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.
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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.
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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.
