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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Raisel Iglesias	Shoulder	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Joe Jimenez	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Ronald Acuna Jr.	Hamstring	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
Joey Wentz	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Sean Murphy	Hip	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
Spencer Strider	Oblique	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Danny Young	Elbow	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Ha-seong Kim	Finger	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
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
Dylan Dodd	Back	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Hurston Waldrep	Elbow	06-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 2

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Nico Hoerner	Neck	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
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	34	133	30	39	30	11	18	34	.293	.373	.639	1.012	13	0	0	0	146
D. Baldwin C	34	138	31	43	29	8	15	31	.312	.391	.522	.913	5	0	1	0	136
O. Albies 2B	34	132	24	43	21	7	10	17	.326	.370	.545	.915	8	0	0	3	116
M. Harris CF	32	106	13	34	22	7	6	20	.321	.354	.557	.911	4	0	2	0	94
R. Acuna Jr. RF	34	127	17	32	9	2	20	31	.252	.362	.378	.740	8	1	7	4	91
A. Riley 3B	34	127	18	26	20	4	13	36	.205	.287	.346	.633	6	0	3	0	85
M. Dubon 2B	32	117	17	32	18	2	7	20	.274	.325	.427	.752	8	2	0	1	83
D. Smith 1B	25	66	11	22	17	4	3	9	.333	.366	.545	.911	2	0	0	0	63
M. Yastrzemski RF	31	97	12	19	6	0	8	27	.196	.264	.258	.522	4	1	1	0	40
J. Mateo SS	19	37	11	10	3	1	2	15	.270	.308	.405	.713	2	0	2	1	26
E. White CF	20	46	6	9	8	2	1	9	.196	.208	.348	.556	1	0	0	0	26
J. Heim C	11	35	2	7	3	0	5	5	.200	.300	.286	.586	3	0	0	0	17
K. Farmer 3B	8	12	2	4	3	0	0	2	.333	.308	.417	.725	1	0	0	0	9
L. Williams SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
Total	34	1173	194	320	189	48	109	256	.273	.338	.458	.796	65	4	16	9	933

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	7	7	6-1	0	0	42.0	2.14	26	10	10	5	12	49	.176	0.90	153
B. Elder SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	43.0	1.88	32	12	9	2	13	36	.204	1.05	122
R. Suarez RP	14	0	2-0	4	4	13.2	0.66	10	1	1	0	2	14	.200	0.88	77
G. Holmes RP	7	7	2-1	0	0	37.1	4.34	32	19	18	6	17	29	.225	1.31	77
M. Perez SP	6	4	2-1	0	0	28.1	2.22	18	7	7	3	10	19	.184	0.99	69
R. Iglesias RP	8	0	0-0	5	5	8.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	11	.167	0.69	60
D. Lee RP	16	0	1-0	0	1	15.2	1.15	6	2	2	0	2	18	.115	0.51	53
R. Lopez RP	6	5	2-1	0	0	23.2	3.42	20	12	9	4	11	22	.227	1.31	53
T. Kinley RP	15	0	3-1	0	0	14.0	1.29	9	3	2	0	7	14	.180	1.14	46
J. Ritchie SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	12.1	2.92	10	5	4	3	6	11	.222	1.30	32
D. Fuentes P	4	1	1-0	0	0	10.0	4.50	9	5	5	1	3	12	.237	1.20	25
D. Dodd SP	2	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	3	1	1	0	1	4	.200	1.00	16
A. Bummer RP	14	0	0-1	0	0	10.1	4.35	10	7	5	3	4	8	.238	1.35	10
A. Molina SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	5
C. Carrasco SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	3
H. Stratton RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	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	34	34	24-10	12	14	304.0	3.11	236	118	105	31	114	289	.212	1.15	797

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	32	128	17	38	26	4	13	14	.297	.374	.461	.835	9	0	7	0	126
I. Happ LF	31	118	23	29	15	8	22	40	.246	.373	.517	.890	6	1	1	0	105
D. Swanson SS	32	105	24	23	24	6	20	28	.219	.341	.429	.770	2	1	2	0	104
A. Bregman 3B	33	132	11	33	12	3	17	23	.250	.338	.364	.702	4	1	1	0	79
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	33	123	20	29	13	3	10	39	.236	.304	.350	.654	3	1	6	3	77
M. Ballesteros C	29	78	12	24	16	5	8	14	.308	.368	.564	.932	5	0	0	0	73
M. Busch 3B	32	121	14	25	13	2	16	32	.207	.307	.306	.613	6	0	0	0	66
S. Suzuki RF	20	73	14	22	10	5	11	20	.301	.402	.521	.923	1	0	0	0	65
C. Kelly C	24	79	13	25	11	2	12	15	.316	.413	.443	.856	4	0	0	0	64
M. Shaw SS	30	79	10	22	10	3	5	16	.278	.318	.468	.786	6	0	2	1	57
M. Amaya C	20	52	10	12	6	2	8	14	.231	.355	.365	.720	1	0	0	0	38
M. Conforto RF	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	25
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	33	1130	177	292	161	43	149	269	.258	.350	.425	.775	51	4	20	4	884

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	7	7	3-2	0	0	41.1	2.40	25	12	11	3	10	43	.169	0.85	122
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	86
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
B. Brown SP	11	0	1-1	1	2	24.2	1.82	17	7	5	1	7	23	.195	0.97	65
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	34
M. Boyd SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	18.0	7.00	21	15	14	1	5	26	.288	1.44	29
J. Assad RP	5	3	2-1	0	0	19.0	7.58	22	16	16	3	6	11	.289	1.47	27
D. Palencia RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	5	.176	1.00	26
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
R. Rolison RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	19
J. Webb RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	18
C. Martin RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.25	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
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
C. Barnes SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	4	4	3	0	3	1	.308	2.33	-1
P. Maton RP	7	0	0-1	0	0	6.0	12.00	9	8	8	1	4	9	.346	2.17	-5
Total	33	33	21-12	8	12	294.0	3.89	249	139	127	37	97	270	.228	1.18	708

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