Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs

HOU 8 — 5 CHC

Final — 2026-05-24

MVP: Nick Allen 3-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 8-5. Nick Allen led the way with 3-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB. Peter Lambert earned the win and Shota Imanaga took the loss. Nate Pearson recorded the save.

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

WP Peter Lambert (3-4)

LP Shota Imanaga (4-5)

SV Nate Pearson (1)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Meyers homered to left (388 feet). (1-0)

Bot 2: Ramirez doubled to right, Ballesteros scored, Kelly to third. (1-1)

Bot 2: Crow-Armstrong hit sacrifice fly to center, Kelly scored, Ramirez to third. (1-2)

Bot 2: Hoerner singled to right, Ramirez scored. (1-3)

Top 3: Allen homered to left (367 feet). (2-3)

Top 5: Peña singled to center, Dezenzo scored and Smith scored, Allen to third. (4-3)

Top 5: Walker homered to left center (426 feet), Allen scored and Peña scored. (7-3)

Bot 7: Busch homered to left center (378 feet), Crow-Armstrong scored. (7-5)

Top 9: Allen singled to right, Smith scored. (8-5)

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Matthews	LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.250	.338	.588
Pena	SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	.239	.278	.299	.577
Walker	1B	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	.265	.338	.531	.869
Paredes	DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.342	.383	.725
Meyers	CF	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.231	.293	.385	.678
Smith	RF	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.211	.301	.322	.623
Dezenzo	LF	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.211	.268	.368	.636
Vazquez	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.311	.412	.723
Allen	2B	3	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	.297	.366	.405	.771
Shewmake	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.279	.450	.729

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	CF	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	.228	.316	.370	.686
Hoerner	SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.342	.375	.717
Busch	1B	4	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	.230	.360	.380	.740
Bregman	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.338	.346	.684
Conforto	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.284	.388	.537	.925
Suzuki	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.248	.345	.421	.766
Ballesteros	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.235	.313	.435	.748
Kelly	C	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.296	.380	.392	.772
Ramirez	2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	.250	.400	.500	.900
Alcantara	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Amaya	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.352	.387	.739

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lambert	5.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	103-57	3.79	1.13	W, 3-4
Blubaugh	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	29-19	4.83	1.22
Abreu	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15-7	6.88	1.46
Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	0.00	1.26	S, 1

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Imanaga	6.0	7	7	7	1	6	3	94-59	4.04	1.07	L, 4-5
Roberts	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	0.73	1.40
Maton	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	7.88	1.81
Thielbar	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	13-7	3.38	1.24

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (40,048)

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

Broadcast: MARQ | SCHN

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