Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

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Chicago Cubs

82-63, 38-35 Away

Final
6 - 1

Atlanta Braves

65-80, 35-36 Home

Cubs beat Braves 6-1 behind Cade Horton's strong outing

Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Horton (10-4), a leading candidate for National League Rookie of the Year, allowed one run on four hits with no walks. His 2.70 ERA leads all rookies and 10 wins lead National League rookies. He pitched into the seventh inning for the third time this season.

Andrew Kittredge recorded the final two outs in the seventh, and Caleb Thielbar and Ben Brown each pitched a scoreless inning.

Crow-Armstrong went 1 for 2, walked, was hit by a pitch and had two steals. Ian Happ was 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored. Matt Shaw had a two-run single during a four-run eighth inning.

Crow-Armstrong had a sacrifice fly in the first inning that drove in Michael Busch and an RBI single in the third that scored Happ. Dansby Swanson walked with the bases loaded in the eighth before Shaw's single.

Ronald Acuña Jr. scored the lone run for the Braves off an RBI single from Jurickson Profar.

Braves starter Spencer Strider (5-13) gave up two runs on six hits while striking out eight.

Key moment Shaw's bases-loaded single with two outs in the eighth inning off Connor Seabold broke the game open for the Cubs. Nico Hoerner and Willi Castro scored on the hit and Swanson came home on a fielding error by Nacho Alvarez Jr. to give the Cubs a 6-1 lead.

Key stat In 10 starts since the All-Star break, Horton has given up just five runs in 53 1/3 innings for a 0.84 ERA. In his last two starts, both against the Braves, he surrendered one run and four hits in 11 1/3 innings.

Up next Braves LHP Chris Sale (5-4, 2.38 ERA), who has not given up more than one run in his last eight starts, will pitch the finale of the three-game series. The Cubs have not announced a starting pitcher.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kim struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Baldwin flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Albies struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Brown relieved Thielbar
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Suzuki struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHC		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	6
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	124
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	0
8	Total Bases	5
40	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
4.1	Runs Created	-0.5
.219	Batting Average	.125
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.156
.281	Secondary Average	.031
.350	On Base Percentage	.125
.600	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.281
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.5
33.0	Batter Rating	10.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.031	Isolated Power	.031
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.150	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
11.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.3	MLB Rating	61.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0