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  • Padres' Luis Campusano: Out of lineup again Saturday

    Campusano is not in the lineup for Saturday's contest versus the Mets.

    He will give way to Kyle Higashioka at catcher for the second day in a row and the third time over the Padres' last four contests. Campusano has just a .541 OPS since the beginning of May.

  • Giants' Patrick Bailey: Breather Saturday

    Bailey is not in the starting lineup Saturday against the Angels.

    Bailey will get a breather after he went 5-for-17 with a double, two RBI and a run scored while starting each of the team's last five contests. Curt Casali will take over behind the plate and bat ninth versus Los Angeles.

  • Cardinals' Willson Contreras: More BP, then games

    Contreras (forearm) came out of his Friday's batting practice session with no issues and will repeat the step for the next few days, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

    It was the first time Contreras had taken BP since he had surgery on his fractured left forearm in early May. The hope is that he will be ready for a rehab assignment after a few days of batting practice, but he will need to gain medical clearance first. Contreras is tracking toward an earlier-than-expected return, but there's no target date just yet.

  • Jason Delay C | PIT

    Pirates' Jason Delay: Joining team in Colorado

    Delay is headed to Colorado to join the Pirates, Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

    Henry Davis had to exit Friday's game with concussion-like symptoms, and while nothing has been determined yet regarding his roster status, Delay will be around in case he's needed. Delay was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis earlier this month after completing a rehab assignment following knee surgery.

  • Miguel Amaya C | CHC

    Cubs' Miguel Amaya: Out of lineup Saturday

    Amaya is not in the lineup for Saturday's game versus the Cardinals.

    Yan Gomes will do the catching for Shota Imanaga. Amaya started four of the previous five contests.

  • Pedro Pages C | STL

    Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Playing time trending up

    Pages will start at catcher and bat ninth in Saturday's game against the Cubs.

    Pages is getting another start after slugging his first major-league home run and also catching a shutout Friday. It marks three straight starts for the 25-year-old and five starts across the Cardinals' last six games. Ivan Herrera is also in Saturday's lineup, serving as the designated hitter for the second day in a row.

  • Phillies' Rafael Marchan: Belts first homer of year

    Marchan went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-3 extra-innings win over the Orioles.

    The 25-year-old backstop took Kyle Bradish deep in the fifth inning, giving Marchan his first hit and first long ball with the Phillies this season. He's started two of four games since J.T. Realmuto (knee) was sidelined, and he could split work behind the plate fairly equally with Garrett Stubbs unless one of them seizes the starting job.

  • Henry Davis C | PIT

    Pirates' Henry Davis: Exits with concussion-like symptoms

    Davis was removed from Friday's game against the Rockies after exhibiting concussion-like symptoms.

    It's unclear when exactly Davis might have suffered an injury, but he was replaced behind the dish by Yasmani Grandal ahead of the seventh inning. Davis is in the process of being evaluated by the Pirates' medical staff.

  • Pedro Pages C | STL

    Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Hits first career homer

    Pages went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 3-0 win over the Cubs.

    Pages opened the scoring with his first career homer, taking Hayden Wesneski deep in the eighth inning. This was Pages' fourth start over the Cardinals' last five games, though he's gone just 3-for-12 in that span. All of his starts have come at catcher, which has taken a chunk out of Ivan Herrera's playing time. Pages is slashing just .125/.231/.250 with seven RBI, four runs scored and one double through 39 plate appearances. With Willson Contreras (forearm) tracking toward an earlier-than-anticipated return, Pages may be on his way back to Triple-A Memphis before the end of the month.

  • Ivan Herrera C | STL

    Cardinals' Ivan Herrera: Logs steal Friday

    Herrera went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 3-0 win over the Cubs.

    Herrera is up to four steals this season, three of which he's recorded over 11 games in June. The catcher is batting .316 (12-for-38) this month, adding five doubles, seven runs scored and one RBI. For the season, he's at a steady .273/.335/.366 slash line with three home runs, 17 RBI, 22 runs scored and six doubles over 179 plate appearances. Herrera has started behind the dish just once in the last five games, though it's unclear why his playing time has dipped, as Pedro Pages has made little impact with his bat.

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