The Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on May 23, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Christian Walker went 3-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Kai-Wei Teng pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Alex Bregman went 1-for-4 for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 7.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Cesar Salazar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kai-Wei Teng | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 22, 2026: HOU 4, CHC 2 · Next May 24, 2026: HOU 8, CHC 5
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 22, 2026: HOU 4, CHC 2 · Next May 24, 2026: HOU 8, CHC 5