Final · MLB · Sun May 24, 1:20 PM CDT
- Probable pitchers
- Peter Lambert (HOU) vs Shota Imanaga (CHC)
- TV
- Marquee Sports Network, Space City Home Network
- Where
- Wrigley Field
Astros get past Cubs 8-5. Astros took the lead for good in the 5th.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| HOU | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
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| CHC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
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Win: Peter Lambert. Loss: Shota Imanaga. Save: Nate Pearson. Home runs: Walker, C (HOU), Meyers (HOU), Allen, N (HOU), Busch (CHC). Walker, C drove in 3 for Astros.
By the numbers: Hits HOU 9, CHC 7; Errors HOU 0, CHC 0; Left on base HOU 10, CHC 14.
Team stats
| HOU | CHC |
|---|
| Hits | 9 | 7 |
| Errors | 0 | 0 |
| Left on base | 10 | 14 |
| Home runs | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 2 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 8 | 5 |
Box score
Houston Astros
Batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR |
|---|
| Matthews LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peña SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Walker, C 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paredes DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meyers CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Smith RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dezenzo LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shewmake 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vázquez, C C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen, N 2B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP |
|---|
| Lambert, P (W) | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 103 |
| Blubaugh | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Abreu, B | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Pearson (S) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 167 |
Chicago Cubs
Batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR |
|---|
| Crow-Armstrong CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoerner SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Busch 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Conforto LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Suzuki RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ballesteros DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly, C C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alcántara PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amaya C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP |
|---|
| Imanaga (L) | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 94 |
| Roberts | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Maton, P | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 136 |
Play-by-play
Top 1st 3
- 1 out HOU Brice Matthews strikes out swinging.
- 2 out HOU Jeremy Peña strikes out swinging.
- 3 out HOU Christian Walker flies out to left fielder Michael Conforto.
Bottom 1st 5
- 1 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong flies out sharply to center fielder Jake Meyers.
- 2 out CHC Nico Hoerner flies out to right fielder Cam Smith.
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers.
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Zach Dezenzo. Michael Busch to 2nd.
- 3 out CHC Michael Conforto flies out to right fielder Cam Smith.
Top 2nd 4
- 1 out HOU Isaac Paredes grounds out, second baseman Pedro Ramírez to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 1 out HOU Jake Meyers homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. HOU 1, CHC 0
- 2 out HOU Cam Smith grounds out to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 3 out HOU Zach Dezenzo strikes out swinging.
Bottom 2nd 9
- 1 out CHC Seiya Suzuki flies out to right fielder Cam Smith.
- 1 out CHC Moisés Ballesteros walks.
- 1 out CHC Carson Kelly singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Moisés Ballesteros to 3rd.
- 1 out CHC 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. HOU 1, CHC 1
- 2 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Carson Kelly scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd. HOU 1, CHC 2
- 2 out CHC Nico Hoerner singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Pedro Ramírez scores. HOU 1, CHC 3
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch walks. Nico Hoerner to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman hit by pitch. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. Michael Busch to 2nd.
- 3 out CHC Michael Conforto strikes out swinging.
Top 3rd 4
- 1 out HOU Christian Vázquez grounds out, third baseman Alex Bregman to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 1 out HOU Nick Allen homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. HOU 2, CHC 3
- 2 out HOU Brice Matthews grounds out softly, third baseman Alex Bregman to first baseman Michael Busch.
- 3 out HOU Jeremy Peña called out on strikes.
Bottom 3rd 3
- 1 out CHC Seiya Suzuki strikes out swinging.
- 2 out CHC Moisés Ballesteros lines out to left fielder Zach Dezenzo.
- 3 out CHC Carson Kelly strikes out swinging.
Top 4th 4
- 1 out HOU Christian Walker lines out to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.
- 1 out HOU Isaac Paredes singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki.
- 2 out HOU Jake Meyers grounds into a force out, shortstop Nico Hoerner to second baseman Pedro Ramírez. Isaac Paredes out at 2nd. Jake Meyers to 1st.
- 3 out HOU Pitcher Shota Imanaga picks off Jake Meyers at 1st on throw to first baseman Michael Busch.
Bottom 4th 4
- 0 out CHC Pedro Ramírez walks.
- 0 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong walks. Pedro Ramírez to 2nd.
