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The Indians are sitting hot-hitting catcher Yan Gomes for the second game of their doubleheader Thursday against Minnesota. Roberto Perez will be doing the crouching behind the plate instead.

Gomes homered and doubled in the opener.

Yan Gomes continued to prove himself as one of the premier hitting catchers in the game Thursday with Minnesota in town to play the Indians.

Gomes slammed a solo homer in the second inning of the doubleheader opener, then nearly repeated the feat in the third with a bases-loaded double that smacked against the wall. His stat line on the year now stands at .288/.322/.480. That slugging percentage leads all American League catchers.

The Reds have altered their lineup to include catcher Devin Mesoraco. Brayan Pena has been scratched with an illness.

Hot-hitting Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco is catching a break Thursday. He is out of the lineup against visiting St. Louis.

Mesoraco, who has mostly manned the cleanup spot since late July, has blasted off three times in the last six games. He owns a stat line of .285/.371/.553 with 73 RBI in just 347 at-bats.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud continued his hot-hitting ways Friday, as he led the team to a 14-5 win over the Reds.

d'Arnaud put together his third multi-hit effort in the last four games, as he reached base four times by going 3 for 4 with a walk. He drove in four runs in the game as well, with a first-inning RBI single and then a three-run home run in the fourth, while scoring twice in the blowout.

d'Arnaud is 9 for 16 in four September games, to raise his season line to .243/.306/.412 in 337 at-bats.

Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco, serving as a designated hitter, brought his team back from the dead Thursday night in Baltimore.

Mesoraco hit a sacrifice fly in the third, homer in the sixth and two-run double in the seventh to key a comeback from a 7-2 deficit in an eventual Cincinnati loss. He finished the night with four RBI and his first four-hit game since May 18. He sweetened his stat line to .286/.365/.542. His slugging percentage would rank sixth in major league baseball if he had enough at-bats to qualify.

Braves catching prospect Christian Bethancourt has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. He owns a .283/.308/.408 slash line with eight homers and 48 RBI over 343 at-bats at Triple-A.

The Tigers called up catcher James McCann from Triple-A Toledo Monday, upon the expansion of the active roster.

McCann, 24, hit .295/.343/.427 in 109 games at Toledo prior to making his major-league debut late in a 12-1 win over the Indians Monday. 

Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 3 for 4 with a double, a home run and three RBI in his team's 4-3 win over the Rangers Monday.

Perez delivered the first blow of the game with his RBI double in the bottom of the first, and he followed that up with a two-run home run in the third inning to put his team up 3-0. He's managed to produce multiple hits in four of his last six games, raising Perez's line to .269/.302/.424 with 16 home runs and 62 RBI in 484 at-bats.

The Phillies announced their September callups on Monday.

Before announcing the moves, Philadelphia transferred pitcher Cliff Lee to the 60-day DL to create room on the 40-man roster. The team recalled infielder Cesar Hernandez, catcher Cameron Rupp and right-handed pitchers Luis Garcia and Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Additionally, the team purchased the contracts of infielder Maikel Franco and outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr.. Right-hander Mike Adams was also activated off the disabled list.