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Vazquez went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Thursday's 6-2 win over Oakland.

Vazquez erased a 1-0 deficit with his fifth long ball of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning. The catcher's put together a nice stretch over his past four games with seven hits and five RBI despite batting in the bottom half of Boston's order.

Perez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs in Wednesday's loss to the White Sox.

The backstop's fourth blast of September bumped his season total to a career-high 25 while inching him closer to other personal-best marks. Perez can also surpass previous career highs for runs (57) and RBI (79) by scoring five more times, and driving in seven more runs. With a couple weeks remaining, the 27-year-old is within reach of setting new bars despite the fact that Perez will likely end 2017 with his fewest games played since 2012.

Perez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's win over the Tigers.

Although officially listed as No. 2 on the depth chart, Perez continues to play his way into the lineup on a routine basis. In seven starts this month, the catcher is 8-for-26 (.308) with three home runs and nine RBI. Perez is a solid play in daily formats on days when he's in the lineup.

Vazquez is out of the lineup Wednesday against the A's, Tim Britton of The Providence Journal reports.

After starting two consecutive games, over which he went 4-for-8 with three RBI, Vazquez will get the night off. Sandy Leon will serve as Boston's backstop with Vazquez out.

Gomes is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Tigers, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.

Gomes was behind the plate for the Indians' AL record-tying 20th consecutive win a night earlier, so he'll take a seat and give way to Roberto Perez behind the plate for the afternoon affair. The improved offense of Gomez and Perez has played a major part in the Tribe's lengthy win streak, with Gomes hitting .311 with three home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs over the club's last 20 games.

Higashioka (shoulder) is off the 7-day DL at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

With the Triple-A playoffs in full swing, Higashioka returned to the club last Friday after missing about three weeks with a shoulder strain. The Yankees acquired another catcher in Erik Kratz for their 40-man roster during that span, but Higashioka could still be in line to be called up as added catching depth once the minor-league season comes to an end.

Maile went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in Tuesday's come-from-behind win against the Orioles.

The catcher's ninth-inning infield single off O's closer Zach Britton tied the game, opening the door for a heroic walkoff single by Richard Urena in the next at-bat. Maile has seen a decent amount of playing time since being recalled on Sept. 1 as part of roster expansions, but his efforts (.227) aren't worth much for fantasy purposes.

McCann is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Indians.

Despite being in the midst of a modest five-game hitting streak, McCann will get the day off following five consecutive starts behind the dish. Bryan Holaday will draw the start at backstop in his stead.

Perez went 1-for-2 with a walk and a solo homer in Sunday's win over the Orioles.

He went back-to-back with Francisco Lindor in the sixth inning and has now homered twice already in September after hitting just three over the first five months of the campaign. Perez and Yan Gomes have been basically alternating starts over the past couple weeks.

Sanchez went 3-for-4 with a double, two solo home runs and four runs scored in Sunday's 16-7 win over the Rangers.

Sanchez and teammate Aaron Judge went deep twice in this one. Serving a three-game suspension for his role in a brawl against Detroit did little to slow down the scorching slugger, who has mustered multiple hits in two of three games since his return after producing multi-hit efforts in three of his last four contests prior to sitting out. Sanchez now has 30 home runs in 106 games this year after slugging 20 in 53 games last season.