Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

CHC 2 — 0 ATL

Final — 2026-05-14

MVP: Chris Sale 6.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated Atlanta Braves 2-0. Chris Sale led the way with 6.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER. Hoby Milner earned the win and Chris Sale took the loss. Daniel Palencia recorded the save.

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

WP Hoby Milner (1-0)

LP Chris Sale (6-3)

SV Daniel Palencia (3)

Scoring Plays

Top 6: Shaw grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Happ scored, Suzuki out at second. (1-0)

Top 8: Happ homered to right center (424 feet). (2-0)

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hoerner	2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.267	.345	.407	.752
Bregman	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.246	.333	.357	.690
Happ	LF	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.234	.376	.481	.857
Suzuki	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.374	.482	.856
Shaw	RF	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.256	.292	.422	.714
Busch	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	.231	.348	.353	.701
Swanson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.189	.300	.350	.650
Amaya	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.365	.344	.709
Crow-Armstrong	CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.238	.311	.369	.680

ATL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Baldwin	C	4	1	0	2	.294	.375	.514	.889
Albies	2B	4	0	0	0	.288	.340	.476	.816
Olson	1B	4	1	0	3	.294	.371	.629	1.000
Harris	CF	4	1	0	2	.309	.336	.496	.832
Dubon	LF	4	0	0	2	.256	.314	.404	.718
Riley	3B	3	1	0	1	.218	.290	.370	.660
Smith	DH	4	1	0	1	.353	.380	.529	.909
Kim	SS	3	0	0	1	.111	.200	.111	.311
Yastrzemski	RF	2	0	1	1	.217	.282	.300	.582

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Brown	4.0	1	1	7	65-40	1.60	0.94
Milner	2.0	1	0	1	25-18	2.21	1.21	W, 1-0
Maton	1.0	1	0	2	14-11	7.71	1.81
Webb	1.0	1	0	1	16-12	3.44	1.25
Palencia	1.0	1	0	2	16-12	2.25	1.38	S, 3

ATL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Sale	6.0	5	1	0	2	8	0	100-65	1.96	1.02	L, 6-3
Lopez	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	32-22	3.81	1.34
Bummer	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	4.40	1.96

Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia (36,367)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: John Libka, First Base Umpire: James Hoye, Second Base Umpire: Tyler Jones, Third Base Umpire: Sean Barber

Broadcast: MARQ | BRVN

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