Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Christian Walker | Christian Walker homers (12) on a line drive to left center field. Yordan Alvarez scores. | HOU 2, CHC 0 |
| T4 | Christian Walker | Christian Walker homers (13) on a line drive to left center field. | HOU 3, CHC 0 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Kai-Wei Teng started for Astros, leaving with a 3–0 lead.
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Kai-Wei Teng
Starter
6.0
89
0
6
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Kai-Wei Teng threw
CSW 37% 1st-pitch strike 52% 4.2 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sweeper 36 40% 5 12 5 10 4 Four-Seam Fastball 17 19% 1 3 5 7 1 Sinker 17 19% 0 2 2 8 5 Curveball 7 8% 0 3 0 3 1 Changeup 6 7% 2 1 0 3 0 Slider 6 7% 2 2 0 2 0 - Steven Okert Setup 1.0 11 0 1 HLD
- Enyel De Los Santos Setup 1.0 8 0 1 HLD
- Bryan King Setup 1.0 21 0 1 SV
Colin Rea started for Cubs, leaving trailing 0–3.
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Colin Rea
Starter
7.0
98
3
4
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Colin Rea threw
CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 48% 3.6 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 40 41% 5 4 4 21 6 Sweeper 18 18% 3 3 1 8 3 Changeup 16 16% 3 2 3 6 2 Sinker 15 15% 0 2 1 4 8 Slider 6 6% 2 0 1 2 1 Cutter 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0 Curveball 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0 - Trent Thornton Middle 1.0 14 0 0
- Ryan Rolison Middle 1.0 16 0 1
Where the game turned
- Walker HR (2)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Peña SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .279 | .302 | .581 | |
| Isaac Paredes 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .338 | .380 | .718 | 2B |
| Zach Dezenzo DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .389 | .652 | |
| Christian Walker 1B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .340 | .521 | .861 | 2 HR (12, 13) |
| Cam Smith RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .297 | .315 | .612 | |
| Brice Matthews LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .259 | .352 | .611 | |
| César Salazar C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | |
| Yordan Alvarez DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .415 | .595 | 1.010 | |
| Braden Shewmake 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .279 | .450 | .729 | |
| Zach Cole LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .160 | .192 | .360 | .552 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 | .310 | .372 | .682 | |
| Alex Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .336 | .348 | .684 | |
| Michael Busch 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .354 | .361 | .715 | |
| Nico Hoerner 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .345 | .379 | .724 | |
| Kevin Alcántara LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Seiya Suzuki RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 | .348 | .426 | .774 | |
| Moisés Ballesteros DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .239 | .307 | .442 | .749 | |
| Dansby Swanson SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .289 | .349 | .638 | |
| Michael Conforto LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 | .408 | .571 | .979 | |
| Miguel Amaya C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .352 | .387 | .739 | |
| Pedro Ramírez PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kai-Wei Teng | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 2.19 | W |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4.03 | HLD |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3.86 | HLD |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2.70 | SV |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 98 | 4.83 | L |
| Trent Thornton | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.08 | |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3.60 |
Manager comparison
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Season series: 1-0 with HOU listed first across 1 prior meeting.
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.