Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs

HOU 8 — CHC 5

Final — 2026-05-24

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

	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 P. Lambert (3-4)

LP Shota Imanaga (4-5)

SV Nate Pearson (1)

Scoring Plays

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

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. (2-1)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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