Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

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Chicago Cubs

81-63, 37-35 Away

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Atlanta Braves

65-79, 35-35 Home

Albies, Olson homers, Elder's strong outing lead the Braves to a 4-1 win over the Cubs

The Cubs, who lead the NL wild-card race, lost for the fourth time in five games.

Olson went 2 for 4 and hit his 23rd home run of the season in the eighth inning.

Elder (7-9) pitched one-run ball for 6 1/3 innings. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out six, walked one and allowed five hits. He has allowed four earned runs in his last four starts over 26 1/3 innings.

Tyler Kinley worked a perfect eighth for his 13th straight scoreless appearance for the Braves. Rasiel Iglesias pitched the ninth inning and earned his 25th save.

Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (9-7) gave up three runs in the first inning before settling down. He retired 16 of the final 17 batters he faced and was lifted after six innings. He gave up five hits and no walks with four strikeouts.

The Cubs scored in the seventh when Matt Shaw's sacrifice fly to center scored Nico Hoerner.

Albies' solo homer came with two outs in the first inning. Ha-Seong Kim followed with a single and scored on rookie Drake Baldwin's double. Ronald Acuña Jr. singled home Baldwin, giving the Braves a 3-0 lead and ending his career-worst 0-for-25 drought.

Key moment The Cubs finally threatened Elder in the seventh with runners at second and third and one out, but Johnson retired Shaw and Reese McGuire to keep the score 3-1.

Key stat Elder's last two starts have been against the Cubs. He gave up just one earned run in 13 1/3 innings with 12 strikeouts and one walk.

Up next Cubs RHP Cade Horton (9-4, 2.78) will face Braves RHP Spencer Strider (5-12, 4.97) Tuesday in the second game of the three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castro struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hoerner grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Kinley
	8th Inning	Baldwin flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Kim hit by pitch.

Statistics

CHC		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	125
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
6	Total Bases	14
33	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
0.8	Runs Created	3.8
.161	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.452
.097	Secondary Average	.258
.182	On Base Percentage	.250
.375	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.702
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
0.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
12.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.032	Isolated Power	.226
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
64.3	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0