Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Atlanta Braves

63-77, 30-44 Away

Final
5 - 1

Chicago Cubs

80-60, 43-26 Home

Kim, Albies homer late to back Elder as Braves rally past Cubs 5-1

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Ozzie Albies added a solo shot the eighth and hit a single in the seventh that broke up a combined no-hit bid by Chicago.

Elder (6-9) allowed one unearned run while striking out six and walking none. The right-hander retired 15 of the last 17 hitters he faced.

Tyler Kinley pitched a perfect eighth, then Raisel Iglesias worked around two walks in the ninth to complete a four-hitter.

Claimed on waivers from Tampa Bay on Monday, Kim drove the first pitch he saw from reliever Drew Pomeranz in the seventh inning 391 feet into the left-center bleachers to put the Braves up 3-1.

Willi Castro hit at RBI single in the second to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.

The Braves scored four times on four hits and a walk in the seventh after Cubs rookie Cade Horton and reliever Ben Brown did not give up a hit through six innings.

Horton allowed only one walk and struck out six through five innings. He was replaced by Brown to start the sixth after throwing 75 pitches and retiring the last 14 hitters he faced.

Brown (5-8) struck out three and walked one in the sixth. He was charged with two runs off a hit and walk while getting one out in the seventh.

Key moment Albies led off the seventh with single off Brown to break up the no-hit bid.

Key stat Since the All-Star break, Horton has allowed just 24 hits and four runs in 47 innings for a 0.77 ERA.

Up next Braves LHP Chris Sale (5-4, 2.45 ERA) starts Friday against Seattle at Atlanta. The Cubs had not yet named a starter for Friday, against Washington and RHP Jake Irvin (8-10, 5.42) at Wrigley Field.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Santana struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Happ walked.
	9th Inning	Suzuki to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Suzuki walked.
	9th Inning	Busch lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Hoerner grounded out to second.

Statistics

ATL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
12	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
156	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	4
36	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
3.2	Runs Created	-0.1
.182	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.133
.303	Secondary Average	.067
.250	On Base Percentage	.188
.614	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.321
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
33.0	Batter Rating	9.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.33	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.182	Isolated Power	.000
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.3	MLB Rating	60.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0