The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 8-5 at Wrigley Field on May 24, 2026, completing a three-game series sweep.
Home runs from Christian Walker and Nick Allen led the offensive charge.
Houston improved to 23-31 with the win, while Chicago fell to 29-24.
The sweep is the Astros' second of the season, their first since facing the Boston Red Sox earlier this year.
Jake Meyers opened the scoring in the second inning with a 388-foot solo home run off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga, who took the loss and dropped to 4-5.
Chicago answered in the bottom half with an RBI double by Pedro Ramirez, a sacrifice fly by Pete Crow-Armstrong, and an RBI single by Nico Hoerner to take a 3-1 lead.
Astros starter Peter Lambert earned the win, improving to 3-4, after pitching five innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out five.
Lambert's outing helped preserve a short-handed bullpen missing Bryan King, Enyel De Los Santos, and Steven Okert due to recent workload.
Nick Allen started the Astros' comeback in the third inning with a solo home run, finishing 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
In the fifth, Jeremy Pena hit a two-out, two-run single to give Houston a 4-3 lead.
Christian Walker extended the lead later in the fifth with a three-run home run off Imanaga, sending a 2-0 pitch 426 feet to left-center field for his 14th homer of the season.
Allen added an insurance run in the ninth with a two-out single that brought home Cam Smith.
After A. J.
Blubaugh allowed a two-run homer to Michael Busch in the seventh that cut the lead to 7-5, Bryan Abreu escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth by inducing a 6-3 double play from Ramirez.
Nate Pearson pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save as an Astro and fourth career save, his first since 2024.
Houston trails the American League West lead by four games.
Hunter Brown, Josh Hader, Joey Loperfido, and Taylor Trammell are scheduled to begin rehab assignments for Corpus Christi ahead of the Astros' upcoming four-game series against the Rangers in Arlington.
