Acuña, Albies, Baldwin hit late 2-run homers that lift Braves over Cubs
6-3
[September 16, 2026]
CHICAGO (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies and Drake
Baldwin hit late-inning, two-run homers, and the Atlanta Braves rallied
to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Chicago's loss clinched Milwaukee's fourth straight NL Central title.
The Cubs (84-68) maintained a half-game lead over Philadelphia (83-68)
for the top NL wild card. |
Chicago Cubs' Matt Shaw, right, scores on a sacrifice fly by Miguel
Amaya as Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin looks to the field during
the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 15,
2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) |
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NL East-leading Atlanta (89-63) opened a 5 1/2-game NL East lead
over the second-place Phillies.
Given a 3-0 lead, Cubs starter Kevin Gausman retired 16 of his
first 18 batters.
Acuña homered off Gausman in the sixth to pull the Braves within
a run. Albies went deep in the seventh off Jacob Webb (6-5), his
eighth home run in 23 games at Wrigley Field, and Baldwin
connected in the ninth against Edward Cabrera.
Martín Pérez (9-9) allowed three runs — two earned — five hits
and four walks in six innings. Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect
ninth for his 33rd save in 36 chances.
Pedro Ramirez hit a RBI single in the second. Shortstop Maurico
Dubón had a run-scoring throwing error in the fourth inning and
Miguel Amaya followed with a sacrifice fly.
Up next
Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (10-10, 3.88 ERA) and Braves rookie RHP
JR Ritchie (1-2, 4.50 ERA) start Wednesday night.
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