The Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 on May 24, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Christian Walker went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Peter Lambert pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 7 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Matthews | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Hoerner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Roberts | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 23, 2026: HOU 3, CHC 0 · Next May 25, 2026: HOU 9, TEX 0
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous May 23, 2026: HOU 3, CHC 0 · Next May 25, 2026: CHC 1, PIT 2