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Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier and catcher Curt Casali were back in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Braves, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

Kiermaier will hit eighth and play center field while Casali will bat ninth and play catcher. Kiermaier missed Sunday's game with a thumb injury, while Casali also missed Sunday's contest because of a head injury.

Rays catcher Curt Casali, who passed a concussion test on Saturday, is not in his team's lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

Casali will be replaced by Rene Rivera, who will hit out of the ninth spot in the lineup.

Rays catcher Curt Casali said he was feeling fine after passing concussion tests Saturday, reports the Tampa Bay Times.

Casali had to leave Saturday's game after being hit on the head ny a follow-through swing by Travis d'Arnaud.

"We figured it was best to just call it a day because if I get hit again, it's probably going to be a long time before I come back," Casali said. "But I'm good now and ready to go [Sunday]."

Tigers catcher James McCann and shortstop Jose Iglesias exchanged words and a brief physical confrontation in the dugout between the top and bottom of the sixth inning Friday in a game going badly against Boston, MLive is reporting.

Iglesias shoved McCann in the chest and appeared to throw something at the catcher before being wrapped up by teammate Nick Castellanos.

It's unclear what precipitated the fight, but it was caught by TV cameras and shown during the broadcast.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 3 for 4 at the plate in Kansas City's 5-1 win over the Tigers on Tuesday. Perez did his damage in the fourth when he blasted the first pitch he saw from Just Verlander over the left center field wall for a two-run shot, his 16th of the year. 

Perez also singled home another RBI to bring his total to 46 on the year. He is hitting .249 on the season.

Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain and catcher Salvador Perez were held out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game at Cleveland. Drew Butera started for Perez and Jarrod Dyson started in Cain's absence.

Perez is hitless in his last four games (13 at-bats) and is batting .169 through 20 July games. Cain has had a much better month offensively, posting a .366/.422/.683/1.105 slash line through 21 July games.

Rays catcher Curt Casali went 3 for 4 with two home runs in Tuesday's win over Detroit. 

Casali became the second rookie catcher in MLB history to have back-to-back games with multiple home runs. Casali also went deep twice on Monday. 

The Mariners' Kenji Johjima also had back-to-back multi homer games in 2006. 

Rays catcher Curt Casali smacked two home runs to help send the Rays to a 5-2 win over the Tigers on Monday.

Casali hit his fifth home run of the season off Anibal Sanchez in the third inning and his sixth off Bruce Rondon in the eighth inning. He finished the game 3 for 4 with three RBI.

Prior to Monday's win, Casali was hitting .167 with two home runs and four RBI in his last 11 games.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez gets a break from the field on Sunday. Perez is in the starting lineup at designated hitter for Sunday's game. 

It's Perez's second start at DH this year and first since June 30. 

Replacing Perez at catcher is Drew Butera, who gets his 12th start behind the plate and second in three games. 

Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez was able to start his throwing program Thursday with no issues, reports The Boston Globe.

Vazquez is trying to recover from Tommy John surgery and Thursday was his first time throwing since undergoing the surgery in March.