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Leon went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 8-3 win over the Blue Jays.

Leon had an abysmal .111 batting average on May 4, but has used a hot May to tack on another 143 points. He's gone 13-for-31 (.419) with three doubles, two homers and six RBI over his last 10 contests to raise his average to .254. Christian Vazquez, who remains the primary starter, is hitting just .194, but the Red Sox have had enough offense thus far to cover up for his weak bat. Leon will continue to be the backup, getting a couple of starts per week until such time that Vazquez's paucity of offense becomes an issue.

Vazquez is not in Tuesday's lineup against Toronto, Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston reports.

Vazquez will get a breather with Sandy Leon batting eighth and taking over the catching duties in his place. The 27-year-old backstop is 8-for-36 with one RBI and a double over the course of his last 10 games.

Gomes is not in Tuesday's starting lineup against the White Sox.

Gomes will get the day off as Roberto Perez is slated to take over behind the dish and bat eighth. In his last 10 games, Gomes is batting just .189 with one home run and 11 strikeouts.

McCann went 1-for-3 with a walk, a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Monday's win over the Angels.

McCann took Los Angeles starter Tyler Skaggs deep in the third inning with the bases loaded to give the Tigers an early 5-0 lead. The catcher now has four home runs and 19 RBI this season, and he's batting a solid .266 with a .720 OPS.

Narvaez is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Indians, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Narvaez has now started three of five games behind the dish since starter Welington Castillo was slapped with an 80-game suspension. Alfredo Gonzalez will start behind the dish and hit ninth in his stead in this one.

Stassi went 1-for-6 with a solo home run in Sunday's 10-9 extra-inning loss to the Indians.

Stassi has been surprisingly effective with bat in hand this season, hitting .300 with four homers and 14 RBI through 80 at-bats (29 games). Behind the plate, his 2.72 catcher's ERA is second only to teammate Brian McCann's 2.57. Stassi has handled Houston's elite starting staff well while holding his own at the plate, which should lead to continued regular use, roughly about 2-3 starts per week.

Perez went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Sunday against the Rangers.

Perez took Cole Hamels deep in the third inning for his ninth home run of the season. While he has just a .284 on-base percentage for the season, he's shown plenty of power with nearly half of his 32 hits going for extra-bases. That hasn't slowed of late, as he now has four home runs in his past 10 games.

Garver is out of the lineup Sunday against the Mariners, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Garver will take a seat after going 0-for-8 while starting behind the plate in the first two games of the series. The pair of hitless outings has dropped his season average to .220, but Garver is in no immediate danger of surrendering primary catching duties with Jason Castro (knee) out for the season and 35-year-old backup Bobby Wilson a career .212/.266/.320 hitter in the majors.

McCann is out of the lineup Sunday against the White Sox, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

It's just a routine rest for McCann after he was behind the plate for the first two games of the series. Grayson Greiner will serve as the batterymate for Tigers starter Blaine Hardy for the matinee game.

Gomes is out of the lineup Sunday against the Astros, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.

He'll give way to Roberto Perez in the series finale after starting behind the plate Friday and Saturday. Gomes is hitting .248/.314/.432 with six home runs and 12 RBI across 137 plate appearances this season, making him a low-end No. 2 option in mixed leagues that start two catchers.