MLB Player News

Indians catcher Yan Gomes smacked his third home run of the season during Monday's 7-1 win over the Rays.

Gomes hit the solo shot off Kirby Yates in the eighth inning. He finished the game 3 for 5 at the plate with two runs scored and one RBI.

Prior to his three-hit game Monday, Gomes was hitting .108 with one double and five RBI over his last 11 games.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez recorded three RBI in his team's win over the Athletics on Sunday.

Perez went 1 for 4 with a two run home run, his 12th of the season. Perez brought in another run when he reached base on a fielder's choice in the sixth inning.

Perez is hitting .271 with 12 home runs and 33 RBI in 255 at-bats this season.

Tigers catcher James McCann hit a walk-off home run with one-out in the ninth inning on Sunday. 

It was McCann's third career home run, all hit this year. The last two homers have both been walk-offs--he hit an eleventh inning homer to win a game on May 21. 

McCann went 2 for 4 and scored twice. He drove in his 15th run of the season. 

McCann also threw out his MLB leading 13th attempted base stealer of the season. He has thrown out 13 of 27 steal attempts. 

Indians catcher Yan Gomes won't be in the lineup for the second game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles.

Gomes struggled in the first game of the day, going 0 for 3 while leaving one runner stranded on base.

Over his last eight games, Gomes has been a non-factor at the plate as he's hitting just .111 with three hits in 27 at-bats.

The Reds will shuffle the bottom of their lineup against the Mets on Saturday.

Outfielder Marlon Byrd will take over center field over Billy Hamilton and bat fifth in the lineup. Left fielder Skip Schumaker will hit sixth, taking over for Chris Dominguez who held the spot for Friday's game. Ivan De Jesus will replace Eugenio Suarez at the shortstop position while batting out of the seventh spot. Finally, Tucker Barnhart will replace Brayan Pena at the catcher spot and will hit from the eighth spot.

Reds rookie catcher Tucker Barnhart went 3 for 4 against the Pirates on Wednesday.

The three-hit performance was the first of his career. During his last three games, Barnhart is hitting .461 with six hits, two doubles and two runs.

Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Plawecki has had a rough go of it since making his debut in mid-April. However, the young backstop has been hitting better in the month of June, batting at a .296 clip through 11 games this month. 

Manager Terry Collins said he wants Plawecki to be behind the plate for Jacob deGrom on Thursday afternoon, so he will get the night off on Wednesday, according to ESPN.com.

Johnny Monell, who was called up when Travis d'Arnaud hit the disabled list on Tuesday, will make his third start of the year for the Mets behind the plate on Wednesday.

Indians catcher Yan Gomes was back in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Tigers after missing three straight games and four of the last five due to a neck injury. Roberto Perez had started in Gomes' absence.

Gomes has not had a strong season offensively and is mired in another hitting slump. He heads into Tuesday's game batting .115 (3 for 26) in his last eight games.

Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp hit his first career home run in his 48th MLB game on Tuesday. 

Rupp hit a two-run homer to key a five-run fourth inning in the Phillies' win over the Yankees. 

Rupp went 1 for 5 and recorded his sixth RBI of the season. 

The Mets have recalled catcher Johnny Monell from Triple-A Las Vegas, the team announced on Tuesday. Monell will be available off the bench for the game against the Brewers in Milwaukee. 

The 29-year-old spent 12 games with the Mets earlier this season, but has had most of his reps with Las Vegas. In 41 games at Triple-A, Monell is batting .374 with five home runs and 34 RBI.

Monell will take the roster spot of Travis d'Arnaud, who was placed on the disabled list on Tuesday.