Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Houston AstrosHOU

3–0

Final

Chicago CubsCHC

Wrigley Field

Team Season Averages

Houston AstrosLeads 8 of 18

Chicago CubsLeads 10 of 18

Batting

4.27Runs per game4.86
0.247Batting average0.240
0.321On-base percentage0.337
0.403Slugging percentage0.394
0.724OPS0.731
1.17Home runs per game1.16
8.29Hits per game8.12
61Home runs59
17Stolen bases34

Pitching

5.28ERA4.07
1.52WHIP1.23
8.64Strikeouts per nine8.18
5.02Walks per nine3.10
5.13Runs allowed per game4.02
0.253Opponent batting average0.236
437Pitching strikeouts412
12Quality starts16
12Saves10

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (CHC)	Total	HOU ML	CHC ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	7	+123	-149
FFanDuel	-1.5	7	+126	-148
BBetMGM	-1.5	7	+118	-145
CCaesars	-1.5	7	+126	-150
BBetOnline	-1.5	7.5	+128	-141
BBetRivers	-1.5	7	+120	-150
BBetus	-1.5	7	+127	-141
BBovada	-1.5	7	+125	-149
FFanatics	-1.5	7	+125	-150
LLowVig	-1.5	7.5	+128	-141
MMyBookie	-1.5	7	+125	-147

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Stadium

May 23, 2026

2:20 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

HOU

Starters

CHC

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
HOU	18th	27th
CHC	6th	14th

Matchup

HOUCHC

21-31Record29-22
40.4%Win %56.9%
12-14Home record18-9
9-17Road record11-13
5-5Last 102-8
1Streak-6
-54Run diff+26
6-12Division5-5
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
HOU	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats

HOUStatCHC

3Runs0
6Hits3
0Errors0
2Home runs0
3RBI0
0Stolen bases0
5K (bat)9
9K (pit)5
3BB (pit)4

Player Stats

HOU — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Cam SmithRF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jeremy PenaSS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brice MatthewsCF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Braden ShewmakeSS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Zach ColeLF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar SalazarC	3	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Paredes3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Walker1B	3	2	3	2	3	1
Yordan AlvarezDH	2	1	0	0	0	1
Zach DezenzoLF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick AllenSS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake MeyersCF	0	0	0	0	0	0

HOU — Pitching

Player	IP	H	BB	K
Kai-Wei TengRP	6.0	2	3	6
Bryan KingRP	1.0	1	0	1
Steven OkertRP	1.0	0	0	1
Enyel De Los SantosRP	1.0	0	0	1

CHC — Batting

Player	AB	H	BB
Alex Bregman3B	4	1	0
Michael Busch1B	4	0	0
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	1	0
Seiya SuzukiRF	3	0	0
Dansby SwansonSS	3	1	0
Miguel AmayaC	2	0	0
Nico Hoerner2B	2	0	1
Michael ConfortoRF	2	0	0
Pedro Ramirez2B	1	0	0
Kevin AlcantaraRF	1	0	0
Moises BallesterosDH	1	0	2
Carson KellyC	0	0	0

CHC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Colin ReaSP	7.0	4	3	3	3	4
Ryan RolisonRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Trent ThorntonRP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0

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Player props

Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Carlos Correa
RBIs: 6/22 over · last line 0.5
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Daulton Varsho
Home Runs: 3/22 over · last line 0.5
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Shota Imanaga
Outs: 6/20 over · last line 11.5
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Yainer Diaz
Hits: 12/20 over · last line 0.5
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Christian Vazquez
Hits: 8/17 over · last line 0.5
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Hunter Brown
Outs: 6/15 over · last line 15.5
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Pedro Ramirez
Home Runs: 0/15 over · last line 0.5
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Kevin Gausman
Strikeouts: 10/14 over · last line 4.5
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Miguel Amaya
Home Runs: 0/14 over · last line 0.5
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Peter Lambert
Hits Allowed: 7/14 over · last line 5.5
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Matthew Boyd
Strikeouts: 6/13 over · last line 3.5
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Clay Holmes
ER: 5/12 over · last line 1.5
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Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs: Final Score & Recap

The Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 in this MLB game at Wrigley Field on Saturday, May 23, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs Odds

DraftKings lists the Chicago Cubs at CHC -1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 7. Moneylines are Houston Astros +123 and Chicago Cubs -149. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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