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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Joe Jimenez	Knee	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Tyler Kinley	Elbow	06-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 23
Ronald Acuna Jr.	Hamstring	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Joey Wentz	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Sean Murphy	Finger	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Spencer Strider	Elbow	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
Danny Young	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Spencer Schwellenbach	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
A.J. Smith-Shawver	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Drake Baldwin	Oblique	06-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 16

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Shoulder	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Seiya Suzuki	Knee	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves ATL-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Olson 1B	70	274	51	74	51	20	30	71	.270	.341	.558	.899	19	0	2	0	254
O. Albies 2B	70	268	45	76	37	10	22	36	.284	.339	.444	.783	13	0	1	3	208
M. Harris CF	66	241	33	73	41	14	11	52	.303	.335	.515	.850	9	0	3	1	189
D. Baldwin C	48	188	39	57	38	13	24	44	.303	.389	.543	.932	6	0	1	1	185
R. Acuna Jr. RF	53	195	31	49	22	7	35	52	.251	.373	.421	.794	10	1	15	7	171
M. Dubon SS	66	243	28	63	37	6	18	42	.259	.316	.403	.719	13	2	1	2	162
A. Riley 3B	70	253	31	52	34	8	24	82	.206	.288	.352	.640	11	1	4	1	150
D. Smith DH	57	153	25	44	29	6	9	22	.288	.325	.444	.769	4	1	0	0	121
M. Yastrzemski LF	64	175	26	41	18	3	18	47	.234	.320	.349	.669	9	1	1	0	105
J. Mateo SS	44	93	24	27	11	4	6	29	.290	.333	.473	.806	5	0	7	1	83
E. White RF	40	78	12	19	14	3	5	14	.244	.294	.436	.730	4	1	2	0	63
H. Kim SS	17	56	4	5	3	0	6	14	.089	.177	.089	.266	0	0	1	0	13
J. Azocar RF	9	15	1	5	0	0	1	3	.333	.375	.467	.842	2	0	1	0	9
K. Farmer 3B	10	14	2	4	3	0	0	4	.286	.267	.357	.624	1	0	0	0	8
A. Wynns C	6	14	0	1	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.142	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
J. Jarvis SS	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
R. Tellez 1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
S. Murphy C	4	14	1	1	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.142	0	0	0	0	-1
S. Leon C	19	39	0	3	0	0	0	16	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	0	0	-5
Total	70	2383	358	609	349	95	215	552	.256	.321	.428	.749	111	7	39	16	1719

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	13	13	8-5	0	0	78.1	2.30	62	22	20	6	20	92	.215	1.05	229
B. Elder SP	14	14	5-3	0	0	84.2	2.66	64	29	25	7	25	71	.206	1.05	223
R. Iglesias RP	22	0	0-1	14	14	23.1	1.16	18	4	3	1	5	27	.214	0.99	150
M. Perez SP	14	10	5-3	0	0	62.0	2.90	44	20	20	6	21	51	.202	1.05	147
G. Holmes SP	13	13	4-2	0	0	66.2	4.05	60	31	30	13	29	59	.235	1.34	141
R. Suarez RP	30	0	4-0	4	5	30.2	0.59	19	2	2	1	5	26	.176	0.78	135
D. Lee RP	33	0	2-0	0	1	31.2	1.14	15	5	4	1	5	40	.138	0.63	105
D. Fuentes RP	20	1	4-0	1	1	28.0	2.25	20	7	7	1	9	33	.200	1.04	97
S. Strider SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	39.0	5.31	33	24	23	9	20	46	.232	1.36	87
J. Mateo SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	83
R. Lopez RP	15	5	3-1	0	0	37.2	4.06	37	20	17	6	18	34	.253	1.46	76
T. Kinley RP	31	0	4-2	0	2	28.1	3.18	24	11	10	5	10	31	.222	1.20	73
J. Ritchie SP	6	5	1-1	0	0	30.2	3.82	23	15	13	4	18	26	.209	1.34	53
D. Dodd RP	10	0	0-0	1	1	14.1	1.26	7	2	2	1	4	17	.140	0.77	45
C. Carrasco RP	5	0	0-0	0	1	9.0	3.00	10	3	3	1	1	4	.286	1.22	14
A. Molina RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	5
V. Mederos RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	5
H. Stratton RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.00	2
J. Karinchak RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	1.00	2
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
I. Hamilton RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	2	3	3	0	2	1	.400	4.00	-3
Total	70	70	46-24	22	28	623.2	3.23	502	244	224	72	226	612	.218	1.17	1666

