Miguel Vargas hits 22nd home run in win vs. Astros

Altuve knocked a base hit in the fourth inning and scored the team’s first run. He then drove in a run with another single in the fifth before scoring on a home run by Taylor Trammell. Altuve’s third hit of the game would drive in an insurance run in the seventh. The 36-year-old second baseman is hitting .241/.304/.389 with 12 homers, 53 runs scored, and 33 RBI across 386 plate appearances.

Swanson tied the game at 1-1 with a solo homer off Tarik Skubal in the third frame. He also doubled — his 23rd — and singled to improve his average to .219 on the campaign. He’s picked up five hits in his last two games, and fantasy managers should be well aware of just how streaky Swanson can be.

Hoerner gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead with a dribbler to second that was able to score a run. He hit the ball considerable further a couple innings later with a solo homer off a (yet again) ineffective Edwin Díaz. Hoerner has now gone deep seven times in 2026, and he’s been able to procure 53 RBI.

Tucker was able to silence his boos for just a moment with an opposite-field homer off Javier Assad to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. That would be the last run of the game for Los Angeles, as they’ve now lost five straight and weren’t able to pick up a win in Tarik Skubal’s debut. Tucker also singled to improve his slash to a still-disappointing .243/.341/.381 in his first year with Los Angeles.

Díaz came in to keep the game close in the eighth after not having pitched since Friday, and unfortunately for him and the Dodgers, he gave up a solo homer to Nico Hoerner. He also gave up a hit and a walk in an appearance that would be classified as a lot of things before it was considered impressive. Since returning from the injured list, Díaz has given up runs in two of his three innings, and his ERA is now 9.35 on the season.

Assad gave up just a solo homer to Kyle Tucker, and that was it. The right-hander struck out just three against two walks, but he gave up a very reasonable six hard-hit balls in play in another impressive effort for the 29-year-old. Assad now has a 3.58 ERA on the season, a chance to continue to lower that mark comes over the weekend against the Nationals next Tuesday.

Skubal allowed four hits, struck out six and walked two in his first start since the blockbuster trade sent him from the Tigers to the Dodgers. He gave up a solo homer to Dansby Swanson in the third, and then an infield single from Nico Hoerner gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead in the sixth. His velocity was up over half a mile on both his four-seam fastball and sinker, and it’s feasible Skubal was just a little too amped with some command struggles at times. Still, a solid start for Skubal, and more often than not, this is gonna get it done behind the Dodgers’ lineup. He gets the Royals on Tuesday.

Trammell got his ninth start in a row on Tuesday. He drew a walk and scored a run in the fourth inning before giving the Astros a four-run lead with a three-run blast off Chad Dallas in the fifth. The 28-year-old outfielder is hitting .238/.327/.411 with six homers, 23 runs scored, 19 RBI, and three steals across 172 plate appearances.

Wesneski held the Blue Jays scoreless through four innings until he gave up a pair of runs on two hits and a wild pitch in the fifth. That would be all the damage Toronto could do as he returned for a scoreless sixth to complete a quality start on his way to a win. Wesneski tossed 51 of 78 pitches for strikes and collected four strikeouts. The 28-year-old right-hander has given up five runs with an 8/4 K/BB ratio over 11 2/3 innings across two starts. He’ll look to keep it going on Monday against the Giants in San Francisco.

Bell’s homer came in the eighth inning, and it still left the Twins trailing 5-2. The 33-year-old has homered 14 times and driven in 64 runs over 109 games with the Twins in his first — potentially last — season in Minnesota.