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

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K. TengR	2-3 W-L	31.0 IP	2.61 ERA	2.50 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
C. ReaR	4-2 W-L	47.0 IP	4.98 ERA	2.86 SO/BB	1.43 WHIP

2-3, 31.0 IP, 2.61 ERA

4-2, 47.0 IP, 4.98 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jose Altuve	Oblique	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lance McCullers	Shoulder	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Yainer Diaz	Oblique	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 25
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
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	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25

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
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
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	49	177	30	56	31	15	31	34	.316	.427	.633	1.060	11	0	1	0	193
C. Walker 1B	49	176	27	47	31	11	18	38	.267	.343	.511	.854	10	0	0	0	150
J. Altuve 2B	42	163	27	40	12	4	19	35	.245	.326	.380	.706	10	0	1	2	103
I. Paredes 3B	43	156	17	39	18	4	16	31	.250	.343	.372	.715	7	0	0	0	99
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
C. Smith RF	48	156	19	31	17	4	19	52	.199	.294	.314	.608	6	0	6	1	92
B. Matthews CF	40	116	13	24	13	4	9	40	.207	.262	.362	.624	4	1	2	1	60
C. Vazquez C	29	84	8	21	13	3	9	16	.250	.323	.405	.728	4	0	0	0	56
Y. Diaz C	26	101	7	24	14	2	3	16	.238	.255	.347	.602	5	0	0	1	50
B. Shewmake SS	18	52	6	16	7	3	0	9	.308	.308	.519	.827	2	0	0	0	35
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
J. Pena SS	11	46	5	11	1	0	3	6	.239	.294	.326	.620	4	0	1	0	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
Z. Cole LF	13	39	3	8	7	3	0	16	.205	.225	.462	.687	1	0	0	0	21
N. Allen SS	21	34	7	8	0	0	3	6	.235	.297	.265	.562	1	0	0	0	16
Z. Dezenzo SS	11	29	2	6	2	1	2	9	.207	.258	.379	.637	2	0	0	0	12
S. Whitcomb SS	14	17	1	2	4	1	1	9	.118	.167	.294	.461	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	4	11	0	1	0	0	2	1	.091	.231	.091	.322	0	0	0	0	2
Total	49	1648	215	412	205	59	171	389	.250	.327	.411	.738	83	3	17	8	1133

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	6	6	5-1	0	0	36.0	1.50	22	8	6	1	21	35	.176	1.19	111
P. Lambert RP	6	6	2-4	0	0	35.1	3.57	24	14	14	2	14	35	.189	1.08	71
K. Teng SP	16	3	2-3	0	0	31.0	2.61	22	9	9	3	12	30	.198	1.10	62
M. Burrows SP	9	9	2-5	0	0	50.1	5.72	60	32	32	10	17	46	.297	1.53	58
B. King P	17	0	0-1	4	6	20.0	3.15	18	9	7	0	9	16	.240	1.35	54
L. McCullers SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	39.1	6.86	38	32	30	7	22	43	.257	1.53	52
E. De Los Santos RP	17	0	0-1	3	3	17.2	4.58	18	9	9	1	4	16	.254	1.25	46
A. Blubaugh P	19	0	2-2	0	0	28.2	4.71	22	15	15	4	20	23	.216	1.47	43
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
S. Okert RP	22	1	0-0	0	0	20.0	3.60	15	8	8	2	7	16	.211	1.10	38
B. Abreu RP	16	0	2-2	2	2	15.0	7.80	14	14	13	4	18	21	.250	2.13	27
T. Imai SP	5	5	1-2	0	0	17.1	8.31	17	16	16	4	14	21	.258	1.79	9
L. VanWey RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0.50	6
J. Murray SP	7	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	7.15	16	9	9	0	7	5	.356	2.03	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	2
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. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander RP	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	49	49	19-30	10	12	429.1	5.45	420	269	260	65	245	420	.257	1.55	603

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	47	190	23	49	29	4	22	17	.258	.342	.384	.726	12	0	9	1	159
I. Happ LF	46	171	35	38	20	10	35	66	.222	.361	.444	.805	6	1	2	0	139
M. Busch 1B	47	170	20	41	27	4	32	45	.241	.367	.388	.755	11	1	1	0	127
D. Swanson SS	46	155	30	30	27	7	24	38	.194	.301	.368	.669	4	1	3	0	126
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	48	175	25	40	20	5	15	50	.229	.308	.366	.674	5	2	12	3	125
A. Bregman 3B	47	189	22	48	16	4	24	36	.254	.340	.360	.700	6	1	2	0	117
S. Suzuki RF	34	128	22	34	17	7	19	38	.266	.367	.461	.828	4	0	0	0	100
C. Kelly C	34	114	16	35	17	2	15	22	.307	.392	.412	.804	6	0	0	0	85
M. Ballesteros DH	39	108	14	27	20	6	10	23	.250	.308	.463	.771	5	0	0	0	82
M. Shaw RF	41	95	10	23	12	3	6	18	.242	.291	.400	.691	6	0	3	1	63
M. Conforto RF	28	58	11	19	11	3	12	17	.328	.437	.621	1.058	8	0	0	0	61
M. Amaya C	26	66	12	16	9	3	10	17	.242	.367	.394	.761	1	0	0	0	51
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	48	1632	244	401	225	58	224	391	.246	.342	.405	.747	74	6	33	5	1240

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	10	10	4-4	0	0	58.2	3.38	45	23	22	7	16	61	.206	1.04	149
E. Cabrera SP	9	9	3-1	0	0	51.0	4.06	49	25	23	8	18	45	.259	1.31	112
C. Rea SP	10	7	4-2	1	1	47.0	4.98	53	27	26	6	14	40	.280	1.43	94
B. Brown SP	14	2	1-1	1	2	33.2	1.60	19	8	6	1	10	34	.164	0.86	91
J. Taillon SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	50.2	4.97	44	29	28	16	17	42	.230	1.20	90
H. Milner RP	21	0	1-0	1	2	21.2	2.08	15	5	5	2	6	9	.197	0.97	55
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	8	3	3-1	0	0	26.0	5.88	26	17	17	4	7	14	.263	1.27	51
D. Palencia RP	10	0	1-0	3	3	9.0	2.00	8	2	2	1	3	9	.235	1.22	46
J. Webb RP	20	0	0-1	1	3	19.2	3.20	20	10	7	3	8	23	.260	1.42	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
R. Rolison RP	11	0	3-1	0	1	12.1	4.38	12	7	6	3	6	13	.267	1.46	35
T. Thornton RP	4	0	2-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	3	.176	0.80	26
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	7	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	0.96	4	1	1	0	5	5	.143	0.96	18
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
P. Maton RP	14	0	0-1	0	0	12.1	9.49	16	13	13	3	6	16	.320	1.78	2
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	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	48	48	29-19	10	16	426.1	4.10	374	208	194	66	145	386	.235	1.22	950

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