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Cabbage provides Houston with a little more of an offensive threat off the bench than Grae Kessinger and also represents extra outfield insurance with Kyle Tucker dealing with a shin contusion. The 27-year-old has omnipresent contact issues, but he certainly can do some damage when he connects.

Soto doubled in the first inning, but Alex Verdugo was held at third base and the Yankees ended up not scoring in the inning. He hit a solo home run off Shane Baz in the third inning to tie the game 2-2. In the seventh inning, Soto swung and missed at a Jason Adam changeup that left him grimacing. Soto seemed to be favoring his hand, but stayed in the game. He’s hitting .297 with a .992 OPS and 64 RBI on the season.

Diaz lead the game off for Tampa Bay with a double that was scorched and may or may not have hit the catwalk at Tropicana Field. He came around to score on Randy Arozarena’s home run. Diaz also lead off the third inning with a double and scored on an RBI single by Brandon Lowe. Diaz is hitting .272 with a .724 OPS on the season.

The home run was Arozarena’s 12th of the season. He’s 24-for-81 (.296) with four home runs, 10 RBI and five stolen bases in his last 23 games. Arozarena is hitting just .203 with a .679 OPS on the season, but he’s certainly heading into the all-star break on a positive note.

The save was Fairbanks’ 16th of the year. He walked two batters and allowed an RBI single to Ben Rice before getting Gleyber Torres to popout to end the game. His ERA is 3.31 on the season and he’s saved 11 games since the start of June.

Baz gave up six hits, walked one and struck out five. His stuff looked electric, which was a good sign, but the results weren’t anything special. Baz gave up home runs to Austin Wells and Juan Soto and the Yankees also scored on a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Baz has a 5.23 ERA after two starts and will look for better results in the second half of the year.

Cortes gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out four. Cortes had posted a quality start in four of his last five games, but was hit hard in this one. Randy Arozarena hit a home run in his first at-bat, but Yandy Diaz and Jose Siri both hit doubles with at least 100 mph exit velocity that easily could’ve been home runs as well. Cortes’ ERA is up to 3.67 on the year.

The home run was Abreu’s eighth of the season. He was 8-for-42 (.191) in his last 14 games, but had three hits and with the home run he’s homered in two of his last three games. The all-star break is three days away, but Abreu could be figuring it out at the plate and be a mixed league option in the second half.

Wong’s home run was his eighth of the season. The hits keep coming for Wong as this was his third straight game with a hit. Wong’s hitting .314 with an .826 OPS and 32 RBI on the season. He’s been a nice find, especially in two-catcher formats this year.

Medina gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out seven. Medina had allowed no more than one earned run in three of his last four starts, but he struggled against the Red Sox. He gave up three runs in the first inning and solo home runs in the third and fourth inning to make it 5-0 Boston. He was removed after a Connor Wong single in the sixth inning and Wong scored on a home run by Masataka Yoshida with the run being charged to Medina. He has a 5.18 ERA on the season and is off the fantasy radar.

Houck gave up two hits, walked three and struck out six. The win was his eighth of the season. Houck looked sharp in his last start before the all-star game, where he’ll represent the Red Sox and the American League. He lowered his ERA to 2.54 on the season.