The Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Sep 16, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Mauricio Dubon went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Braves.
- JR Ritchie pitched 4.2 innings for the Braves, allowing 6 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ozzie Albies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ha-Seong Kim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Ritchie | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Brent Suter | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Dodd | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Aaron Civale | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Zeferjahn | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: ATL 6, CHC 3 · Next Sep 18, 2026: ATL 6, HOU 2
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Sep 15, 2026: ATL 6, CHC 3 · Next Sep 18, 2026: CHC 4, CIN 6