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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Nick Allen	Back	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Jake Meyers	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
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	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Dansby Swanson	Lower Body	04-30-2026Probable for May 1
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 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	32	118	25	42	27	12	21	14	.356	.462	.737	1.199	9	0	1	0	158
C. Walker 1B	32	116	19	34	24	7	13	23	.293	.366	.552	.918	9	0	0	0	109
C. Correa SS	28	106	20	29	14	2	15	21	.274	.361	.396	.757	7	0	1	0	82
C. Smith 3B	31	105	16	23	15	4	14	34	.219	.317	.381	.698	5	0	4	0	78
J. Altuve 2B	29	112	20	28	8	3	17	24	.250	.349	.393	.742	7	0	1	2	77
I. Paredes 3B	27	99	15	25	15	3	9	18	.253	.339	.384	.723	4	0	0	0	72
Y. Diaz C	23	92	7	23	14	2	3	15	.250	.268	.359	.627	4	0	0	1	48
C. Vazquez C	15	49	6	16	11	2	5	8	.327	.389	.531	.920	4	0	0	0	44
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
D. Harris 1B	6	16	3	1	1	0	2	5	.063	.211	.188	.399	0	1	0	0	31
B. Matthews SS	23	58	6	12	8	2	5	25	.207	.270	.379	.649	4	0	1	0	30
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
N. Allen SS	14	20	5	5	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.300	.618	1	0	0	0	10
B. Shewmake SS	3	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.500	.700	0	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	8	11	1	1	3	1	1	7	.091	.167	.364	.531	0	0	0	0	5
D. Johnson CF	6	13	1	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.313	.154	.467	0	0	0	0	4
Total	32	1100	168	292	159	40	126	247	.265	.346	.438	.784	66	2	13	6	855

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	3	3	3-0	0	0	18.0	2.00	11	4	4	1	9	21	.169	1.11	63
L. McCullers SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.1	6.32	27	24	22	4	17	33	.237	1.40	52
K. Teng SP	12	1	1-2	0	0	19.2	2.75	14	6	6	3	6	18	.197	1.02	39
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
E. De Los Santos RP	11	0	0-1	3	3	11.1	5.56	13	7	7	1	4	10	.277	1.50	31
P. Lambert RP	3	3	1-2	0	0	15.1	3.52	12	6	6	0	7	19	.211	1.24	28
A. Blubaugh P	13	0	2-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	3	11	15	.239	1.47	27
M. Burrows SP	6	6	1-3	0	0	31.2	6.25	41	22	22	7	12	33	.315	1.67	27
S. Okert RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	4.50	11	7	7	2	6	9	.224	1.21	22
B. King P	10	0	0-1	1	2	11.2	3.86	11	7	5	0	5	13	.244	1.37	19
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	4	2	0-1	1	1	9.1	5.79	8	6	6	1	8	11	.242	1.71	12
R. Weiss SP	8	2	0-2	0	0	21.2	6.65	27	17	16	6	16	25	.300	1.98	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
B. Sousa RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	1	2	2	0	4	3	.250	3.75	-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 SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	22.50	2	5	5	1	3	1	.250	2.50	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	11	0	0-2	1	1	9.1	12.54	11	14	13	4	15	16	.289	2.79	-6
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	32	32	12-20	6	7	278.1	6.08	281	194	188	46	175	293	.263	1.64	357

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	31	127	16	37	26	4	13	14	.291	.370	.449	.819	8	0	7	0	123
D. Swanson SS	30	98	23	21	23	6	20	28	.214	.344	.439	.783	2	1	2	0	100
I. Happ LF	29	113	20	26	14	7	19	39	.230	.351	.460	.811	5	0	1	0	89
A. Bregman 3B	31	124	10	32	11	3	17	21	.258	.350	.371	.721	3	1	1	0	76
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	31	116	19	28	13	3	9	38	.241	.307	.362	.669	3	1	6	3	75
M. Ballesteros C	27	71	12	24	16	5	7	12	.338	.392	.620	1.012	5	0	0	0	73
S. Suzuki RF	18	67	14	22	9	5	10	19	.328	.430	.567	.997	1	0	0	0	63
C. Kelly C	23	75	12	23	10	2	12	15	.307	.409	.440	.849	4	0	0	0	60
M. Busch 3B	30	114	14	22	11	2	15	30	.193	.295	.281	.576	4	0	0	0	59
M. Shaw SS	28	73	10	22	10	3	5	14	.301	.342	.507	.849	6	0	2	1	58
M. Amaya C	19	50	10	12	6	2	7	13	.240	.356	.380	.736	1	0	0	0	37
M. Conforto RF	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	25
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	2	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	31	1070	169	279	154	42	141	257	.261	.353	.427	.780	46	3	20	4	843

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
S. Imanaga RP	6	6	2-2	0	0	34.1	3.15	21	12	12	3	9	38	.171	0.87	93
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
C. Rea SP	6	3	3-1	1	1	27.1	4.61	26	14	14	3	9	24	.248	1.28	70
B. Brown SP	10	0	1-1	0	1	22.2	1.99	17	7	5	1	7	22	.210	1.06	52
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	34
M. Boyd SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	18.0	7.00	21	15	14	1	5	26	.288	1.44	29
J. Assad RP	5	3	2-1	0	0	19.0	7.58	22	16	16	3	6	11	.289	1.47	27
D. Palencia RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	5	.176	1.00	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. Rolison RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	3	.158	0.50	23
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
C. Martin RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.25	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
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
J. Webb RP	13	0	0-1	0	2	10.2	5.06	16	9	6	3	6	12	.356	2.06	5
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
C. Barnes SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	4	4	3	0	3	1	.308	2.33	-1
P. Maton RP	6	0	0-1	0	0	5.0	14.40	9	8	8	1	4	7	.391	2.60	-9
Total	31	31	19-12	6	10	276.0	4.01	234	134	123	36	94	251	.229	1.19	637

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