Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs

May 24, 2026

2:20 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Houston Astros

Chicago Cubs

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	8	9	0
Chicago Cubs	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	7	0

Hits HOU 9 · CHC 7

Errors HOU 0 · CHC 0

Away Batting

Houston Astros

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
LFBrice Matthews	5	0	0	0	0	2	5	.200
SSJeremy Peña	4	1	1	2	0	3	0	.239
1BChristian Walker HR	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	.265
DHIsaac Paredes	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.251
CFJake Meyers HR	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.231
RFCam Smith 2B	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.211
LFZach Dezenzo	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.211
3BBraden Shewmake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
CChristian Vázquez	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.247
2BNick Allen HR	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	.297
Totals	33	8	9	8	2	8	10	—

Away Pitching

Houston Astros

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Peter Lambert (W, 3-4)	5.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	103-57	3.79
AJ Blubaugh	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	29-19	4.83
Bryan Abreu (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15-7	6.88
Nate Pearson (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	7	5	1	—	—

Home Batting

Chicago Cubs

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFPete Crow-Armstrong	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	.228
SSNico Hoerner	5	0	1	1	0	0	4	.255
1BMichael Busch HR	4	1	2	2	1	0	2	.230
3BAlex Bregman	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250
LFMichael Conforto	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.284
RFSeiya Suzuki	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241
DHMoisés Ballesteros	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.235
CCarson Kelly	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.296
PRKevin Alcántara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
CMiguel Amaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240
2BPedro Ramírez 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	.250
Totals	31	5	7	5	7	5	14	—

Home Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Shota Imanaga (L, 4-5)	6.0	7	7	7	1	6	3	94-59	4.04
Ethan Roberts	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	0.73
Phil Maton	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	7.88
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	13-7	3.38
Totals	9.0	9	8	8	2	8	3	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T2	1–0	Jake Meyers homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.
B2	1–1	Pedro Ramírez doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith, deflected by center fielder Jake Meyers. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Carson Kelly to 3rd.
B2	1–2	Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Carson Kelly scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd.
B2	1–3	Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Pedro Ramírez scores.
T3	2–3	Nick Allen homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.
T5	4–3	Jeremy Peña singles on a fly ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Cam Smith scores. Zach Dezenzo scores. Nick Allen to 3rd.
T5	7–3	Christian Walker homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Allen scores. Jeremy Peña scores.
B7	7–5	Michael Busch homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.
T9	8–5	Nick Allen singles on a fly ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Cam Smith scores.

Game Details

Wrigley Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Peter Lambert

Houston Astros Away

ERA

3.57

WHIP

1.075

K/9

8.92

BB/9

3.57

35.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 2.92 WHIP —

Shota Imanaga

Chicago Cubs Home

ERA

3.37

WHIP

1.040

K/9

9.36

BB/9

2.45

58.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 2.66 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Houston Astros	+148	+1.5 (-151)	O 7 (-104)
Chicago Cubs	-162	-1.5 (+136)	U 7 (-108)

Latest pre-game line · May 24

Weather & Conditions

Temp64°F

Wind 7 mphENE · in

Gusts10 mph

Humidity75%

Precip1%

SkyPartially cloudy

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