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Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs

2021-04-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 10343 · 47°F, cloudy · Wind 3 mph R to L · 4:02

Atlanta Braves defeated Chicago Cubs 5–2. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Eric Sogard out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ender Inciarte. Javier Baez scores. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 4th — Ronald Acuna singles on a line drive to right fielder Jason Heyward. Guillermo Heredia scores. Kyle Wright scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Ronald Acuna singles on a line drive to right fielder Jason Heyward. Guillermo Heredia scores. Kyle Wright scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	9
CHN	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Josh Tomlin L: Zach Davies SV: Will Smith

Umpires — HP: Nick Mahrley · 1B: Jeff Nelson · 2B: Mike Estabrook · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	4	1	1	2	1	0
Freddie Freeman	3	1	1	0	2	0
Marcell Ozuna	5	0	3	1	0	1
Travis d'Arnaud	5	0	1	1	0	1
Ozzie Albies	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dansby Swanson	2	0	0	0	3	0
Ehire Adrianza	3	0	0	1	1	1
Ender Inciarte	2	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Wright	2	1	1	0	0	0
Guillermo Heredia	2	1	0	0	0	2
Johan Camargo	1	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Riley	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Happ	3	0	1	0	2	0
Willson Contreras	4	1	2	1	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	3	0	1	0	2	1
Kris Bryant	4	0	0	0	1	2
Joc Pederson	5	0	1	0	0	1
Javier Baez	2	1	0	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	4	0	1	0	0	3
Eric Sogard	3	0	0	1	0	2
Zach Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Duffy	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Bote	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Marisnick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Wright	4.1	3	2	5
Grant Dayton	0.2	0	0	1
Sean Newcomb	1.0	0	1	1
Josh Tomlin	1.1	3	0	0
A. J. Minter	0.2	0	0	2
Will Smith	1.0	0	3	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Zach Davies	4.0	7	3	1
Jason Adam	1.0	0	2	2
Pedro Strop	1.0	1	1	2
Dillon Maples	1.0	1	2	1
Rex Brothers	1.0	0	0	1
Justin Steele	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ronald Acuna: W
Freddie Freeman: 43/G3.1-2
Marcell Ozuna: 6/F78S
Travis d'Arnaud: 1/G34S-

Bot 1

Ian Happ: S7/L78XD+
Willson Contreras: HP.1-2
Anthony Rizzo: 43/G34D.2-3;1-2
Kris Bryant: K
Joc Pederson: 8/F8D

Top 2

Ozzie Albies: 13/G6MS
Dansby Swanson: W
Ehire Adrianza: K
Ender Inciarte: 6/P4

Bot 2

Javier Baez: HP
Jason Heyward: S9/G34.1-3
Eric Sogard: 8/SF/F89XD.3-H
Zach Davies: 34/SH/BG2-.1-2
Ian Happ: W
Willson Contreras: 43/G4MD

Top 3

Kyle Wright: 43/G4M+
Ronald Acuna: 9/F89S
Freddie Freeman: W
Marcell Ozuna: S7/G6+.1-2
Travis d'Arnaud: S7/L7.2-H;1-2
Ozzie Albies: 4/L34D

Bot 3

Anthony Rizzo: K
Kris Bryant: 53/G56
Joc Pederson: 7/F7

Top 4

Dansby Swanson: 53/G5S-
Ehire Adrianza: 63/G6MS
Ender Inciarte: S7/L7S
Kyle Wright: D7/G5.1-3
Ronald Acuna: S9/L89S.3-H;2-H
Freddie Freeman: S6/G6M.1-2
Marcell Ozuna: S6/G6+.2-H;1-2
Travis d'Arnaud: 5(2)/FO/G5.B-1

Bot 4

Javier Baez: HP
Jason Heyward: K
Eric Sogard: SB2
Eric Sogard: K
Matt Duffy: HP
Ian Happ: 43/G34

Top 5

Ozzie Albies: K
Dansby Swanson: W
Ehire Adrianza: W.1-2
Guillermo Heredia: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 5

Willson Contreras: HR/F7D
Anthony Rizzo: W
Kris Bryant: K
Joc Pederson: 6/L6M+
Javier Baez: K

Top 6

Johan Camargo: K
Ronald Acuna: 63/G6
Freddie Freeman: W
Marcell Ozuna: S9/L9S.1-3
Travis d'Arnaud: K

Bot 6

Jason Heyward: K
Eric Sogard: 7/F7D
David Bote: W
Ian Happ: CS2(24)

Top 7

Ozzie Albies: D7/L78
Dansby Swanson: WP.2-3
Dansby Swanson: W
Ehire Adrianza: 7/SF/F78.3-H
Guillermo Heredia: K
Austin Riley: W.1-2
Ronald Acuna: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Bot 7

Ian Happ: 7/L7D+
Willson Contreras: S8/L8+
Anthony Rizzo: S7/L78S.1-2
Kris Bryant: 4(1)3/GDP/G6MS

Top 8

Freddie Freeman: 7/L78D
Marcell Ozuna: K
Travis d'Arnaud: 63/G56

Bot 8

Joc Pederson: S4/L4D
Javier Baez: 2/BP2F-/FL
Jason Heyward: K
Eric Sogard: K

Top 9

Ozzie Albies: HP
Dansby Swanson: 9/F9L
Ehire Adrianza: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 9

Jake Marisnick: K.BX1(23)
Ian Happ: W
Willson Contreras: K
Anthony Rizzo: DI.1-2
Anthony Rizzo: W
Kris Bryant: W.2-3;1-2
Joc Pederson: K

Notes & reviews

Inciarte left with injured leg
Cubs challenged call that Pederson was out at 1st; call overturned - single
Cubs challenged call that Adrianza was safe at 1st; call overturned - out to complete double play

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