Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Atlanta Braves

62-77, 29-44 Away

Final
3 - 4

Chicago Cubs

80-59, 43-25 Home

Kyle Tucker hits 3-run HR, leads Cubs past Braves 4-3

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Imanaga (9-6) allowed three runs on five hits in six innings for the win.

Nico Hoerner added two hits as Chicago won for the fourth time in five. The Cubs are five games behind NL Central-leading Milwaukee.

Daniel Palencia worked around two singles in the ninth for his 22nd save.

Tucker left the game in the seventh inning due to left calf tightness and was replaced in right field by Willi Castro.

Atlanta's Joey Wentz (5-5) yielded four runs on seven hits in four innings, striking out a season-high eight.

Tucker hit his 22nd homer and Ian Happ’s RBI single made it 4-0 in the third inning.

Matt Olson tripled and scored on Imanaga’s wild pitch in the fourth and Ozzie Albies followed with a homer down the left-field line.

Eli White’s solo shot in the fifth cut it to 4-3.

Marcell Ozuna and Ha-Seong Kim each had two hits for Atlanta, which has dropped five of six.

Key moment With Chicago clinging to a 4-3 lead, Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw ranged to his right to grab Ronald Acuña's bouncer down the line in the eighth. The rookie pivoted and threw to first for the second out.

Key stat Kevin Alcántara, recalled from Triple-A on Monday, started center field in place of slumping All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong and went 1-for-3 Crow-Armstrong entered batting .160 with one homer and five RBI in 28 games since Aug 1.

Up next Atlanta's Bryce Elder (5-9, 5.85 ERA) faces Cade Horton (9-4, 2.92) on Wednesday to wrap up a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kim reached on infield single to second, Williams to third.
	9th Inning	Williams stole second.
	9th Inning	Harris II flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Williams ran for Ozuna
	9th Inning	Ozuna singled to left.

Statistics

ATL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	10
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	10
34	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
3.8	Runs Created	2.8
.242	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.333
.273	Secondary Average	.200
.265	On Base Percentage	.303
.750	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.636
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
27.5	Batter Rating	26.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.42
.242	Isolated Power	.100
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
5.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.8	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0