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Hedges hit a solo home run in his only at-bat during Sunday's 7-5 win over Boston.

The catcher was given a partial day off as Wilson Ramos started behind the plate. Hedges delivered when called upon, tying the game at 5-5 with his solo shot in the eighth inning, part of a three-run frame that put Cleveland ahead for good. The 29-year-old is up to seven homers, 24 RBI, 24 runs scored and a stolen base while slashing .185/.228/.301 through 239 plate appearances. He remains Cleveland's top healthy option at catcher.

Murphy is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

Murphy will get a breather after each of the Athletics' last five games at either designated hitter or catcher while going a collective 2-for-17 with a home run and eight strikeouts in those contests. Yan Gomes will spell Murphy behind the plate, while Jed Lowrie serves as the team's DH.

The Astros called up Stubbs (ankle) from Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Stubbs hasn't played for Sugar Land since Aug. 19 due to a right ankle sprain, but the Astros' decision to bring him up from the minors implies the team doesn't have much concern about the injury. At the very least, Stubbs is in better health that fellow catcher Jason Castro (knee), whom Houston moved to the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. Stubbs will serve as the No. 2 catcher behind Martin Maldonado while Castro is on the shelf.

The Twins called up Rortvedt from Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

Minnesota optioned starting pitcher Charlie Barnes to Triple-A to open up a spot on the active roster for Rortvedt, who will shore up the Twins' catching depth while Mitch Garver (back) is on the injured list. Rortvedt is expected to serve as Minnesota's No. 2 backstop behind Ryan Jeffers while he's up with the big club.

Zavala is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.

Zavala was behind the dish for Saturday's 7-0 loss, but his time as the White Sox's No. 1 backstop has come to an end after Yasmani Grandal returned from the injured list Friday. Since turning in an out-of-nowhere three-homer, six-RBI performance July 31 against Cleveland, Zavala slashed .173/.232/.308 with two long balls and a 40.4 percent strikeout rate in his subsequent 18 games.

Hedges is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

Hedges will take a seat after he caught in five of Cleveland's last seven games. No. 2 backstop Wilson Ramos will be behind the dish in the series finale, batting seventh.

Vazquez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Cleveland.

He'll be getting a breather after starting in each of the past five games while going 5-for-18 at the dish. Kevin Plawecki is catching for starting pitcher Tanner Houck in the series finale.

Haase is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.

Haase caught in both of the Tigers' two games after he was reinstated from the 10-day injured list Friday, so he'll just be receiving some routine maintenance in Sunday's series finale. Dustin Garneau steps in behind the plate to replace Haase, who went 1-for-7 with an RBI in the first two contests of the weekend.

Kirk went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 extra-inning win over the Tigers.

He took Tyler Alexander deep in the sixth inning for the game's first run. Kirk has started six of the last nine games, slashing .318/.360/.545 in 25 plate appearances over that stretch, but Saturday's homer was only his fourth of the year and first since April 30.

Perez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's win over the Mariners.

Perez is having an excellent year at the plate and is riding an otherworldly power surge -- he belted grand slams in back-to-back games Thursday and Friday and has now homered in four straight games. Perez is now second in MLB in homers with 37 and only trails Shohei Ohtani (41) in that department.