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Marlins catcher Jacob Realmuto drove in a career high four runs in Game 2 of a day-night doubleheader Friday against the Nationals.

Realmuto lined a bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning and drove in a run in the ninth. He finished 3 for 5 with two runs scored and four RBI in a 15-7 victory. He has seven hits over his first 27 big-league at-bats.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco received the night off because of an intercostal strain, according to MLB.com on Friday. Manager Bryan Price told reporters that Mesoraco is expected back in the lineup Saturday against the Pittsburgh.

Mesoraco has four hits over his last 17 at-bats, two of which were home runs. He owns a .276/.360/.541 slash line with a 25 homers and 78 RBI over 377 at-bats.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud will have surgery to remove a bone spur after the season, according to Newsday.

d'Arnaud will not play in the weekend series, ending his year. Over 385 at-bats, d'Arnaud hit .242/.302/.416. 

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters that catcher Travis d'Arnaud is nursing a right elbow issue, according to Newsday. d'Arnaud was examined on Friday, and could be out for the final weekend of the season depending on the results of the test.

The Mets could lose catcher Travis d'Arnaud for the rest of the season with an undisclosed physical issue, per ESPN. Terry Collins confirmed that d'Arnaud is scheduled for an examination with team doctors Friday.

Collins added that he's unsure whether the catcher would be able to play at any point the rest of the way. If d'Arnaud is indeed sidelined, he finishes the year with a stat line of .242/.302/.416 and 48 runs scored in 385 at-bats.

An illness will prevent Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud from crouching behind the plate Thursday in Washington for the first game of a day-night doubleheader. He has been in the lineup just once since Saturday.

d'Arnaud is mired in a 7-for-36 mini-slump, but has a triple in back-to-back games.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud was not in the team's starting lineup Wednesday.

d'Arnaud will miss the game due to "ailments." The team did not specify an injury. He's considered doubtful to play Thursday as well. d'Arnaud is hitting .242/.302/.416 over 385 at-bats.

A 19-for-74 stretch might not seem like much, but it's an encouraging run for Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal considering he began it batting .202.

Grandal began the comparative hot stretch on Aug. 26. He has three home runs and 10 RBI in 20 games during that period, but remains a windmill at the plate. He has 19 strikeouts in the last 16 games and has fanned 102 times in 345 at-bats this season.

The Reds have issued a lineup for Wednesday against the host Cubs that one might have expected had they just clinched a playoff spot. Among those set to sit are third baseman Todd Frazier, second baseman Brandon Phillips, shortstop Zack Cozart, center fielder Billy Hamilton, right fielder Jay Bruce and catcher Devin Mesoraco.

None are listed as injured.

The Mets might have an overcrowding problem behind the plate next season, given the progress Travis d'Arnaud and prospect Kevin Plawecki have shown this season.

"If their potential starts to converge at the major league level, and it warrants major league time, then we'll have to make a decision," manager Sandy Alderson told the New York Daily News Tuesday. "But in the meantime, we're happy to have both of them. But Kevin has made a lot of progress, and obviously Travis has done well the second half of this season."

Alderson does not think either player is likely to be used in a backup or reserve role. d'Arnaud is hitting .277/.321/.480 in 177 at-bats since the All-Star break, while Plawecki is hitting .309/.365/.460 in 101 minor-league games while reaching Triple-A.