50
S. Murphy C	25	85	10	17	9	3	7	31	.200	.261	.353	.614	4	0	0	0	40
H. Kim SS	45	111	8	14	9	0	13	32	.126	.224	.135	.359	1	0	2	0	34
B. Hicklen RF	16	27	8	9	3	0	7	12	.333	.471	.519	.990	5	0	0	0	26
J. Azocar RF	11	17	2	6	0	0	1	4	.353	.389	.471	.860	2	0	1	0	11
K. Farmer 3B	13	16	2	4	3	0	0	4	.250	.235	.313	.548	1	0	0	0	8
D. Keirsey CF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	3
L. Williams 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
S. Leon C	21	44	0	4	0	0	0	18	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	-5
Total	152	5131	702	1270	672	192	439	1229	.248	.311	.411	.722	239	11	80	23	3415

HITTING	G
M. Olson 1B	152
M. Harris II CF	146
O. Albies 2B	152
D. Baldwin C	129
M. Dubon LF	144
R. Acuna Jr. RF	99
A. Riley 3B	150
L. Thomas LF	21
M. Yastrzemski LF	129
D. Smith DH	105
J. Jarvis SS	38
S. Murphy C	25
H. Kim SS	45
B. Hicklen RF	16
J. Azocar RF	11
K. Farmer 3B	13
D. Keirsey CF	2
L. Williams 2B	2
S. Leon C	21
Total	152

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	26	26	14-9	0	0	157.0	2.18	125	43	38	9	31	190	.216	0.99	468
R. Iglesias RP	55	0	1-2	33	36	56.0	2.73	47	21	17	6	17	57	.226	1.14	342
B. Elder SP	26	26	8-8	0	0	149.0	4.11	140	74	68	24	49	121	.244	1.27	308
G. Holmes SP	29	28	9-5	0	0	141.2	3.49	125	57	55	20	59	110	.235	1.30	303
M. Perez SP	29	25	9-9	0	0	137.2	3.07	113	52	47	13	60	100	.224	1.26	276
T. Mahle SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	43.1	1.25	34	8	6	4	6	38	.215	0.92	261
D. Fuentes RP	55	1	7-2	3	9	69.1	2.21	53	18	17	5	20	88	.210	1.05	220
D. Lee RP	68	0	6-1	0	2	64.0	3.09	45	24	22	3	16	75	.196	0.95	183
B. Suter RP	10	0	1-0	0	0	23.0	1.96	22	7	5	2	8	18	.253	1.30	154
R. Suarez RP	31	0	4-0	4	5	32.0	0.56	21	2	2	1	6	26	.184	0.84	136
D. Dodd RP	44	0	4-1	1	1	45.1	2.38	28	12	12	6	14	47	.175	0.93	133
R. Lopez RP	26	13	4-5	0	0	79.1	4.54	80	44	40	11	34	73	.261	1.44	125
J. Ritchie SP	14	8	1-2	1	1	58.0	4.50	47	32	29	9	36	53	.221	1.43	90
S. Strider SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	39.0	5.31	33	24	23	9	20	46	.232	1.36	87
V. Mederos RP	26	0	4-1	1	1	30.1	3.86	27	13	13	1	12	29	.233	1.29	80
E. Hernandez RP	4	0	2-0	1	1	11.0	2.45	10	3	3	3	6	11	.233	1.45	39
R. Kerr RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	14.1	1.26	6	2	2	1	1	10	.130	0.49	37
J. Karinchak RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	4	2	2	1	5	8	.129	0.93	22
C. Carrasco RP	8	0	0-0	0	2	16.2	5.94	21	11	11	3	3	7	.318	1.44	16
A. Smith-Shawver SP	6	5	0-2	0	0	26.0	6.92	29	20	20	5	16	20	.274	1.73	12
O. Murphy RP	3	1	0-1	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	5	3	1	2	6	.231	1.20	6
I. Hamilton RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	6	4	4	0	3	4	.300	1.93	3
B. Burkhalter RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	0	1	1	.333	2.00	0
R. Munoz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	1	3	.455	3.00	-1
J. Payamps RP	12	0	0-2	0	1	7.2	8.22	9	9	7	2	4	9	.281	1.70	-2
H. Waldrep SP	3	2	0-1	0	0	10.2	8.44	13	10	10	3	10	9	.295	2.16	-3
Total	152	152	89-63	47	66	1350.0	3.61	1176	587	541	167	508	1266	.233	1.25	3295

PITCHING	GP
C. Sale SP	26
R. Iglesias RP	55
B. Elder SP	26
G. Holmes SP	29
M. Perez SP	29
T. Mahle SP	7
D. Fuentes RP	55
D. Lee RP	68
B. Suter RP	10
R. Suarez RP	31
D. Dodd RP	44
R. Lopez RP	26
J. Ritchie SP	14
S. Strider SP	8
V. Mederos RP	26
E. Hernandez RP	4
R. Kerr RP	7
J. Karinchak RP	9
C. Carrasco RP	8
A. Smith-Shawver SP	6
O. Murphy RP	3
I. Hamilton RP	4
B. Burkhalter RP	1
R. Munoz RP	1
J. Payamps RP	12
H. Waldrep SP	3
Total	152

