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Narvaez is not in the lineup Wednesday against Texas, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports.

Narvaez has improved on his .275/.366/.429 slash line from last season, posting a .294/.366/.477 line through 45 games this year. That's kept him in the lineup for more than two thirds of the Mariners' games this season, but he'll sit Wednesday, with Tom Murphy getting the call behind the plate.

Barnhart is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Padres.

Barnhart was behind the plate for all nine innings of Tuesday's 11-6 win, finishing the night 1-for-4 with three RBI. He'll put his season-long seven-game hitting streak on hold while Curt Casali gets a turn at catcher in the series finale.

Sanchez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Padres, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.

Sanchez will receive a routine breather for the day game after the night game, allowing backup Austin Romine to get a turn behind the dish. The 26-year-old has enjoyed a huge May, slugging nine home runs and driving in 15 while batting .287.

Kirk went 3-for-3 with a walk, two doubles, a run scored and four RBI for High-A Dunedin on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old catcher is enjoying a breakout campaign. After slashing .299/.427/.519 through 21 games for Low-A Lansing to begin the season, Kirk's found another gear since a promotion to the Florida State League, posting a .367/.456/.551 line in 15 contests. Even more impressive has been his control of the strike zone -- he's compiled a 26:15 BB:K between the two levels. There are still questions about whether he'll be able to stick behind the plate as he moves up the ladder, but reports of his defensive performance at rookie ball last year offered some glimmers of optimism. If he keeps hitting like this, the Jays will make sure to find a home for Kirk somewhere on the diamond.

Narvaez went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in a loss to the Rangers on Tuesday.

His throwing error in the first inning did get matters off on the wrong foot for the Mariners, but Narvaez continued with his strong contributions at the plate. The 27-year-old's seventh multi-hit effort of May snapped a two-game, 0-for-8 funk and pushed his average during the month to an impressive .299.

McCann went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Tuesday's regularly scheduled game against the Royals.

The White Sox and Royals played a modified doubleheader Tuesday, finishing off Monday's suspended game in the afternoon before playing the regularly scheduled tilt at night. McCann had himself quite a couple of days, going 6-for-8 with a double and three runs scored to raise his average to .350, well above his career mark of .248. He's likely to sit out Wednesday's series finale.

Smith went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in the Dodgers' 7-3 defeat to the Mets on Tuesday.

Making his MLB debut, Smith made a positive first impression, slapping a single in his first career at-bat before cranking a two-bagger later in the game. The 24-year-old is a talented hitter and was lighting up Triple-A Oklahoma City before he was called up, so hopefully it continues to translate and he can make a case to manager Dave Roberts that he deserves regular at-bats while Austin Barnes (groin) is on the injured list.

Grandal went 2-for-4 with a triple and a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Twins.

The catcher now has 11 homers on the year, with three of them coming in the last six games. Grandal's .268/.373/.512 slash line through 50 games has the 30-year-old on pace for career highs in all three categories over the course of a full season.

Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-4 loss to the Padres on Tuesday.

The homer by Sanchez to dead center field cut the Padre lead to 4-1 for the only run against Eric Lauer. The round-tripper was his fifth in nine games, and his 17th homer out of 37 total hits. He also has 33 RBI and a .264/.335/.657 slash line in 140 at-bats.

McCann went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Royals in the completion of Monday's suspended game.

McCann scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. After a quick break, McCann was back at it in the regularly scheduled game Tuesday night. Prior to Monday's action, the 28-year-old backstop told Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times that he's ready for an added workload with Welington Castillo (concussion) on the injured list.