Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Atlanta Braves

89-64, 38-37 Away

Final
4 - 8

Chicago Cubs

85-68, 45-33 Home

Crow-Armstrong homers twice, Imanaga shines as Cubs beat Braves 8-4

PCA hits 2 homers, becomes single season lefty Cubs leader

Armstrong homered to lead off the third, breaking Billy Williams’ franchise record set in 1970. Crow-Armstrong led off the seventh with another shot for his 13th career multi-homer game and seventh of the season.

Alex Bregman went 3 for 4 with a home run, triple, double and four RBI, and Crow-Armstrong added an RBI triple as the Cubs stayed a half-game ahead of the Phillies for the first NL wild card.

After allowing three hits in the first two innings, Imanaga (11-10) retired 11 straight batters before Ronald Acuna Jr. doubled and later scored in the sixth, striking out eight and walking none.

On a night when the Braves could have clinched a playoff spot with a win and results elsewhere, starter J.R. Ritchie (1-3) allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Bregman led off the fourth with his 26th home run, and Crow-Armstrong drove in Carson Kelly with a triple to right in the fifth before Bregman's triple scored a pair of runs.

Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, who has been out since August 16 with a left oblique strain, took six at-bats in a simulated game Wednesday and is on schedule to be activated Friday, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

Up next Both teams are off Thursday. The Braves travel to Houston for a three-game series starting Friday, while the Cubs travel to Cincinnati.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yastrzemski grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski hit for Kim
	9th Inning	S. Murphy grounded out to shortstop, Harris II scored, Dubón to third.
	9th Inning	Riley struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dubón doubled to right, Albies scored, Harris II to third.
	9th Inning	Zeferjahn relieved Rolison

Statistics

ATL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	28
36	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	8
2.9	Runs Created	10.1
.229	Batting Average	.353
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.824
.143	Secondary Average	.559
.250	On Base Percentage	.421
.593	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.245
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.9
30.5	Batter Rating	64.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.114	Isolated Power	.471
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.206
8.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
78.3	MLB Rating	108.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0