Yainer Diaz

The 26-year-old backstop drove in a run with an RBI double off of Davis Martin in the third inning, increasing the Astros' lead to 3-1. He also singled in the first and eighth innings but was left stranded both times. With his three-hit attack, Diaz is now hitting .248/.282/.398 with eight homers and 28 RBI on the season.

Altuve smacked a go-ahead two-run double off of Davis Martin in the third inning, then swiped third base and scored on an RBI double off the bat of Yainer Diaz. He also drew a walk in the contest, reaching base safely in three of his four plate appearances. The 35-year-old outfielder is in the midst of another very solid offensive season, slashing .275/.321/.416 with nine homers, 27 RBI and six stolen bases through his first 65 games.

In what's been a rough season to this point, it was nice to see Diaz have a signature moment. The Astros got a heroic performance from Framber Valdez in a three-hit, complete game and thankfully their offense did just enough late in this game to get him the victory. Diaz nearly put one out in the fifth inning as well and hit three balls over 100 mph in total and hit another home run last night. Hopefully he's ready to turn a corner and start a hot streak.

A complete game! And Valdez was fortunate to be credited with one because this game was knotted at one with two outs in the ninth inning before Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off homer. The Astros also scratched across a run in the eighth on a throwing error from Curtis Mead. He did only have 83 pitches to his ledger though, so it's likely he would've come back out for the 10th inning. Funny enough, the only run he allowed was off a lead-off home run by Jose Caballero. After that, he retired 27 of the 30 hitters he faced for the rest of the game. In classic Valdez fashion, 15 of the 19 balls in play by Rays were on the ground as he threw maybe five total pitches above the belt in this game. All in all, it was a tremendous, old-school start by the talented left-hander. His next start is scheduled to come against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.