Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
CHC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 5
ATL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 4

Box Score

ATL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF Profar, J 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257
1B Olson 4 1 2 1 0 1 .272
2B Albies 4 1 1 1 0 1 .242
SS Kim, H 3 1 1 0 0 0 .231
C Baldwin, D 4 1 1 1 0 0 .276
RF Acuña Jr. 3 0 1 1 0 1 .272
CF Harris II, M 3 0 1 0 0 0 .244
DH Ozuna 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225
3B Alvarez Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
ATL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Elder 6.1 5 1 1 1 6 89-61 5.35
Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 6-4 2.39
Kinley 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12-9 4.41
Iglesias, R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10-7 3.62
CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 0 1 0 0 1 .256
LF Happ 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236
RF Suzuki 4 0 1 0 0 2 .243
DH Crow-Armstrong 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252
2B Hoerner 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291
CF Castro, W 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229
SS Swanson 3 0 1 0 0 1 .247
3B Shaw 2 0 0 1 0 1 .226
C McGuire 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Imanaga 6.0 5 3 3 0 4 80-55 3.21
Civale 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 45-27 5.07

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 Ozzie Albies homers (16) on a fly ball to center field. 1-0
B1 Drake Baldwin doubles (13) on a fly ball to center fielder Willi Castro. Ha-Seong Kim scores. 2-0
B1 Ronald Acuña Jr. singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Drake Baldwin scores. 3-0
T7 Matt Shaw out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. Nico Hoerner scores. 3-1
B8 Matt Olson homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. 4-1

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Braves – September 8, 2025 0:06
Bryce Elder against the Cubs 0:08
Shota Imanaga against the Braves 0:08
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, September 8 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 8 vs Braves 0:08
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, September 8 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Atlanta, September 8 vs Cubs 0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, September 8 vs Braves 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, September 8 vs Braves 0:11
Starting lineups for Cubs at Braves – September 8, 2025 0:10
Ozzie Albies' home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Measuring the stats on Ozzie Albies' home run 0:13
Breaking down Bryce Elder's pitches 0:04
Bryce Elder's outing against the Cubs 0:24
Breaking down Shota Imanaga's pitches 0:04
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Braves 0:22
Matt Olson: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Bryce Elder fans Ian Happ 0:08
Ozzie Albies' solo homer (16) 0:29
Drake Baldwin's RBI double 0:29
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s RBI single 0:25
Michael Harris II hits a foul ball after review 0:21
Shota Imanaga strikes out Matt Olson 0:07
Ozzie Albies' nice spinning play 0:20
Bryce Elder escapes bases-loaded jam 0:10
Matt Shaw's RBI sac fly 0:15
Nico Hoerner's double in the 7th 0:15
Alex Anthopoulos on Sean Murphy's right hip surgery 0:49
Bryce Elder strikes out six in strong start 0:45
Shota Imanaga fans four over six frames 0:30
Matt Olson's solo home run (23) 0:29
Ha-Seong Kim is hit by a pitch after review 1:23
Willi Castro called out on strikes. 0:07

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Elder (7-9, 5.35 ERA) Imanaga (9-7, 3.21 ERA) Iglesias, R (25 SV, 3.62 ERA)

Game ended at 8:30 PM.

32 comments

  2. According to the GDT, Cubs are going to miss the playoffs and should part ways with Shota Imanaga.

  3. That PCA ground out on a wide ball at 0-0 with the bags juiced against a tiring pitcher was one of the worst AB’s of the year. Utterly putrid, thick baseball!

    Bear down!!!

  6. Least exciting playoff bound team this year.  They will be swept out of the playoffs unless this offense can collectively pull their heads out of their asses and play situational baseball again.  It’s honestly a miracle they still hold the top WC spot massively thanks to pitching staff.

  7. Maybe this Tucker calf injury is some Machiavellian ploy by Tucker to prove his value for the FA market by showing how the offense is even more uninspired when he’s out of the lineup.

  12. It’s been rough..

    We can only hope they figure it out down the stretch and really put it together offensively.

    These series against the Mets and even the Reds.. just got a bit more important. Especially with how we’ve been playing lately..

  15. 3rd time in less than a week that the offense has only scored 1 run. If they can’t hit against under .500 teams, they might go out quickly in a wild card series

  20. 2nd time in the past week of making Bryce Elder, one of the worst pitchers in baseball, look like a Cy Young candidate

  21. This team still coasting on a ~2 month hot streak to start the season. Just playing mostly boring/bad baseball since then.

  24. At this point, I am less concerned about the central title. The brewers can have it. Let’s just get to the playoffs healthy and see if we can catch lightning in a bottle

  26. Happened to be in Atlanta this week so I’m going Wednesday…then saw it’s Sale vs Assad so that dampens my excitement a bit. Here’s hoping we can rip off 2 in a row

  29. The bats are mediocre. The bullpen has regressed. The starters are what they have been – short an ace. The coaching is stubborn to outright head scratching. Wildcard and bounce is a pretty safe bet.

  31. Nice to see Caleb Williams motivated by his well paid coach. Unlike anyone on this Cubs roster

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