Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs
Final
Recap
CHICAGO -- Christian Vazquez homered, Spencer Arrighetti threw five scoreless innings and the Houston Astros topped the scuffling Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Friday. Pete-Crow Armstrong hit his sixth home run of the season for the Cubs, who have dropped six straight and 10 of 12. They started this week’s homestand with a 15-game winning streak at Wrigley Field. Arrighetti (6-1) won his second straight start after allowing two hits and four walks while striking out five. He issued a walk to start the third inning, then hit a pair of batters to load the bases, but worked out of the jam with a strikeout, infield popup and groundout.
Team stats
9Hits4
1Home runs1
4Walks5
10Strikeouts6
0Stolen bases1
145Pitches thrown167
6Pitching strikeouts10
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Braden Shewmake2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cam SmithRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake MeyersCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach ColeLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian VazquezC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brice MatthewsPH-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy PenaSS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan KingP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los SantosP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer ArrighettiP | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan AbreuP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven OkertP | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |