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Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal recorded his fourth-career two-homer game in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Giants. Grandal hit a pair of solo bombs of Yusmeiro Petit in the third and fourth inning, giving him a total of 10 home runs on the year.

Grandal also singled in the game, as he went 3 for 5 with the two home runs. Before Sunday's offensive explosion, Grandal had been rather cold at the plate. The three hits he collected on Sunday match the total from his previous four starts.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud is not in the lineup for Sunday's game. 

D'Arnaud left Saturday's game after suffering a hyperextended elbow while making a tag at the plate. 

Kevin Plawecki gets the start behind the plate for just the second time in the last six games and third in the last nine. 

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud exited Saturday's game in the sixth inning after suffering an apparent arm injury while attempting to tag Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski on a sacrifice fly. The Mets announced that d'Arnaud suffered a left elbow injury. X-rays were negative and he is day-to-day with a hyperextended elbow.  

With Pierzynski on third base, Pedro Ciriaco hit a fly ball to left field, and Michael Cuddyer's throw came up the line to d'Arnaud, at the same time Pierzynski headed home. 

d'Arnaud and Pierzynski were tangled up and the Mets catcher lay on the field for several minutes before leaving under his power and being replaced by Kevin Plawecki. 

d'Arnaud had recently returned from the disabled list after breaking his finger. He was 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs before leaving the game. 

Padres rookie catcher Austin Hedges is in the starting lineup against the Diamondbacks.

Hedges slammed his first career home run earlier this week. He's hitting .200 with a home run and a RBI in his last two games.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco will have hip surgery in New York on June 29, per the Cincinnati Inquirer. 

Mesoraco has been battling the injury all season and got shut down on his most recent minor league rehab assignment. 

The surgery appears to be season ending. Mesoraco said he'd be able to do his offseason work on schedule.

"It's disappointing," Mesoraco said, per MLB.com. "I've been trying so long to get it better and get it to the point where I can play, that at this point there's just nothing else that we can do. I feel good about getting it done and moving on to next season."

Diamondbacks catcher Oscar Hernandez, who began a minor-league rehab assignment on Tuesday, is expected to join the Major League roster when he is ready to be activated from the disabled list, according to FoxSports Arizona.

Hernandez, on the DL with a broken bone in his hand, was a Rule 5 pick by the Diamondbacks this offseason. The Diamondbacks would need to keep him on the active roster to avoid losing him back to the Rays. 

Hernandez has not seen any big-league action this season, after undergoing surgery to repair the bone at the beginning of spring training. He has one hit in eight at-bats through his first three rehab games with Class A Kane County.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud is getting the day off and wont play in Friday's game against the Braves. 

Instead, Kevin Plawecki will get the start behind the dish. Plawecki will bat eighth in the lineup. He's hitting .212/.262/.310 this season.

After originally being left out of the starting lineup Friday against the Reds, Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto was a late addition and returned to action after sitting out Thursday due to a back injury.

The rookie catcher is batting .319 (15 for 47) with one triple, two doubles, one home run, seven RBI, five runs, two walks and six strikeouts in 12 June games.

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal will start against the Rangers on Thursday.

Grandal didn't get the start for Wednesday's game, though he did get an at bat as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning.

In his last eight games, Grandal is hitting .292 with three home runs and three RBI.

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto was scratched from Wednesday's loss to the Yankees because of stiffness in his back, reports the Miami Herald.

With Realmuto ailing, the team called up catcher Jhonatan Solano. It is not known if Realmuto will need to go on the disabled list.

Realmuto said he experienced a similar issue in spring training, which sidelined him for three days. He expects the new issue will also keep him out of the lineup for three days.