MLB Player News

Indians catcher Yan Gomes left Thursday's game against the Cubs with cervical tightness, per FoxSports.com.

Gomes went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored before leaving the game. He's hitting .211 with two home runs and six RBI in 90 at-bats this season.

Bryan Holaday will earn the start at catcher for the Tigers in Thursday night's game against the Reds.

This will be Holaday's seventh start of the season. He's starting in place of James McCann, who is batting .252 with two home runs. Holaday is hitting .259/.259/.481 with one home run and eight RBI. 

Rays catcher Curt Casali hit his first home run of the 2015 season during Wednesday night's 5-0 victory over the Nationals. 

Casali went yard in the fifth inning with a solo shot. Casali was recently recalled from Triple-A Durham. He finished the game 3 for 3 with two singles. 

Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos is getting the day off for Sunday's game against the Indians. 

Starting in Castellanos' place is Andrew Romine. James McCann is also out of the starting lineup as Bryan Holaday is in his place at catcher. Anthony Gose, who hit ninth the past two days, is back to the leadoff spot.  

Royals catcher Salvador Perez hit a game-tying, solo home run in the fourth inning on Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Royals fell to the Cardinals 3-2. The home run was Perez's 10th of the season, and fourth in his last seven games. 

Rays catcher Curt Casali will get his first start of the season on Saturday.

Casali, who was just recalled from Triple-A Durham, is in the Rays' lineup, playing catcher and batting ninth. 

Casali will be playing his first MLB game since last Septemer 24. He played in 30 games with the Rays at the end of the 2014 season. He's hitting .205 with four home runs and 13 RBI at Durham this season.

The Rays have recalled catcher Curt Casali from Triple-A Durham, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Casali appeared in 30 games for the Rays in 2014, but has spent this season with Durham.

Casali was batting .205/.326/.348 with four home runs and 13 RBI in 32 games at Triple-A.

Indians catcher Roberto Perez drove in two runs during a 6-0 win Thursday against the Mariners. Both of his RBI came on a two-out single in the third inning.

Perez finished 2 for 3. It was his fourth multihit game, but first since April 29. He does have one home run and six RBI in his last six games.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 2 for 4 at the plate to help lead the Royals to a 2-0 win over the Twins on Tuesday.

His biggest hit came in the ninth inning when he hit his ninth home run of the season off Boyer for his only RBI of the game. Prior to his two-hit game Tuesday, Perez was hitting .162 with three home runs and three RBI in his last 11 games.

Indians catcher Yan Gomes belted his first two home runs of the season Tuesday, but the Indians lost 3-2 to the Mariners.

Gomes hit the solo shots off Roenis Elias in the second inning and Carson Smith in the ninth inning. He finished the game 2 for 4 with two RBI. Prior to his two home runs Tuesday, Gomes was hitting .320 with no home runs or RBI in his last six games.