- 2 out CHC Nico Hoerner grounds into a double play, shortstop Jeremy Peña to second baseman Brice Matthews to first baseman Christian Walker. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd. Pete Crow-Armstrong out at 2nd. Nico Hoerner out at 1st.
- 3 out CHC Michael Busch grounds out sharply, shortstop Jeremy Peña to first baseman Christian Walker.
Top 5th 9
- 0 out HOU Cam Smith doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Michael Conforto.
- 0 out HOU Zach Dezenzo walks.
- 1 out HOU Christian Vázquez bunt pops out to catcher Carson Kelly in foul territory.
- 1 out HOU Nick Allen hit by pitch. Cam Smith to 3rd. Zach Dezenzo to 2nd.
- 2 out HOU Brice Matthews pops out to second baseman Pedro Ramírez on the infield fly rule.
- 2 out HOU Jeremy Peña singles on a fly ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Cam Smith scores. Zach Dezenzo scores. Nick Allen to 3rd. HOU 4, CHC 3
- 2 out HOU Christian Walker homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Allen scores. Jeremy Peña scores. HOU 7, CHC 3
- 2 out HOU Isaac Paredes singles on a line drive to left fielder Michael Conforto.
- 3 out HOU Jake Meyers flies out to right fielder Seiya Suzuki.
Bottom 5th 3
- 1 out CHC Alex Bregman strikes out swinging.
- 2 out CHC Michael Conforto strikes out swinging.
- 3 out CHC Seiya Suzuki pops out to second baseman Brice Matthews.
Top 6th 3
- 1 out HOU Cam Smith strikes out swinging.
- 2 out HOU Zach Dezenzo strikes out swinging.
- 3 out HOU Christian Vázquez pops out to first baseman Michael Busch.
Bottom 6th 3
- 1 out CHC Moisés Ballesteros flies out sharply to center fielder Jake Meyers.
- 2 out CHC Carson Kelly flies out to left fielder Zach Dezenzo.
- 3 out CHC Pedro Ramírez grounds out, shortstop Jeremy Peña to first baseman Christian Walker.
Top 7th 3
- 0 out HOU Nick Allen singles on a ground ball to shortstop Nico Hoerner.
- 2 out HOU Brice Matthews grounds into a double play, shortstop Nico Hoerner to second baseman Pedro Ramírez to first baseman Michael Busch. Nick Allen out at 2nd. Brice Matthews out at 1st.
- 3 out HOU Jeremy Peña strikes out swinging.
Bottom 7th 5
- 0 out CHC Pete Crow-Armstrong walks.
- 1 out CHC Nico Hoerner flies out to right fielder Cam Smith.
- 1 out CHC Michael Busch homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. HOU 7, CHC 5
- 2 out CHC Alex Bregman flies out to left fielder Zach Dezenzo.
- 3 out CHC Michael Conforto grounds out, second baseman Brice Matthews to first baseman Christian Walker.
Top 8th 3
- 1 out HOU Christian Walker flies out to right fielder Seiya Suzuki.
- 2 out HOU Isaac Paredes flies out to left fielder Michael Conforto.
- 3 out HOU Jake Meyers pops out to first baseman Michael Busch.
Bottom 8th 4
- 1 out CHC Seiya Suzuki grounds out, third baseman Braden Shewmake to first baseman Christian Walker.
- 1 out CHC Moisés Ballesteros walks.
- 1 out CHC Carson Kelly singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brice Matthews. Moisés Ballesteros to 2nd.
- 3 out CHC Pedro Ramírez grounds into a double play, shortstop Jeremy Peña to first baseman Christian Walker. Kevin Alcántara out at 2nd. Pedro Ramírez out at 1st.
Top 9th 5
- 0 out HOU Cam Smith walks.
- 1 out HOU Braden Shewmake out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Caleb Thielbar to first baseman Michael Busch. Cam Smith to 2nd.
- 2 out HOU Christian Vázquez grounds out, second baseman Pedro Ramírez to first baseman Michael Busch. Cam Smith to 3rd.
- 2 out HOU Nick Allen singles on a fly ball to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Cam Smith scores. HOU 8, CHC 5
- 3 out HOU Brice Matthews called out on strikes.
Bottom 9th 4
- 0 out CHC Christian Vázquez challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Pete Crow-Armstrong walks.
- 1 out CHC Nico Hoerner lines out to shortstop Jeremy Peña.
- 2 out CHC Michael Busch lines out to second baseman Nick Allen.
- 3 out CHC Alex Bregman flies out to right fielder Cam Smith.