Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs
ATL
Atlanta Braves
86-65 · L2
CHC
Chicago Cubs
82-69 · W1
Atlanta Braves beat Chicago Cubs 6-3 at Wrigley Field. Martín Pérez earned the win; Jacob Webb took the loss. Raisel Iglesias recorded the save.
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| CHC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Scoring Summary
Pedro Ramírez singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Michael Harris II. Michael Busch scores. Matt Shaw to 2nd.
Pedro Ramírez reaches on a fielder's choice. Michael Busch scores. Matt Shaw to 3rd. Throwing error by shortstop Mauricio Dubón.
Miguel Amaya out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Matt Shaw scores.
Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. Drake Baldwin scores.
Ozzie Albies homers (22) on a fly ball to right center field. Austin Riley scores.
Drake Baldwin homers (24) on a line drive to right field. Ozzie Albies scores.
Key Performers
Drake Baldwin
ATL
2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Ozzie Albies
ATL
2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL
1-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R
Pedro Ramírez
CHC
1-4, 1 RBI
Batting
| ATL | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Harris II CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Mauricio Dubón SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Brewer Hicklen RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Drake Baldwin C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Matt Olson 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ronald Acuña Jr. DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ozzie Albies 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Austin Riley 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Mike Yastrzemski LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| CHC | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Conforto DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tyrone Taylor LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Ian Happ LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alex Bregman 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Pedro Ramírez 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Michael Busch 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Carson Kelly PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Miguel Amaya C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Seiya Suzuki RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Nico Hoerner SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Matt Shaw DH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Pitching
| ATL | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérez, M (W, 9-9) | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 90-52 | 3.07 |
| Fuentes (H, 17) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35-23 | 2.21 |
| Iglesias, R (S, 33) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-11 | 2.73 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| CHC | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gausman | 5.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 94-71 | 4.55 |
| Palencia, D (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 4.26 |
| Webb, J (L, 6-5)(BS, 8) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18-9 | 3.53 |
| Cabrera, E | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 40-24 | 5.74 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |