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Barnhart is out of the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks.

After starting behind the plate the previous two days, Barnhart will get the afternoon off in the series finale, as Ramon Cabrera assumes catching duties. Barnhart is in the midst of a productive July, during which he's hit .313 to go with three homers, 12 RBI and a stolen base.

Rupp was evaluated for a concussion after leaving Saturday's game, but did not show any symptoms, Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

This is certainly encouraging, but concussion symptoms don't always surface right away, so the Phillies may be inclined to give Rupp a couple days off and have him undergo several more tests before returning him to action. Rupp was hit on the helmet by a 90-mph pitch from Tyler Glasnow a day after he hit his 10th home run of the season.

Rupp left Saturday's game in the top of the third inning after getting hit in the side of the head by a fastball from Tyler Glasnow.

It was a scary moment, as Rupp couldn't get out of the way and the pitch hit him square in the part of his helmet that was covering his left ear. He'll now go through the concussion protocol, and it would not be surprising to see him land on the 7-day concussion DL in the coming days. Carlos Ruiz figures to start behind the dish Sunday, and the Phillies may have to call up a catcher from the minors if Rupp ends up needing to miss a week or more.

Rupp went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, two-run homer and a walk in Friday's 4-0 victory over the Pirates.

The slugging backstop capped the scoring for the Phillies with a 415-foot shot in the ninth that plated Andres Blanco. It was Rupp's first homer since July 10, and he's now slashing .292/.358/.542 in July while also reaching double digits in RBI in a month for the first time this season.

Diaz was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Stephen Nesbitt reports.

Eric Fryer was placed on the paternity list, so Diaz was summoned to provide short-term catching depth behind Francisco Cervelli. Diaz was reinstated from the 60-day DL a couple days ago and optioned to Triple-A after missing the first three-plus months of the season with an elbow injury. He figures to be sent back to Triple-A once Fryer rejoins the Pirates.

Murphy, 25, is slashing .296/.320/.640 with 13 homers and a 59:7 K:BB in 186 at-bats with Triple-A Albuquerque this season.

He is putting on quite the power display in the Pacific Coast League this year, although his 31.1-percent strikeout rate is troublesome. A catching prospect who can sustain a .335 ISO at Triple-A warrants monitoring in deeper formats, but it's unclear when the Rockies will be willing to recall Murphy, or if his hit tool will allow his impressive power to play against big league pitching.

Barnhart went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk Friday against the Diamondbacks.

Branhart's fifth bomb of 2016 extended the Reds' lead to 4-2 in the sixth inning of a home win. He's now homered in back-to-back starts, and he's slashing .266/.328/.402 in 231 at-bats on the year.

Barnes has been recalled by the Dodgers on Friday.

The 26-year-old catcher/infielder has been seeing the ball well at Triple-A Oklahoma City, hitting .333 with two home runs and eight RBI in his last 10 games. Barnes has also compiled 17 stolen bases for Triple-A in 63 games this season. Barnes will play a utility role for the Dodgers while Yasiel Puig is banged up as well as Enrique Hernandez, Trayce Thompson and Andre Either on the disabled list.

Realmuto is out of the lineup for Thursday's contest against Philadelphia, Craig Davis of the Sun Sentinel reports.

It's just a routine day off for Realmuto who is giving way to Jeff Mathis after making three straight starts behind the dish. Realmuto has two multi-hit performances in five games since the start of the second half, going 6-for-21 (.286) during that span.

Grandal is out of the lineup Thursday against the Nationals, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Grandal has started seven of the last eight games overall, but manager Dave Roberts won't allow him to start an early-afternoon game immediately following an evening contest. In his stead, A.J. Ellis will take over behind the plate to catch starter Julio Urias.