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Perez was recalled by the Angels on Wednesday and he's batting eighth in the order against the Mariners.

Perez rejoins the big league club after a brief stint at Triple-A Salt Lake as the Halos needed another healthy body behind the plate with Geovany Soto dealing with an ailing thumb. He'll bat in the eighth spot against Cody Martin, who carries a 2.70 ERA into Wednesday's matchup.

Sanchez went 2-for-3 and slugged another homer in a loss against the Blue Jays on Wednesday.

That's now five bombs for Sanchez, all of which have come in the last week. He has three homers and five RBI in the last two days. Sanchez is slashing .260/.396/.720 with eight extra-base hits, 11 RBI and 10 runs in 50 at-bats at the MLB level this year.

Perez is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Tigers, MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan reports.

This will be Perez's first day off since Aug. 7, and it is simply of the maintenance day variety. Drew Butera will get the start at catcher and hit eighth Wednesday.

Maile went 3-for-4 with a bases clearing double, four RBI overall and a run in Tuesday's 15-1 thrashing of the Padres.

The backup catcher opened the scoring on what would be a momentous day for the Rays offense with a second-inning two-bagger that plated Matt Duffy, Logan Morrison and Steven Souza, Jr.. He followed it up in the third with an RBI single that brought in Morrison, extending the lead to 6-0 at the time. Maile impressively did all of his damage out of the nine-hole, with the effort representing his second multi-hit outing over his last four starts and third overall on the season.

Barnhart went 1-for-3 with a walk and a first-inning grand slam, his seventh homer of the season, in Tuesday's win over the Marlins.

Barnhart's big blast in the first inning extended his career-high hitting streak to 12 games. The catcher is batting .357 (15-for-42) with two homers during the streak, and .308 over his last 37 games to raise his batting average from .238 to .267. Barnhart, 25, is playing regularly for the first time this season, a necessity since late April when Devin Mesoraco was lost for the season because of left shoulder surgery.

Grandal picked up three hits Tuesday, including a two-run home run, to go along with a walk, three RBI and three runs scored in the Dodgers' 15-5 win over the Phillies.

Grandal has been absolutely on fire lately, hitting .330/.454/.742 with 12 home runs in his past 30 games. He now has 19 homers on the year, a career-high already. Grandal's full-season batting average remains at just .234, but the switch-hitting catcher could certainly help many fantasy teams if he's still available in your league.

Sanchez went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays.

Sanchez homered in both of his at-bats against starter Marco Estrada, following up a second-inning solo shot with a three-run blast in the fourth. This was by far the most productive offensive performance of the 23-year-old's brief career, as he doubled his career homer total in a four-inning span before action was interrupted by a 44-minute rain delay. He added one more post-delay hit for good measure, and now boasts a .340/.367/.660 line through 12 games.

D'Arnaud is out of the lineup Tuesday against Arizona, Maria I. Guardado of NJ Advance Media reports.

Rene Rivera will get the nod to start behind the dish Tuesday, giving d'Arnaud the night off. D'Arnaud will likely return to the lineup for for Wednesday's series finale against the Diamondbacks.

Leon, who did not play Monday in Cleveland, will return to the starting lineup for games in Baltimore on Tuesday and Wednesday, Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald reports.

Bryan Holaday, who started Monday, will return to catching Thursday when the Red Sox are in Detroit. Boston is in the midst of a hectic travel schedule, so Leon and Holaday are splitting duties.

Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Rays.

The Yankees were already down 8-1 when Sanchez popped his second home run of the season, but at least he went down swinging. Both homers have come in his last four games, so while his 1:10 BB:K through 10 games is worrying, Sanchez's power is at least beginning to show through.