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Winn’s homer off Brady Singer accounted for the game’s only run until the ninth, when Victor Scott II, Lars Nootbaar and Winn hit consecutive homers off Alexis Díaz. The homers were Winn’s second and third of the year. Winn was batting second for the first time this season today. That’s typically been Willson Contreras’s spot, but Contreras was dropped to fifth in spite of his improved production in recent weeks (he came into the day with a .359 average in his previous 10 games). The move up the lineup definitely makes Winn worth grabbing in mixed leagues in which he’s available.

Rojas’ previous two outings for the Twins came out of the bullpen, though he threw multiple innings in each appearance. He took the rotation spot of Simeon Woods Richardson, who was the first man out of the bullpen and threw a scoreless fifth inning. It’s unclear what the Twins plan to do going forward, but it’s difficult to imagine them putting Woods Richardson back in the rotation right away given these results.

This is pretty stunning, given that House wasn’t just playing regularly but was also hitting third pretty much of all of the time. He was batting .227/.282/.399 with seven homers and 25 RBI in 177 plate appearances, with just a little more plate discipline than last year. Statcast also thought he was kind of unlucky, giving him a .249 xBA and a .427 xSLG coming into Monday’s game. Unlike with Dylan Crews, who is expected to replace him on the roster, there doesn’t seem like any real financial incentive for the demotion. House is just turning 23 in June, and if he gets a bit more selective at the plate, he’ll probably spend several years as an adequate regular. There’s some reason to doubt it, though. The Nationals figure to go with José Tena, Jorbit Vivas and maybe some Curtis Mead at third base. That helps open up time for Crews, who will play a lot of outfield with James Wood and Daylen Lile probably seeing more time at DH.

Wood singled and scored in the eighth inning to tie the score 5-5. It was 6-6 heading to the 12th inning before the Mets scored 10 runs to put the game out of reach. Wood has reached base nine time over his last three games. He’s hitting .250 with 12 home runs, 41 runs scored, 30 RBI and seven stolen bases.

Ureña was excellent, but J.T. Ginn went zero-for-zero for him while he was in the game to keep him from picking up a deserved win. The 22-year-old has allowed more than two runs in just one of his four starts, and his ERA is down to a very solid 2.70 on the season. Ureña is still just 22-years-old, and he’s definitely a player who offers some upside in the coming years. He’ll try and show he’s more than just a long-term play again when he faces the Rangers over the weekend.

The Angels had only two hits and three baserunners in this game, but after Adam Frazier book up J.T. Ginn’s no-hitter to begin the ninth, Neto socked the game winner to center to give the Angels the win. It’s the eighth homer of the season for Neto, and he’s driven in 22 runs over the first 48 games of the campaign.

Ginn went from being three outs away from the first no-hitter in 2026 to a loser in the span of two batters. He was dominant over his first eight frames with eight strikeouts and just a walk allowed, but a single by Adam Frazier followed by a two-run blast from Zach Neto ended the night on a sour outcome. It’s also worth pointing out that the A’s didn’t score a run themselves until the ninth inning, so, yeah. Baseball. The ending wasn’t desirable, but it was another quality start from Ginn that sees his ERA dip to 2.98 on the season. He gets the Padres on Saturday.

Jeffers broke his bat the first pitch of an at-bat, took two balls and then basically just walked off the field. The best guess here is that it’s a hand problem, but we’ll find out soon.