HOU 8, CHC 5 | May 24, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, May 24, 2026•Wrigley Field•64°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Peter Lambert

LOSS

Shota Imanaga

SAVE

Nate Pearson

The Astros defeated the Cubs 8-5.

★Nick Allen3-for-3, 2 RBI

★Christian Walker3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Nick Allen singles on a fly ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Cam Smith scores.

Weather: 64°F, Partly CloudyWind: 3 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 6:20 PM UTCT: 2:40Att: 40,048Venue: Wrigley Field

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97.6%A+

4 missed calls

+18.5% HOU

+0.15 runs HOU

Win Probability

CHC WinHOU Win

Team	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

Game 824676 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brice MatthewsLF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.200/.250/.338	98.8	.170	.154
Jeremy PeñaSS	4	1	1	2	0	3	.239/.278/.299	77.8	.860	.779
Christian Walker1B	4	1	1	3	0	0	.265/.338/.531	105.1	.339	.508
Isaac ParedesDH	4	0	2	0	0	0	.251/.342/.383	98.3	.365	.353
Jake MeyersCF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.231/.293/.385	103.2	.221	.362
Cam SmithRF	3	2	1	0	1	1	.211/.301/.322	97.9	.214	.248
Braden Shewmake3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267/.279/.450	33.1	-	-
Christian VázquezC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.247/.311/.412	89.4	.058	.056
Nick Allen2B	3	2	3	2	0	0	.297/.366/.405	96	.277	.314
Bench
Zach DezenzoLF	2	1	0	0	1	2	.211/.268/.368	81.1	-	-
Peter LambertP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	8	9	8	2	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Meyers (2nd off Imanaga, 0 on, 1 out); Allen (3rd off Imanaga, 0 on, 1 out); Walker (5th off Imanaga, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Smith

TB:19

RBI:Allen 2; Meyers; Peña 2; Walker 3

SB:Allen

GIDP:Matthews

Team LOB:2

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	1	1	0	1	3	0	.228/.316/.370	107.9	.434

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Peter LambertW	5.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	103-57	89.5	3.79
AJ Blubaugh	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	29-19	89.2	4.83
Bryan AbreuH	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15-7	88.8	6.88
Nate PearsonS	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	93.3	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	7	5	1	167-94	-	-

HBP:Bregman (by Lambert)

Pitches-strikes:Lambert 103-57; Blubaugh 29-19; Abreu 15-7; Pearson 20-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Lambert 2-7; Blubaugh 2-4; Abreu 2-0; Pearson 0-3

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shota ImanagaL	6.0	7	7	7	1	6	3	94-59	86.9	4.04

Top 2 • HOU

1-0

Jake Meyers homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 388 ftLA: 25°

Bot 2 • CHC

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.

EV: 85.9 mph310 ftLA: 22°

1-2

Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Carson Kelly scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd.

EV: 97.0 mph366 ftLA: 31°

1-3

Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Pedro Ramírez scores.

EV: 99.6 mph220 ftLA: 11°

Top 3 • HOU

2-3

Nick Allen homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 96.0 mph💣 367 ftLA: 30°

Top 5 • HOU

7-3

Christian Walker homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Allen scores. Jeremy Peña scores.

EV: 105.1 mph💣 426 ftLA: 24°

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.

EV: 71.0 mph223 ftLA: 29°

Bot 7 • CHC

7-5

Michael Busch homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.

EV: 101.6 mph💣 378 ftLA: 26°

Top 9 • HOU

8-5

Nick Allen singles on a fly ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Cam Smith scores.

EV: 64.9 mph204 ftLA: 40°

Bench
Carson KellyC	4	1	2	0	0	1	.296/.380/.392	101.9	.378	.353
Shota ImanagaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ethan RobertsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Phil MatonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Caleb ThielbarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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