Christian Vázquez homered in the third on a 78.8 mph sweeper and drove in another run in the fourth on a line single to right, and that was most of what Houston needed. Spencer Arrighetti walked four but gave up two hits over five shutout innings, and the Cubs left 11 on base — which is the shape of a night where the opportunities were there and the swings were not. Pete Crow-Armstrong's two-run homer in the sixth cut it to 4-2, and Bryan King retired all four he faced for the save. Chicago had four hits, which is barely enough to score two, and not nearly enough to score three.