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Vazquez went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Angels. Vazquez has homered in his last two games and now has seven long balls on the year. His blast in the third inning opened the scoring Wednesday. The veteran catcher is hitting .219 with a .628 OPS, 25 RBI, 21 runs scored, one stolen base and seven doubles over 233 plate appearances. Vazquez has seen a slight uptick in playing time lately while Yainer Diaz is stuck in a 3-for-23 slump.
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Vazquez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners. Though he'll hit the bench for the series finale, Vazquez may have temporarily pushed his way into a timeshare at catcher with the slumping Yainer Diaz. Since closing July with a pair of four-hit games, Diaz has produced a lowly .179/.233/.179 slash line through 12 contests in August. Vazquez drew starts over Diaz in each of the previous three games, going 2-for-6 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored.
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Vazquez is out of the lineup for Monday's game in Toronto. After serving as the Astros' primary option behind the plate for about six weeks, Vazquez has moved down to the No. 2 spot on the depth chart following Yainer Diaz's return from the injured list last Tuesday. In the Astros' ensuing six games, Diaz has made four starts to Vazquez's two.
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Vazquez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals. Vazquez will get a breather for the series finale after he had started behind the plate in four straight games. Rookie Collin Price will handle catching duties Sunday.
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Vazquez isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports. Vazquez will take a seat Tuesday after going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored during Monday's series opener. Cesar Salazar will fill in behind the plate and bat ninth.
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| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | KO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | 86 | 242 | 22 | 50 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 53 | 1 | .206 |
| 2025 | MIN | 65 | 190 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 1 | .189 |
| 2024 | MIN | 93 | 294 | 29 | 65 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 65 | 3 | .221 |
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| 9/27 | @  |
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| 9/25 | @ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9/24 | @ |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9/23 | @  |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |