Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs

HOU 4 — 2 CHC

Final — 2026-05-22

MVP: Spencer Arrighetti 5.0 IP, 5 K, 0 ER

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 4-2. Spencer Arrighetti led the way with 5.0 IP, 5 K, 0 ER. Spencer Arrighetti earned the win and Jameson Taillon took the loss. Bryan King recorded the save.

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

WP Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)

LP Jameson Taillon (2-4)

SV Bryan King (5)

Scoring Plays

Top 3: Vázquez homered to left center (371 feet). (1-0)

Top 4: Cole grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Walker scored, Smith out at second, Shewmake to third. (2-0)

Top 4: Vázquez singled to right, Shewmake scored, Cole to third. (3-0)

Top 5: Matthews singled to center, Paredes scored, Meyers to second. (4-0)

Bot 6: Crow-Armstrong homered to right (406 feet), Amaya scored. (4-2)

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Pena	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.254	.297	.322	.619
Paredes	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.244	.335	.375	.710
Alvarez	DH	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.303	.416	.601	1.017
Walker	1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.254	.327	.481	.808
Meyers	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.229	.296	.333	.629
Shewmake	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.298	.482	.780
Smith	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.207	.298	.317	.615
Cole	LF	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.170	.188	.383	.571
Vazquez	C	4	1	2	1	2	0	1	.258	.324	.430	.754
Matthews	2B	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.207	.260	.355	.615
Allen	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.265	.562

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hoerner	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.259	.345	.383	.728
Busch	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.361	.369	.730
Bregman	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.338	.350	.688
Happ	LF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.214	.350	.429	.779
Suzuki	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.360	.442	.802
Conforto	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.311	.419	.590	1.009
Kelly	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.289	.377	.388	.765
Crow-Armstrong	CF	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	.228	.311	.375	.686
Swanson	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.187	.289	.349	.638
Amaya	DH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.360	.397	.757
Ballesteros	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.298	.446	.744

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Arrighetti	5.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	89-53	1.32	1.33	W, 6-1
Okert	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	6-5	4.22	0.87
De Los Santos	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	4.50	1.23
Abreu	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-6	7.31	1.46
King	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	2.82	1.35	S, 5

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Taillon	4.2	8	4	4	1	5	1	90-59	5.20	1.36	L, 2-4
Milner	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	1.93	1.21
Roberts	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	32-18	0.79	1.40
Webb	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-10	2.91	1.25
Maton	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	22-11	8.40	1.81

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (37,332)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Chad Fairchild, First Base Umpire: Chad Whitson, Second Base Umpire: Bill Miller, Third Base Umpire: Brian Walsh

Broadcast: ATV

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