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
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	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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	68	265	49	72	50	19	30	68	.272	.344	.558	.902	19	0	2	0	248
O. Albies 2B	68	261	43	73	36	10	21	36	.280	.334	.444	.778	13	0	1	3	201
D. Baldwin C	48	188	39	57	38	13	24	44	.303	.389	.543	.932	6	0	1	1	185
M. Harris CF	64	232	31	71	40	13	11	47	.306	.339	.513	.852	9	0	3	1	183
R. Acuna Jr. RF	53	195	31	49	22	7	35	52	.251	.373	.421	.794	10	1	15	7	171
M. Dubon SS	64	234	28	61	37	6	18	40	.261	.319	.410	.729	13	2	1	2	161
A. Riley 3B	68	247	31	51	34	8	22	79	.206	.285	.352	.637	10	1	4	1	147
D. Smith DH	55	148	24	43	28	6	9	22	.291	.329	.453	.782	4	1	0	0	118
M. Yastrzemski LF	62	171	26	40	17	3	18	44	.234	.321	.351	.672	9	1	1	0	105
J. Mateo SS	42	90	24	27	11	4	6	27	.300	.344	.489	.833	5	0	7	1	84
E. White LF	38	73	11	15	11	2	5	14	.205	.263	.342	.605	2	1	2	0	50
H. Kim SS	15	52	4	5	3	0	5	14	.096	.175	.096	.271	0	0	1	0	12
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	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	0	0	4
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
S. Murphy C	4	14	1	1	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.142	0	0	0	0	-1
S. Leon C	18	36	0	3	0	0	0	14	.083	.083	.083	.166	0	0	0	0	-4
Total	68	2314	350	593	341	92	211	529	.256	.323	.428	.751	108	7	39	16	1682

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	21	0	0-1	13	13	22.1	1.21	17	4	3	1	4	26	.210	0.94	142
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	29	0	4-0	4	5	29.2	0.61	19	2	2	1	5	25	.181	0.81	131
M. Perez SP	13	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	3.02	40	19	19	6	20	47	.201	1.06	128
D. Lee RP	32	0	2-0	0	1	31.0	1.16	14	5	4	1	5	39	.132	0.61	103
S. Strider SP	7	7	4-1	0	0	36.0	4.00	27	17	16	6	19	43	.213	1.28	96
D. Fuentes RP	19	1	4-0	1	1	27.0	2.33	20	7	7	1	9	30	.206	1.07	93
J. Mateo SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	84
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
D. Dodd RP	10	0	0-0	1	1	14.1	1.26	7	2	2	1	4	17	.140	0.77	45
J. Ritchie SP	5	5	1-1	0	0	25.2	4.56	21	15	13	4	16	21	.221	1.44	39
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	68	68	45-23	21	27	606.2	3.20	488	236	216	69	221	594	.218	1.17	1611

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	69	257	40	66	32	11	24	73	.257	.338	.444	.782	9	3	15	5	206
I. Happ LF	65	242	44	56	36	15	41	91	.231	.348	.488	.836	13	2	3	0	202
N. Hoerner 2B	68	271	26	67	33	4	30	20	.247	.328	.347	.675	15	0	12	2	199
M. Busch 1B	68	247	29	62	38	7	44	69	.251	.373	.401	.774	12	2	1	0	183
A. Bregman 3B	68	272	32	67	22	6	32	52	.246	.332	.353	.685	9	1	2	1	163
D. Swanson SS	65	214	37	38	28	7	32	61	.178	.284	.318	.602	7	1	6	0	147
S. Suzuki RF	55	202	30	50	26	10	23	60	.248	.332	.421	.753	5	0	0	0	137
C. Kelly C	51	163	20	46	19	3	16	31	.282	.357	.374	.731	6	0	0	0	103
M. Ballesteros DH	55	146	15	35	23	6	16	33	.240	.311	.397	.708	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	39	92	15	20	10	3	14	24	.217	.351	.348	.699	3	0	0	0	64
M. Shaw RF	44	97	10	23	12	3	6	19	.237	.286	.392	.678	6	0	3	1	62
P. Ramirez 2B	11	23	2	5	1	0	3	1	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	11
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	69	2341	317	559	293	79	297	575	.239	.332	.390	.722	100	9	45	10	1647

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	18	6	2-2	1	2	57.0	1.74	34	13	11	1	16	58	.170	0.88	154
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
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	103
R. Rolison RP	20	0	5-1	0	1	24.0	2.25	18	8	6	3	12	24	.220	1.25	78
J. Assad RP	9	3	3-1	0	0	32.1	4.73	27	17	17	4	8	19	.231	1.08	69
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	31	0	1-0	1	2	29.1	3.99	28	13	13	3	7	15	.252	1.19	58
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
C. Thielbar RP	19	0	2-2	2	4	16.1	3.86	13	8	7	4	8	19	.213	1.29	48
T. Thornton RP	12	0	2-2	0	0	16.0	1.69	10	4	3	2	7	6	.185	1.06	35
E. Roberts RP	15	0	0-1	0	0	19.1	1.86	14	5	4	1	8	14	.209	1.14	32
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	25	0	0-1	0	0	22.0	6.55	27	16	16	3	11	25	.307	1.73	16
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	69	69	35-34	10	18	612.1	4.31	559	313	293	102	208	553	.242	1.25	1325

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