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Framber Valdez is through seven innings on 61 pitches. José Caballero’s home run on his second pitch of the night remains this game’s only run.

Framber Valdez went to his first three-ball count of the night with one out in the ninth.

Framber Valdez completed nine innings on 83 pitches. It's 1-1 going to the bottom of the ninth with Jose Altuve, Christian Walker and Yainer Diaz due up.

Yainer Diaz walked it off. Astros win 2-1. Framber Valdez threw an 83-pitch complete game.

Yainer Diaz hit an opposite-field, walk-off home run that gave the Astros a win over the Rays on Friday. houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/…

“Once he gave up that homer, he got really pissed off,” manager Joe Espada said. houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/…

Astros vs. Rays RHP Littell:

The Astros placed Chas McCormick on the 10-day IL with a left oblique strain and called up Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land.

GM Dana Brown said Yordan Alvarez had re-imaging yesterday that showed a small fracture in his right hand. Brown said the fracture is “60 percent healed” and he still thinks Alvarez can return in the “near future.”

Yordan Alvarez diagnosed with "small fracture" in right hand, delaying his return; updated with comments from Alvarez and Astros general manager Dana Brown: houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/…

Jeremy Peña’s second career multi-homer game. The first was July 3, 2022 against the Angels.

Cam Smith was hit by a pitch on the left hand. He was checked by a trainer but is staying in the game.

Colton Gordon: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 2 HR. 75 pitches, 53 strikes. Four of five hits against him went for extra bases. Twelve whiffs induced on 43 swings. He exits with the Astros trailing 4-3. Shawn Dubin has the sixth.

Mauricio Dubón has replaced Zach Dezenzo in left field in the top of the sixth. No reason announced yet.

Zach Dezenzo left the game with "left hand discomfort," the Astros announced.

Joe Espada, pitching coach Josh Miller and a trainer visited Kaleb Ort on the mound after his second hitter in the seventh. Ort stayed in, faced six total hitters and retired one. The Rays have built a 9-3 lead.

Shay Whitcomb is in this game in left field in the eighth with the Astros trailing 11-3. Brendan Rodgers enters at second base and Mauricio Dubón moves to shortstop with Jeremy Peña out.

Junior Caminero is having a series.

Astros lose 16-3. They allowed season highs in runs and hits. The Rays had 18 hits, 12 for extra bases, and scored 12 runs against Houston’s bullpen. Zack Littell threw a 117-pitch complete game for Tampa Bay.

Zach Dezenzo felt something in his left hand on a swing in his last at-bat and is being evaluated, Joe Espada said.