Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - May 22, 2026 Gametracker

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P. LambertR	2-2 W-L	22.1 IP	2.42 ERA	2.09 SO/BB	1.16 WHIP
J. TaillonR	2-1 W-L	40.1 IP	4.24 ERA	2.57 SO/BB	1.14 WHIP

2-2, 22.1 IP, 2.42 ERA

2-1, 40.1 IP, 4.24 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lance McCullers	Finger	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Yainer Diaz	Oblique	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Jake Meyers	Oblique	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 25
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	39	145	27	47	29	13	22	21	.324	.424	.655	1.079	9	0	1	0	168
C. Walker 1B	39	142	24	42	27	9	15	29	.296	.369	.549	.918	9	0	0	0	131
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
I. Paredes 3B	34	121	16	32	16	3	14	23	.264	.364	.397	.761	7	0	0	0	87
J. Altuve 2B	35	136	24	33	9	3	17	31	.243	.331	.382	.713	10	0	1	2	87
C. Smith 3B	38	131	18	29	17	4	15	41	.221	.307	.359	.666	6	0	4	0	86
B. Matthews SS	30	79	10	18	13	4	8	32	.228	.295	.456	.751	4	1	2	0	55
Y. Diaz C	26	101	7	24	14	2	3	16	.238	.255	.347	.602	5	0	0	1	50
C. Vazquez C	21	65	7	19	12	3	5	13	.292	.343	.492	.835	4	0	0	0	49
D. Harris 1B	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
B. Shewmake SS	9	17	4	6	2	2	0	3	.353	.353	.706	1.059	0	0	0	0	16
Z. Cole OF	4	11	2	3	5	2	0	4	.273	.273	.818	1.091	0	0	0	0	14
N. Allen SS	17	29	6	7	0	0	2	5	.241	.290	.276	.566	1	0	0	0	13
Z. Dezenzo SS	2	6	1	1	2	1	0	1	.167	.167	.667	.834	0	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	12	15	1	2	4	1	1	9	.133	.188	.333	.521	0	0	0	0	6
D. Johnson CF	8	14	1	2	0	0	2	3	.143	.294	.143	.437	0	0	0	0	4
C. Salazar C	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	39	1335	195	352	185	51	141	305	.264	.340	.439	.779	75	3	15	6	1004

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	4	4	4-0	0	0	23.0	1.96	16	5	5	1	14	25	.195	1.30	76
M. Burrows SP	8	8	2-4	0	0	44.2	5.04	52	25	25	8	14	42	.292	1.48	62
P. Lambert RP	4	4	2-2	0	0	22.1	2.42	15	6	6	0	11	23	.188	1.16	54
K. Teng SP	14	1	1-2	0	0	23.0	2.35	15	6	6	3	7	22	.183	0.96	49
L. McCullers SP	7	7	2-3	0	0	34.0	7.41	31	30	28	5	20	37	.246	1.50	44
B. King P	13	0	0-1	3	4	15.2	3.45	16	8	6	0	5	15	.262	1.34	40
E. De Los Santos RP	14	0	0-1	3	3	15.0	4.80	15	8	8	1	4	12	.250	1.27	40
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
A. Blubaugh P	15	0	2-2	0	0	23.0	5.09	19	13	13	4	13	21	.229	1.39	37
S. Okert RP	18	1	0-0	0	0	15.2	4.60	15	8	8	2	7	11	.259	1.40	22
C. Bolton RP	5	3	0-1	1	1	11.2	4.63	12	6	6	1	9	14	.273	1.80	16
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
B. Abreu RP	13	0	1-2	1	1	12.1	9.49	13	14	13	4	16	20	.277	2.35	8
J. Murray SP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	6.00	7	4	4	0	5	5	.318	2.00	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
L. VanWey RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	1.00	3
R. Weiss SP	9	2	0-3	0	0	26.0	7.62	35	24	22	8	20	30	.315	2.12	1
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	0
C. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	14.21	11	10	10	2	5	6	.379	2.53	-4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	39	39	16-23	8	9	341.1	5.67	346	222	215	53	202	350	.264	1.61	488

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	38	154	20	43	28	4	16	14	.279	.356	.429	.785	11	0	7	0	141
I. Happ LF	37	140	31	34	18	9	28	49	.243	.376	.493	.869	6	1	2	0	127
D. Swanson SS	38	128	26	26	25	6	22	31	.203	.318	.375	.693	2	1	3	0	112
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	39	145	24	37	17	4	11	42	.255	.321	.400	.721	5	2	9	3	107
M. Busch 3B	38	141	17	33	23	3	23	36	.234	.345	.369	.714	8	1	1	0	101
S. Suzuki RF	25	92	19	28	16	7	16	24	.304	.414	.565	.979	3	0	0	0	93
A. Bregman 3B	39	155	16	37	13	3	22	29	.239	.335	.342	.677	5	1	1	0	92
M. Ballesteros C	34	93	14	26	19	6	10	17	.280	.343	.527	.870	5	0	0	0	83
C. Kelly C	28	94	14	28	13	2	13	18	.298	.389	.404	.793	4	0	0	0	70
M. Shaw SS	33	81	10	23	10	3	5	16	.284	.322	.469	.791	6	0	2	1	58
M. Conforto RF	22	40	9	15	8	2	9	12	.375	.480	.675	1.155	6	0	0	0	47
M. Amaya C	23	57	11	13	8	2	10	16	.228	.371	.351	.722	1	0	0	0	44
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	39	1332	215	344	198	51	185	308	.258	.354	.429	.783	62	6	26	4	1080

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	8	8	4-2	0	0	47.1	2.28	31	13	12	4	13	53	.179	0.93	145
E. Cabrera SP	7	7	3-0	0	0	41.1	3.27	39	17	15	5	14	37	.255	1.28	106
C. Rea SP	8	5	4-1	1	1	38.0	4.03	40	18	17	4	12	35	.265	1.37	94
J. Taillon SP	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	4.24	32	20	19	11	14	36	.215	1.14	91
B. Brown SP	13	1	1-1	1	2	29.2	1.82	18	8	6	1	9	27	.175	0.91	78
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	7	3	3-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	23	16	16	3	7	13	.253	1.25	48
H. Milner RP	18	0	0-0	1	2	17.2	2.55	12	5	5	2	6	6	.197	1.02	38
R. Rolison RP	7	0	3-0	0	0	9.0	4.00	7	4	4	1	4	10	.219	1.22	38
D. Palencia RP	7	0	1-0	2	2	6.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	6	.182	0.95	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Webb RP	16	0	0-1	1	3	15.1	3.52	16	9	6	3	7	17	.267	1.50	27
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
T. Thornton RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	1.00	11
E. Roberts RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	2	.091	0.55	8
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
P. Maton RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	8.64	10	8	8	1	5	11	.294	1.80	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
Total	39	39	27-12	9	14	350.0	3.75	293	159	146	47	123	323	.225	1.19	865

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