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	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
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	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Tyler Austin	Knee	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Dansby Swanson	Oblique	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
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	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
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

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Braves ATL-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	151	584	96	145	85	39	63	165	.248	.323	.505	.828	33	0	4	0	467
M. Harris II CF	145	551	72	161	83	25	21	114	.292	.319	.490	.809	32	1	11	3	410
O. Albies 2B	151	576	81	140	69	21	44	93	.243	.298	.403	.701	27	1	3	4	388
D. Baldwin C	128	506	78	141	75	23	52	124	.279	.354	.451	.805	18	0	3	1	384
M. Dubon LF	143	533	61	144	69	11	33	68	.270	.316	.386	.702	25	2	8	3	352
R. Acuna Jr. RF	98	373	56	95	47	17	50	96	.255	.348	.442	.790	17	1	20	8	307
A. Riley 3B	149	530	60	118	68	17	45	185	.223	.295	.366	.661	21	2	9	2	301
L. Thomas LF	21	41	6	7	3	1	5	15	.171	.261	.317	.578	3	0	2	0	216
M. Yastrzemski LF	128	329	47	76	36	10	38	90	.231	.316	.383	.699	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	15	24	8	8	3	0	6	10	.333	.467	.500	.967	4	0	0	0	24
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	151	5096	696	1261	666	189	436	1220	.247	.311	.410	.721	238	11	78	23	3382

HITTING	G
M. Olson 1B	151
M. Harris II CF	145
O. Albies 2B	151
D. Baldwin C	128
M. Dubon LF	143
R. Acuna Jr. RF	98
A. Riley 3B	149
L. Thomas LF	21
M. Yastrzemski LF	128
D. Smith DH	105
J. Jarvis SS	38
S. Murphy C	25
H. Kim SS	45
B. Hicklen RF	15
J. Azocar RF	11
K. Farmer 3B	13
D. Keirsey CF	2
L. Williams 2B	2
S. Leon C	21
Total	151

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	54	0	1-2	32	35	55.0	2.78	47	21	17	6	17	57	.229	1.16	332
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
T. Mahle SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	43.1	1.25	34	8	6	4	6	38	.215	0.92	261
M. Perez SP	28	24	8-9	0	0	131.2	3.08	108	49	45	13	56	98	.224	1.25	258
D. Fuentes RP	54	1	7-2	3	9	67.1	2.27	53	18	17	5	20	86	.215	1.08	213
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	151	151	88-63	46	65	1341.0	3.62	1171	584	539	167	504	1262	.233	1.25	3260

PITCHING	GP
C. Sale SP	26
R. Iglesias RP	54
B. Elder SP	26
G. Holmes SP	29
T. Mahle SP	7
M. Perez SP	28
D. Fuentes RP	54
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	151

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	151	583	112	164	102	42	77	176	.281	.374	.571	.945	29	7	37	7	615
A. Bregman 3B	148	583	87	153	84	25	72	99	.262	.352	.448	.800	31	1	3	1	471
S. Suzuki RF	133	504	91	135	81	24	77	141	.268	.367	.474	.841	30	1	3	0	427
N. Hoerner 2B	148	588	60	157	69	8	41	56	.267	.319	.359	.678	28	1	22	4	401
M. Busch 1B	149	562	71	134	76	19	84	153	.238	.347	.395	.742	27	2	3	1	393
I. Happ LF	145	512	84	112	65	23	78	180	.219	.329	.410	.739	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	113	357	55	93	57	10	39	66	.261	.340	.387	.727	15	0	0	1	259
M. Conforto DH	104	240	31	57	42	14	33	75	.238	.335	.475	.810	15	0	1	0	188
T. Taylor LF	25	60	11	22	9	1	4	9	.367	.403	.517	.920	6	0	3	0	173
P. Ramirez 2B	72	209	35	54	29	6	19	41	.258	.320	.421	.741	12	2	7	1	164
M. Amaya C	78	200	35	48	25	6	23	62	.240	.348	.380	.728	10	0	0	0	138
M. Shaw RF	70	153	24	36	23	5	18	32	.235	.326	.425	.751	8	3	4	1	124
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	151	5182	806	1303	762	208	636	1259	.251	.340	.431	.771	258	23	107	19	4152

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	151
A. Bregman 3B	148
S. Suzuki RF	133
N. Hoerner 2B	148
M. Busch 1B	149
I. Happ LF	145
D. Swanson SS	119
C. Kelly C	113
M. Conforto DH	104
T. Taylor LF	25
P. Ramirez 2B	72
M. Amaya C	78
M. Shaw RF	70
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	151

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	7	7	4-2	0	0	39.0	5.31	40	24	23	9	10	44	.260	1.28	329
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	13	12	4-2	0	0	63.1	4.41	66	33	31	8	29	54	.266	1.50	214
J. Assad RP	25	11	6-1	2	2	90.0	3.70	77	38	37	16	26	59	.234	1.14	210
J. Webb RP	64	0	6-4	9	16	63.0	3.29	55	26	23	9	23	68	.230	1.24	206
C. Holmes SP	7	7	2-3	0	0	39.0	3.46	31	16	15	3	16	26	.217	1.21	202
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	15	15	5-5	0	0	76.0	5.68	78	53	48	15	32	67	.268	1.45	124
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	28	0	2-2	3	4	25.0	4.32	25	13	12	4	10	26	.260	1.40	65
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	151	151	84-67	33	58	1348.0	4.18	1246	664	626	224	467	1170	.245	1.27	3632

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	29
K. Gausman SP	7
C. Kelly C	3
M. Boyd SP	20
C. Rea SP	31
D. Peterson SP	13
J. Assad RP	25
J. Webb RP	64
C. Holmes SP	7
B. Brown RP	20
R. Rolison RP	55
A. Civale RP	14
R. Zeferjahn RP	16
E. Cabrera SP	15
T. Thornton RP	48
C. Thielbar RP	55
D. Palencia RP	28
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	151

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