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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

2026-05-23 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40017 · 60°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, In From CF · 2:18

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 3–0. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Christian Walker homers (12) on a line drive to left center field. Yordan Alvarez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Christian Walker homers (12) on a line drive to left center field. Yordan Alvarez scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Zach Dezenzo DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	2	1	0	0	1	1
Christian Walker 1B	3	2	3	3	1	0
Braden Shewmake 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Meyers CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Smith RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Allen 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Cole LF	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brice Matthews LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cesar Salazar C	3	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	1	0	2
Alex Bregman 3B	4	1	0	0
Michael Busch 1B	4	0	0	2
Nico Hoerner 2B	2	0	1	0
Michael Conforto LF	2	0	0	1
Kevin Alcantara LF	1	0	0	1
Seiya Suzuki RF	3	0	0	1
Moisés Ballesteros DH	1	0	2	1
Pedro Ramírez PH	1	0	0	0
Carson Kelly C	0	0	0	0
Miguel Amaya C	2	0	0	1
Dansby Swanson SS	3	1	0	0