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	152	588	112	164	102	42	77	177	.279	.372	.566	.938	29	7	37	7	614
A. Bregman 3B	149	586	87	153	84	25	73	100	.261	.352	.445	.797	31	1	3	1	472
S. Suzuki RF	134	508	91	136	81	24	77	143	.268	.367	.472	.839	30	1	3	0	427
N. Hoerner 2B	149	592	60	157	69	8	41	56	.265	.317	.356	.673	28	1	22	4	401
M. Busch 1B	150	565	73	135	76	19	85	153	.239	.348	.395	.743	27	2	3	1	397
I. Happ LF	146	513	84	112	65	23	78	180	.218	.329	.409	.738	25	2	4	1	361
D. Swanson SS	119	403	78	87	66	18	48	106	.216	.300	.404	.704	16	3	17	1	337
C. Kelly C	114	358	55	93	57	10	39	66	.260	.339	.385	.724	15	0	0	1	259
M. Conforto DH	105	241	31	57	42	14	33	75	.237	.333	.473	.806	15	0	1	0	188
T. Taylor LF	26	62	11	22	9	1	5	9	.355	.400	.500	.900	6	0	3	0	174
P. Ramirez 2B	73	213	35	55	30	6	19	41	.258	.319	.418	.737	12	2	7	1	166
M. Amaya C	79	201	35	48	26	6	23	62	.239	.345	.378	.723	10	0	0	0	139
M. Shaw RF	71	155	25	38	23	5	19	32	.245	.337	.432	.769	8	3	4	1	128
G. Arias SS	6	7	1	3	2	0	1	2	.429	.500	.429	.929	0	0	0	0	65
K. Alcantara LF	24	25	6	6	6	1	2	11	.240	.286	.360	.646	0	0	0	1	16
J. Dean RF	17	8	3	3	3	0	2	4	.375	.500	.625	1.125	0	1	1	0	13
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
J. Triantos 2B	7	8	2	1	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	3
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
B. Murray 1B	7	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	152	5213	809	1308	764	208	640	1263	.251	.339	.429	.768	258	23	107	19	4164

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	152
A. Bregman 3B	149
S. Suzuki RF	134
N. Hoerner 2B	149
M. Busch 1B	150
I. Happ LF	146
D. Swanson SS	119
C. Kelly C	114
M. Conforto DH	105
T. Taylor LF	26
P. Ramirez 2B	73
M. Amaya C	79
M. Shaw RF	71
G. Arias SS	6
K. Alcantara LF	24
J. Dean RF	17
S. Kingery 2B	8
J. Triantos 2B	7
D. Carlson LF	3
B. Murray 1B	7
Total	152

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	29	29	10-10	0	0	162.1	3.88	145	72	70	34	37	156	.235	1.12	366
K. Gausman SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	44.2	5.04	45	26	25	10	10	50	.256	1.23	342
C. Kelly C	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	6.00	4	2	2	2	0	0	.308	1.33	259
M. Boyd SP	20	20	8-5	0	0	114.2	4.16	107	56	53	15	35	89	.248	1.24	241
C. Rea SP	31	19	8-8	1	1	133.0	4.47	134	68	66	21	47	100	.260	1.36	233
D. Peterson SP	14	13	5-2	0	0	69.1	4.15	69	34	32	8	32	61	.257	1.46	214
J. Assad RP	25	11	6-1	2	2	90.0	3.70	77	38	37	16	26	59	.234	1.14	210
C. Holmes SP	7	7	2-3	0	0	39.0	3.46	31	16	15	3	16	26	.217	1.21	202
J. Webb RP	65	0	6-5	9	17	63.2	3.53	57	28	25	10	24	68	.235	1.27	198
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
R. Rolison RP	55	2	9-1	2	4	59.2	2.72	48	20	18	6	26	51	.227	1.24	184
A. Civale RP	14	0	1-0	2	2	30.1	1.19	20	6	4	1	10	31	.182	0.99	179
R. Zeferjahn RP	16	0	0-1	2	4	14.1	5.65	16	10	9	2	7	15	.291	1.60	169
E. Cabrera SP	16	15	5-5	0	0	78.1	5.74	80	55	50	16	34	70	.268	1.46	127
T. Thornton RP	48	0	5-5	3	5	48.1	3.35	41	21	18	8	17	31	.234	1.20	112
C. Thielbar RP	55	0	3-3	3	7	46.2	4.82	44	27	25	11	18	58	.246	1.33	108
D. Palencia RP	29	0	2-2	3	4	25.1	4.26	25	13	12	4	10	26	.258	1.38	66
J. Woodford RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	6	3	3	1	0	3	.462	2.00	36
G. Hollowell RP	14	0	0-0	1	1	14.1	2.51	11	5	4	2	8	13	.208	1.33	32
T. Ferguson RP	17	0	0-1	0	1	17.1	3.63	11	7	7	4	4	20	.175	0.87	28
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
D. Pomeranz RP	6	0	2-0	0	1	5.2	7.94	7	5	5	2	4	1	.304	1.94	26
E. Roberts RP	23	0	0-2	0	1	25.2	4.21	22	14	12	3	14	17	.237	1.40	24
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
P. Maton RP	31	0	0-1	0	2	27.2	6.18	34	19	19	5	16	31	.306	1.81	19
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
J. Wicks SP	4	2	0-2	2	2	10.1	10.45	18	12	12	1	2	8	.383	1.94	6
J. Murray RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	2	2	6	.400	2.67	5
A. Kelly RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0.75	3
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
Total	152	152	84-68	33	59	1357.0	4.19	1255	670	632	227	470	1179	.245	1.27	3641

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	29
K. Gausman SP	8
C. Kelly C	3
M. Boyd SP	20
C. Rea SP	31
D. Peterson SP	14
J. Assad RP	25
C. Holmes SP	7
J. Webb RP	65
B. Brown RP	20
R. Rolison RP	55
A. Civale RP	14
R. Zeferjahn RP	16
E. Cabrera SP	16
T. Thornton RP	48
C. Thielbar RP	55
D. Palencia RP	29
J. Woodford RP	2
G. Hollowell RP	14
T. Ferguson RP	17
C. Horton P	2
D. Pomeranz RP	6
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Blach RP	1
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
A. Kelly RP	1
H. Harvey RP	4
Total	152

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