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Mets first baseman Lucas Duda is not in the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Padres. 

Duda was hit by a pitch in the left knee in Sunday's loss to the Marlins. Duda's knee was feeling sore on Monday, which is why he's getting the night off. With Duda out, Michael Cuddyer will play first base and bat fourth. 

"I just kind of got hit in a funny spot," Duda said, per MLB.com. "I'll take [Monday] and play [Tuesday]."

With Cuddyer at first, Darrell Ceciliani draws a start in left field. After getting a day off on Sunday, catcher Kevin Plawecki returns to the lineup and will hit eighth. 

Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado hit a walk-off home run in the 17th inning to lift his team past the Diamondbacks 7-6 on Sunday.

''I was really tired, so I was happy to end the game like that,'' he said.

Maldonado went 4 for 6 with two doubles, two walks, two RBI and a home run.

Maldonado's performance came during an awful slump at the plate. In his last five games prior to Sunday, Maldonado hit .071/.133/.205 with just one hit in 14 at-bats.

Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is getting his second start as a member of the Diamondbacks on Sunday. 

Saltalamacchia was recently called up following Tuffy Gosewisch (knee) going on the disabled list. Saltalamacchia will hit seventh in the lineup against the Brewers. 

Outfielder Ender Inciarte has the day off, with the three starting outfielders being A.J. Pollock, David Peralta and Mark Trumbo. Third baseman Yasmany Tomas is back in the starting lineup. 

Mets outfielder John Mayberry and catcher Anthony Recker will start in Sunday's game against the Marlins. 

Mayberry is starting in place of Michael Cuddyer and Recker is in the lineup for Kevin Plawecki. Recker is hitting .161 this season and Mayberry is batting .152. Both Cuddyer and Plawecki appear to be getting days off. 

Mayberry is hitting sith and Recker is batting eighth. 

Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart received the nod to start in Sunday's game against the Nationals. 

Barnhart is filling in for catcher Brayan Pena, who was in Saturday's starting lineup. Barnhart will bat in the seventh spot. 

Skip Schumaker is starting in left field instead of Marlon Byrd. 

Fresh off of the 7-day concussion disabled list, Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal capped off a four-run fourth inning with a three-run home run in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Grandal's blast, his fifth of the season, came off St. Louis starter Michael Wacha and put the Dodgers up 4-1. 

Grandal had been out since May 23 with concussion symptoms, but was finally able to return on Saturday. He's now hitting at a .292 clip on the season.

Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto had the biggest hit of the day in Saturday's 9-5 win over the Mets. With the score tied 5-5 in the top of the seventh, the rookie catcher launched a two-run home run to give the Marlins a lead they would not give back.

Realmuto, who also doubled and scored twice on Saturday, now has two longballs on the season, and he's now hit safely in five of his last six games. 

The Dodgers announced that catcher Yasmani Grandal was activated from the seven-day disabled list prior to Saturday's game.

Grandal suffered a concussion, but he completed a minor league injury rehab assignment and is ready to return to the team. 

"Yasmani gives us a switch-hitter in the middle who has given us some production and gives us a bigger bat in the middle of the order," manager Don Mattingly said, per MLB.com. 

To make room for Grandal, the Dodgers sent outfielder Chris Heisey to Triple-A. Heisey hit .111 in five games with the team. 

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal has finished his rehab assignment and rejoined the team in St. Louis on Friday. Grandal is currently on the 7-day concussion list, but is likely to be activated in time for Saturday's game, according to the Orange County Register. 

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud suffered a setback on his rehab assignment, which will delay his return to the lineup. 

He took himself out of a rehab game Thursday for Class A St. Lucie after feeling pain in his wrist. He saw a hand specialist, who diagnosed the injury as a bone bruise in his right hand.

“He felt it swinging in his third at-bat last night so, not knowing what it was, took himself out,” general manager Sandy Alderson said, per the New York Daily News.

Earlier Friday, manager Terry Collins said d'Arnaud would need 20-25 at-bats on his rehab assignment before coming off the disabled list. He is 0 for 6 with one RBI, one walk and one strikeout through his first two games with Class A St. Lucie.