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Davis went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Cardinals on Saturday.

Davis, who was called up Friday from Triple-A Iowa, brought the Cubs back from a 5-1 deficit with his fourth-inning shot off Michael Wacha. The 29-year-old has only received 23 major-league at-bats spread over three seasons and the home run was the first of his career. He is expected to serve as the team's No. 2 catcher during Victor Caratini's absence.

Barnes is not in Saturday's lineup against the Padres, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.

After slumping for a couple weeks in the middle of April, Barnes is 6-for-20 (.300) with two home runs in his last six games. Russell Martin will start at catcher, hitting sixth.

Murphy has a torn left meniscus and will require surgery, Melissa Lockard of The Athletic reports.

This procedure typically requires a 4-to-6-week recovery period, but for catchers, it can be a little longer. Murphy was on track to make his big-league debut this summer, so this is a big blow for the A's. He is hitting .324/.402/.459 with one home run and a 19:9 K:BB in 87 plate appearances with Triple-A Las Vegas.

Sanchez went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in a 7-3 loss to the Twins on Saturday.

Serving as the designated hitter, the 26-year-old absolutely crushed his homer to left-center field in the eighth inning to draw the Yankees to within three runs. Sanchez is tied for second in MLB with 11 homers after homering five times in his last six games. He holds a .271/.354/.771 slash line this season.

Garver went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and two singles in a 7-3 win over the Yankees on Saturday.

It was a big performance at the top of the order for the backstop, who cranked his sixth home run of the season. He's off to a strong start, sporting a .333/.387/.719 slash line with 10 extra-base hits in just 57 at-bats.

Contreras is not in Saturday's lineup against the Cardinals.

Contreras has two home runs in his last four games and is hitting .353 in 17 at-bats over that stretch. Taylor Davis will start behind the dish, hitting eighth.

Sanchez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in a 6-3 victory against the Twins on Friday.

The 26-year-old absolutely clubbed two bombs, but unfortunately, nobody was on base either time. That's been common for Sanchez this season, as he has 10 homers but only 20 RBI. Sanchez also barely walks, but thanks to 12 extra-base hits in only 68 at-bats, he still has a 1.069 OPS (.735 slugging percentage). Sanchez is also hitting .265 with 12 runs.

D'Arnaud was released by the Mets on Friday, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports.

D'Arnaud will hit the open market after being designated for assignment and subsequently clearing waivers. The 30-year-old backstop appeared in just 10 games for the Mets this season, going 2-for-23 (.087) with a pair of RBI.

Jansen is not starting Friday against Texas.

Jansen is hitting a modest .257 over his last 11 games, though that qualifies as a hot streak compared to his .132 average over his first 12 contests. Luke Maile gets the start behind the plate in his absence.

Perez is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Mariners, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

Perez will head to the bench carrying a modest five-game hit streak in which he is 5-for-13 with one home run. Kevin Plawecki will start behind the plate and bat eighth Friday.