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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

2026-05-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40048 · 64°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, In From LF · 2:40

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 8–5. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jake Meyers homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 2nd — Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Carson Kelly scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd. Houston Astros took the lead in the 5th — Jeremy Peña singles on a fly ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Cam Smith scores. Zach Dezenzo scores. Nick Allen to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Christian Walker homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Allen scores. Jeremy Peña scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brice Matthews LF	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jeremy Pena SS	4	1	1	2	0	3
Christian Walker 1B	4	1	1	3	0	0
Isaac Paredes DH	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jake Meyers CF	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cam Smith RF	3	2	1	0	1	1
Braden Shewmake 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Dezenzo LF	2	1	0	0	1	2
Christian Vazquez C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Allen 2B	3	2	3	2	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	1	1	0	1	3	0
Nico Hoerner SS	5	0	1	1	0	0
Michael Busch 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0
Alex Bregman 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Conforto LF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Seiya Suzuki RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Moisés Ballesteros DH	2	1	0	0	2	0
Carson Kelly C	4	1	2	0	0	1
Miguel Amaya C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Alcantara PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramírez 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0