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Tseng failed to record a strikeout and served up a two-run tater to Brewers prospect Corey Ray in the second inning. The 24-year-old right-hander recorded a 6.27 ERA over 26 starts at Triple-A Iowa last year. He can be safely ignored in all mixed leagues.

Bichette’s home run was just his second of the year. He’s hitting .237 with 13 runs, 14 RBI and one steal this year. Bichette’s strikeout percentage of 22 percent needs to come down and given his 14 percent strikeout percentage last year that’s a reasonable expectation. His .069 iSO should improve as well after posting a .172 ISO last year and we saw the start of that with his home run on Tuesday.

Soto was 3-for-15 with no home runs since coming off the injured list last week. He homered off Zack Littell in the fourth inning, which was just his second home run of the year. Limited to just DH at-bats due to a forearm issue, Soto’s home run is hopefully a sign of things to come for the 27-year-old.

It’s a solid outing in terms of run-prevention, and he was able to strike out four with just one walk. Once again, however, Gilbert wasn’t able to get deep into the game, as he needed 93 pitches to get through those five frames. The 28-year-old was certainly better than his four-inning effort last week against the A’s, but the expectations for someone who can miss bats like he can are much higher than this. He’ll face Atlanta in Seattle on Monday.

Littell gave up five hits, walked three and struck out one. He fell to 0-4 with the loss. The 30-year-old right-hander allowed two more home runs, one to Bo Bichette and one to Juan Soto. He’s now leading the league in home runs allowed with 14. Littell’s grip on a rotation spot would seem to be tenuous at best given his 7.85 ERA, but he’s lined up to face the Brewers at home on Sunday.

Making his season debut after missing time with a shoulder impingement, Yesavage allowed all four hits before Mason Fluharty, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers and Louis Varland combined to retire 11 of the 12 batters they faced. Yesavage struck out three and walked none while focusing mostly on his fastball and splitter. He used his slider just six times tonight. Last year, he threw that pitch 29 percent of the time. Tonight, it was eight percent. He ended up with just five whiffs, but he also allowed only three hard-hit balls. It’s just one start, of course, but it suggests that Yesavage will prove to be worth the wait for those who got him at a discount at the end of the spring. He’ll face the Twins next time out.