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Alvarez’ home run was his 38th of the season, setting a new career-high. He hit a solo shot off Eduardo Rodriguez in the first inning. Alvarez was 5-for-23 (.217) with no home runs and one RBI in his last seven games entering play Sunday. He’s hitting .314 with a 1.031 OPS and 95 RBI this year.

Lambert gave up seven hits, walked none and struck out six. He fell to 8-8 with the loss. Lambert bounced back nicely after he failed to complete five innings in two of his last three starts entering play Sunday. He has a 3.67 ERA. Lambert is lined up to face the Rays on the road next weekend.

Barrosa, 25, was DFA’d by the D-backs after hitting .201/.285/.343 in 159 plate appearances this season. He’s a lifetime .280/.379/.438 hitter with 28 homers and 37 steals in 288 games in Triple-A, but considering that half of those were in Reno, it’s not a very impressive line. He’s out of options, so he’ll join the Astros’ bench. He’s probably no better than their current assortment of outfield options, though.

Going from Meyers to Jorge Barrosa seems like a downgrade for the Astros bench, but they obviously disagree. To be fair, Meyers, usually an adequate starting center fielder or a quality fourth outfielder previously, has hit just .213/.268/.326 in 153 plate appearances this season. He’s either going to be released or non-tendered this winter.

Burrows, out since July with elbow neuritis, had a setback with his shoulder while on a rehab assignment. He’s already done 60 days on the IL, so this is just a paper move. However, it’s unclear at this point whether he has a chance of making it back this month.

He’ll take the place of Kei-Wei Teng on the Astros’ active roster. Ullola, 24, has posted a 4.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP and a 9/1 K/BB ratio in six strong innings of work over four appearances with the Astros this season. He’ll give them another bullpen option that’s capable of working multiple innings.

It has been a rough season overall for the 27-year-old hurler, registering a 4.76 ERA, 1.39 WHIP and a 77/33 K/BB ratio across 73 2/3 innings of work in 30 appearances (10 starts) for the Astros. Miguel Ullola was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land in a corresponding move on Sunday.

Paredes drove in all three of the Astros runs on Saturday. He had a two-run single in the third inning and an RBI single in the fifth inning. Paredes now has six RBI over his last five games. He’s hitting .259 with a .781 OPS and 79 RBI this year.

Pecko gave up five hits, walked one and struck out two. He pitched well, but was pulled in the middle of the fifth inning with 81 pitches thrown. Pecko hasn’t thrown more than 89 pitches in any of his four starts. He has a 5.19 ERA. Pecko is lined up to face the Rays on the road next weekend, though he remains off the radar for fantasy managers.

Diaz’ home run was his 11th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Merrill Kelly in the third inning. Diaz hadn’t hit a home run since his two-homer game against the Yankees on August 25, a span of six games where he hit .211 with one RBI. He’s hitting .262 with a .719 OPS and 34 RBI.