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

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M. PerezL	8-9 W-L	131.2 IP	3.08 ERA	1.75 SO/BB	1.25 WHIP
S. ImanagaL	9-10 W-L	156.1 IP	3.91 ERA	4.34 SO/BB	1.12 WHIP

.M. Perez

8-9, 131.2 IP, 3.08 ERA

.S. Imanaga

9-10, 156.1 IP, 3.91 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
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	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
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	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Spencer Schwellenbach	Elbow	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Tyler Austin	Knee	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Dansby Swanson	Oblique	09-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 14
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
Edward Cabrera	Finger	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Gavin Hollowell	Shoulder	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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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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	147	567	94	141	81	37	61	161	.249	.323	.503	.826	33	0	4	0	451
M. Harris II CF	141	532	67	152	80	24	21	111	.286	.314	.485	.799	32	1	10	3	389
O. Albies 2B	147	559	78	139	68	21	43	90	.249	.304	.411	.715	26	1	3	4	383
D. Baldwin C	124	489	77	135	71	23	51	118	.276	.352	.450	.802	16	0	3	1	372
M. Dubon LF	139	519	60	137	66	11	31	66	.264	.307	.383	.690	25	2	7	3	336
R. Acuna Jr. RF	94	356	53	89	45	16	48	93	.250	.345	.435	.780	16	1	20	8	291
A. Riley 3B	145	516	58	115	67	16	42	182	.223	.293	.364	.657	21	2	9	2	291
L. Thomas LF	21	41	6	7	3	1	5	15	.171	.261	.317	.578	3	0	2	0	216
M. Yastrzemski LF	125	321	46	72	34	9	36	88	.224	.309	.371	.680	18	1	1	0	197
D. Smith DH	103	262	39	67	44	8	22	46	.256	.313	.378	.691	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	22	74	8	15	8	3	6	27	.203	.263	.365	.628	3	0	0	0	35
H. Kim SS	41	103	6	13	8	0	10	30	.126	.211	.136	.347	1	0	2	0	28
B. Hicklen RF	13	24	7	8	3	0	6	10	.333	.467	.500	.967	4	0	0	0	23
J. Azocar RF	11	17	2	6	0	0	1	4	.353	.389	.471	.860	2	0	1	0	11
K. Farmer 3B	12	15	2	4	3	0	0	4	.267	.250	.333	.583	1	0	0	0	8
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	147	4951	671	1217	644	183	419	1188	.246	.309	.408	.717	233	11	76	23	3260

HITTING	G
M. Olson 1B	147
M. Harris II CF	141
O. Albies 2B	147
D. Baldwin C	124
M. Dubon LF	139
R. Acuna Jr. RF	94
A. Riley 3B	145
L. Thomas LF	21
M. Yastrzemski LF	125
D. Smith DH	103
J. Jarvis SS	38
S. Murphy C	22
H. Kim SS	41
B. Hicklen RF	13
J. Azocar RF	11
K. Farmer 3B	12
L. Williams 2B	2
S. Leon C	21
Total	147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	25	25	14-9	0	0	150.0	2.10	122	40	35	9	29	184	.219	1.01	450
R. Iglesias RP	53	0	1-2	32	35	54.0	2.83	46	20	17	6	17	56	.229	1.17	330
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	28	27	9-5	0	0	137.2	3.46	120	55	53	19	57	110	.233	1.29	300
M. Perez SP	28	24	8-9	0	0	131.2	3.08	108	49	45	13	56	98	.224	1.25	258
T. Mahle SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	36.1	1.24	28	7	5	3	6	35	.211	0.94	236
D. Fuentes RP	53	1	6-2	3	9	66.1	2.31	51	17	17	5	19	85	.212	1.06	205
D. Lee RP	66	0	6-0	0	2	62.0	2.61	40	20	18	3	15	75	.182	0.89	192
B. Suter RP	9	0	1-0	0	0	21.0	1.71	21	6	4	1	8	17	.263	1.38	150
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	25	12	4-4	0	0	76.1	4.13	74	39	35	11	32	71	.253	1.39	133
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	24	0	4-1	1	1	29.2	3.03	23	10	10	1	11	28	.209	1.15	86
R. Kerr RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	1.59	5	2	2	1	1	6	.135	0.53	27
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
O. Murphy RP	3	1	0-1	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	5	3	1	2	6	.231	1.20	6
A. Smith-Shawver SP	5	5	0-2	0	0	21.0	7.71	25	18	18	4	13	18	.284	1.81	5
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
B. Falter RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	-16
Total	147	147	86-61	46	65	1304.0	3.58	1131	561	518	163	492	1240	.232	1.24	3151

