Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - May 23, 2026 Gametracker

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T. ImaiR	1-0 W-L	8.2 IP	7.27 ERA	1.18 SO/BB	2.08 WHIP
C. ReaR	4-1 W-L	38.0 IP	4.03 ERA	2.92 SO/BB	1.37 WHIP

1-0, 8.2 IP, 7.27 ERA

4-1, 38.0 IP, 4.03 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
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	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	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10
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	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10
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

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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	40	147	27	48	29	13	24	22	.327	.432	.660	1.092	10	0	1	0	172
C. Walker 1B	40	146	24	42	27	9	15	29	.288	.360	.534	.894	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
J. Altuve 2B	36	140	24	34	9	3	17	31	.243	.329	.379	.708	10	0	1	2	88
I. Paredes 3B	35	125	16	32	16	3	14	23	.256	.354	.384	.738	7	0	0	0	87
C. Smith 3B	39	135	18	29	17	4	15	43	.215	.299	.348	.647	6	0	4	0	85
B. Matthews SS	31	82	10	18	13	4	8	32	.220	.286	.439	.725	4	1	2	0	55
C. Vazquez C	22	67	7	19	12	3	6	14	.284	.342	.478	.820	4	0	0	0	50
Y. Diaz C	26	101	7	24	14	2	3	16	.238	.255	.347	.602	5	0	0	1	50
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
B. Shewmake SS	10	20	5	7	3	3	0	3	.350	.350	.800	1.150	0	0	0	0	22
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
Z. Cole OF	5	13	2	4	5	2	0	4	.308	.308	.846	1.154	1	0	0	0	16
N. Allen SS	17	29	6	7	0	0	2	5	.241	.290	.276	.566	1	0	0	0	13
Z. Dezenzo SS	3	7	1	1	2	1	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714	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	40	1364	196	356	186	52	144	310	.261	.337	.436	.773	77	3	15	6	1017

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	5	5	4-1	0	0	28.2	1.88	21	8	6	1	17	30	.206	1.33	82
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
E. De Los Santos RP	15	0	0-1	3	3	16.0	4.50	15	8	8	1	4	14	.238	1.19	44
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
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	19	1	0-0	0	0	16.2	4.32	15	8	8	2	7	11	.246	1.32	25
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	14	0	1-2	1	1	12.2	9.24	13	14	13	4	16	20	.271	2.29	9
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	40	40	16-24	8	9	349.1	5.56	351	225	216	53	205	357	.263	1.59	502

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	39	158	20	43	28	4	16	15	.272	.348	.418	.766	11	0	7	0	140
I. Happ LF	38	143	31	34	18	9	29	51	.238	.374	.483	.857	6	1	2	0	127
D. Swanson SS	39	131	26	27	25	6	22	32	.206	.318	.382	.700	3	1	3	0	114
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	40	148	24	37	17	4	12	42	.250	.319	.392	.711	5	2	9	3	108
M. Busch 3B	39	144	17	34	23	3	24	37	.236	.349	.368	.717	8	1	1	0	102
S. Suzuki RF	26	95	19	29	16	7	17	25	.305	.417	.558	.975	3	0	0	0	94
A. Bregman 3B	40	159	16	37	13	3	22	31	.233	.328	.333	.661	5	1	1	0	91
M. Ballesteros C	35	94	14	26	19	6	10	17	.277	.340	.521	.861	5	0	0	0	83
C. Kelly C	29	96	14	28	13	2	14	18	.292	.387	.396	.783	4	0	0	0	71
M. Shaw SS	34	82	10	23	10	3	5	16	.280	.318	.463	.781	6	0	2	1	58
M. Conforto RF	23	44	9	16	8	2	10	13	.364	.473	.659	1.132	7	0	0	0	49
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	4	5	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	40	1364	215	348	198	51	191	317	.255	.351	.423	.774	64	6	26	4	1086

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	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.88	46	22	20	7	15	43	.266	1.32	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	17	0	0-1	1	3	16.1	3.86	18	10	7	3	8	18	.277	1.59	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
E. Roberts RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	2	.063	0.71	12
T. Thornton RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	1.00	11
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	40	40	27-13	9	14	358.0	3.82	302	165	152	49	127	330	.227	1.20	869

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