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	71	266	42	70	33	12	24	76	.263	.341	.462	.803	11	3	15	5	217
I. Happ LF	67	251	46	57	37	16	41	94	.227	.341	.486	.827	13	2	4	0	210
M. Busch 1B	70	253	31	64	42	8	47	70	.253	.379	.415	.794	13	2	2	0	200
N. Hoerner 2B	70	279	26	67	34	4	30	21	.240	.319	.337	.656	15	0	12	2	199
A. Bregman 3B	70	280	33	69	22	6	32	53	.246	.332	.354	.686	10	1	2	1	167
D. Swanson SS	67	221	38	39	28	7	33	64	.176	.283	.312	.595	7	1	6	0	149
S. Suzuki RF	57	208	31	53	28	10	24	62	.255	.339	.433	.772	7	0	0	0	145
C. Kelly C	52	166	21	46	19	3	17	32	.277	.355	.367	.722	6	0	0	0	105
M. Ballesteros DH	56	150	15	35	23	6	16	34	.233	.304	.387	.691	5	0	1	0	97
M. Conforto DH	44	93	12	22	13	4	15	33	.237	.339	.462	.801	9	0	1	0	68
M. Amaya C	40	96	15	21	10	3	14	25	.219	.353	.354	.707	4	0	0	0	66
M. Shaw RF	45	98	10	24	12	3	6	19	.245	.299	.398	.697	6	0	3	1	64
P. Ramirez 2B	12	28	3	7	2	1	3	3	.250	.323	.429	.752	2	0	0	0	18
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
K. Alcantara DH	12	9	1	1	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	0	1	0
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	71	2411	328	576	303	83	303	594	.239	.332	.394	.726	108	9	47	10	1710

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	14	14	4-6	0	0	81.0	4.44	65	41	40	17	21	81	.215	1.06	170
B. Brown RP	19	7	3-2	1	2	62.0	1.74	41	14	12	1	19	61	.186	0.97	166
C. Rea SP	14	11	5-4	1	1	69.1	5.19	74	41	40	11	25	54	.271	1.43	120
E. Cabrera SP	12	12	4-3	0	0	63.0	4.86	66	39	34	13	23	58	.274	1.41	119
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	105
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
J. Assad RP	10	4	4-1	0	0	38.1	3.99	30	17	17	4	9	24	.219	1.02	96
R. Rolison RP	20	0	5-1	0	1	24.0	2.25	18	8	6	3	12	24	.220	1.25	78
J. Webb RP	29	0	1-1	1	4	29.1	2.76	29	12	9	4	10	35	.252	1.33	66
H. Milner RP	32	0	1-0	1	2	30.1	3.86	28	13	13	3	7	15	.246	1.15	61
C. Thielbar RP	20	0	2-2	2	4	18.0	3.50	13	8	7	4	8	20	.197	1.17	54
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
D. Palencia RP	18	0	1-1	3	3	15.2	2.87	17	5	5	2	5	16	.279	1.40	51
T. Thornton RP	13	0	2-2	0	0	18.0	2.00	11	5	4	3	7	8	.180	1.00	40
E. Roberts RP	16	0	0-1	0	0	20.1	1.77	14	5	4	1	8	16	.200	1.08	35
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
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	26	0	0-1	0	0	23.1	6.17	27	16	16	3	12	26	.293	1.67	20
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
T. Ferguson RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	6.75	3	1	1	1	0	3	.429	2.25	-2
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
J. Wicks SP	2	2	0-2	0	0	6.1	15.63	13	11	11	1	1	6	.406	2.21	-14
Total	71	71	37-34	10	18	630.1	4.21	570	315	295	103	213	567	.241	1.24	1387

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