PITCHING	GP
C. Sale SP	25
R. Iglesias RP	53
B. Elder SP	26
G. Holmes SP	28
M. Perez SP	28
T. Mahle SP	6
D. Fuentes RP	53
D. Lee RP	66
B. Suter RP	9
R. Suarez RP	31
D. Dodd RP	44
R. Lopez RP	25
J. Ritchie SP	14
S. Strider SP	8
V. Mederos RP	24
R. Kerr RP	6
J. Karinchak RP	9
C. Carrasco RP	8
O. Murphy RP	3
A. Smith-Shawver SP	5
I. Hamilton RP	4
B. Burkhalter RP	1
R. Munoz RP	1
J. Payamps RP	12
H. Waldrep SP	3
B. Falter RP	1
Total	147

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	147	566	110	159	97	41	76	172	.281	.375	.572	.947	28	7	36	7	598
A. Bregman 3B	144	570	84	148	82	24	71	99	.260	.349	.440	.789	29	1	3	1	453
S. Suzuki RF	129	491	88	131	80	24	75	138	.267	.366	.475	.841	30	0	3	0	417
N. Hoerner 2B	144	572	58	152	65	8	41	56	.266	.318	.358	.676	27	1	22	4	388
M. Busch 1B	145	549	66	129	72	18	82	149	.235	.345	.388	.733	26	2	2	1	373
I. Happ LF	141	503	82	110	65	23	73	180	.219	.325	.412	.737	24	2	4	1	351
D. Swanson SS	119	403	78	87	66	18	48	106	.216	.300	.404	.704	16	3	17	1	337
C. Kelly C	109	347	52	90	54	10	38	66	.259	.338	.386	.724	14	0	0	1	247
M. Conforto DH	100	227	31	55	40	14	32	72	.242	.342	.489	.831	14	0	1	0	184
T. Taylor LF	23	56	11	22	8	1	4	8	.393	.435	.554	.989	6	0	3	0	172
P. Ramirez 2B	68	196	30	51	28	5	17	41	.260	.319	.408	.727	10	2	7	1	148
M. Amaya C	77	197	34	46	23	5	23	62	.234	.343	.360	.703	10	0	0	0	130
M. Shaw RF	67	152	24	36	22	5	17	32	.237	.324	.428	.752	8	3	4	1	122
G. Arias SS	5	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
B. Murray 1B	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	147	5056	780	1267	736	203	620	1243	.251	.339	.429	.768	248	22	105	19	4022

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	147
A. Bregman 3B	144
S. Suzuki RF	129
N. Hoerner 2B	144
M. Busch 1B	145
I. Happ LF	141
D. Swanson SS	119
C. Kelly C	109
M. Conforto DH	100
T. Taylor LF	23
P. Ramirez 2B	68
M. Amaya C	77
M. Shaw RF	67
G. Arias SS	5
K. Alcantara LF	24
J. Dean RF	17
S. Kingery 2B	8
J. Triantos 2B	7
B. Murray 1B	5
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	28	28	9-10	0	0	156.1	3.91	140	70	68	33	35	152	.236	1.12	345
K. Gausman SP	6	6	4-1	0	0	35.0	4.37	32	17	17	6	8	38	.241	1.14	329
C. Kelly C	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	6.00	4	2	2	2	0	0	.308	1.33	247
M. Boyd SP	19	19	8-4	0	0	109.1	4.03	100	52	49	15	33	86	.244	1.22	242
C. Rea SP	31	19	8-8	1	1	133.0	4.47	134	68	66	21	47	100	.260	1.36	233
J. Assad RP	23	11	6-1	2	2	88.0	3.58	74	36	35	15	26	58	.231	1.14	209
J. Webb RP	63	0	6-4	9	16	61.2	3.36	55	26	23	9	22	67	.234	1.25	202
C. Holmes SP	6	6	2-3	0	0	33.1	3.51	26	13	13	2	12	20	.217	1.14	193
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
D. Peterson SP	13	12	4-2	0	0	63.1	4.41	66	33	31	8	29	54	.266	1.50	189
A. Civale RP	13	0	1-0	2	2	28.1	1.27	19	6	4	1	8	29	.183	0.95	175
R. Rolison RP	53	2	8-1	2	4	57.0	2.84	46	20	18	6	25	51	.228	1.25	172
R. Zeferjahn RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	13.0	6.23	14	10	9	2	6	13	.280	1.54	160
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	47	0	5-5	3	5	47.1	3.42	40	21	18	8	17	31	.234	1.20	110
C. Thielbar RP	54	0	3-3	3	7	46.0	4.89	43	27	25	11	18	57	.244	1.33	106
D. Palencia RP	26	0	2-2	3	4	23.0	4.70	25	13	12	4	8	25	.278	1.43	60
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	147	147	81-66	32	57	1312.0	4.22	1216	652	615	221	449	1142	.245	1.27	3527

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	28
K. Gausman SP	6
C. Kelly C	3
M. Boyd SP	19
C. Rea SP	31
J. Assad RP	23
J. Webb RP	63
C. Holmes SP	6
B. Brown RP	20
D. Peterson SP	13
A. Civale RP	13
R. Rolison RP	53
R. Zeferjahn RP	14
E. Cabrera SP	15
T. Thornton RP	47
C. Thielbar RP	54
D. Palencia RP	26
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	147

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