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Barnhart is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.

Barnhart will get a breather in the series finale after he caught in four of the Reds' past five games. Tyler Stephenson will be behind the dish Wednesday, working in a battery with Luis Castillo.

Jackson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Mets.

He opened the scoring on the night by taking Taijuan Walker deep in the second inning, his first career homer in the big leagues. Jackson also struck out twice, and the move to Miami at the trade deadline doesn't seem to have changed the catcher's fortunes at the plate -- it's a small sample of 58 plate appearances, but Jackson's gone just 4-for-51 (.078) with a 3:26 BB:K in the majors for his career.

Barnhart went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Twins.

He went back-to-back with Eugenio Suarez to lead off in the third inning, giving the Reds an early 2-1 lead in the back-and-forth affair. Barnhart had an .815 OPS at the end of May but hasn't contributed much since, slashing .243/.304/.348 over his last 38 games with two of his five homers on the year.

Diaz went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and three total runs in Tuesday's 13-6 win over the Cubs.

After Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, Diaz turned the tide with a grand slam in the bottom of the second inning. He added a single and a double and scored twice more over the remainder of the contest. Diaz is up to 12 homers on the campaign, with three of the long balls coming over his past four contests.

Realmuto went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Tuesday's win over the Nationals.

Realmuto left the yard against Patrick Corbin in the seventh inning. After heating up with 10 hits over the last four games, the 30-year-old backstop has raised his season slash line to .275/.360/.458 to go with 12 long balls.

Adams was recalled from Triple-A Rochester prior to Tuesday's game against the Phillies, Dan Kolko of MASN Sports reports.

Adams was acquired from the Blue Jays in the trade that sent Brad Hand to Toronto last week. After hitting an ugly .107 across his first 30 major-league plate appearances, Adams will look to get off to a better start with Washington. Per Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington, the rookie is expected to split time with Tres Barrera behind the plate going forward.

Realmuto went 5-for-6 with two doubles, four RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in Sunday's win over the Pirates.

Realmuto made his presence felt early in the game with an RBI single in the first, scoring Travis Jankowski, and he later added an RBI double in the fifth that scored Bryce Harper. The star catcher wasn't done for the day, though, and he chipped in with a two-run single in the eighth as well. This was one of the most complete individual performances in the entire season and it boosted Realmuto's average to a solid .278 mark since the beginning of July. He continues to be one of the most productive backstops in the entire league.

Diaz is out of the lineup Sunday against the Padres, Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette reports.

Diaz started the past two games and will receive a maintenance day in the series finale. Dom Nunez will catch for Austin Gomber and bat eighth.

Smith is not in the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

Smith went 3-for-9 with a walk and two runs through the first two games of the series and will take a seat for the finale. Austin Barnes will start behind the plate in his place.

Barrera is not in the lineup Sunday against the Cubs, Matt Weyrich of NBC Sports Washington reports.

The 26-year-old started the past three games and will receive the day off Sunday. Barrera should continue to see regular starts down the stretch for Washington following the departure of Yan Gomes ahead of the trade deadline.