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Diaz will serve as the Rockies' designated hitter and cleanup batter in Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

Austin Wynns will handle catching duties while Diaz sticks in the lineup in a non-defensive role. During the first two games of the series against the Red Sox, Diaz went 3-for-9 with four RBI and two extra-base hits to improve his slash line to .296/.352/.461 over 227 plate appearances this season.

McGuire is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.

Though he'll give way to Connor Wong behind the dish, McGuire may be pushing his way into a timeshare at catcher. McGuire had started in three of the past four games and four of the past six, going 2-for-14 with a pair of doubles and two walks during that stretch.

Kolozsvary was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.

Kolozsvary was only up in the majors for a couple days and didn't receive a plate appearance. He's clearing out to make room for the addition of Joey Ortiz to the roster.

Kirk went 3-for-5 with three RBI in Tuesday's 11-6 loss to Baltimore.

Kirk was responsible for half of Toronto's scoring Tuesday, picking up three RBI singles in the lopsided defeat. The 24-year-old backstop has gone 5-for-9 in his last two games following a 3-for-19 (.158) stretch over his previous seven contests. Through 192 plate appearances this season, Kirk's slashing .266/349/.349 with three homers, 14 runs scored and 21 RBI while splitting catching duties with Danny Jansen.

Murphy is not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Tigers.

Murphy will take a seat for a second straight game in Wednesday's matinee. Travis d'Arnaud will draw another start behind the plate and bat fourth in Game 1 with Detroit.

Contreras is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.

Contreras will effectively get two days to rest up, as the Cardinals are off the schedule Thursday before returning to action Friday versus the Mets. Andrew Knizner will step in behind the dish in place of Contreras, who went 0-for-9 with three walks and two runs while starting at catcher in each of St. Louis' previous three contests.

Rogers is out of the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader with Atlanta.

Eric Haase will handle catching duties in the early game while Rogers rests up after starting behind the plate in three of the Tigers' previous four contests. Expect Rogers to work in a battery with starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the nightcap.

Bailey went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-3 win over the Cardinals.

He launched a solo shot off Genesis Cabrera in the sixth inning, going back-to-back with Mike Yastrzemski to blow open what had been a 6-2 game. Bailey continues to solidify his hold on the Giants' starting job behind the plate, and since his promotion in mid-May he's slashing .323/.353/.585 through 70 plate appearances with three homers and 16 RBI. His 3:19 BB:K and .419 BABIP suggest there will be regression coming for his batting average, however -- which wouldn't be a shocking development for a 24-year-old who batted .225 in High-A only last year.

Realmuto went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double, a walk, a stolen base, three runs and an RBI in Tuesday's 15-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

Realmuto picked up where he left off after hitting for the cycle Monday, notching a triple and an RBI double in his final two at-bats of the evening. Realmuto now has six hits, six runs and four RBI over his last two games after he was hitless over the prior four games coming into Monday. Tuesday's stolen base brought him up to double-digit steals for a third straight season, and he's now up to a slash line of .260/.311/.474 with six homers, 25 RBI, 26 runs and a 13:54 BB:K over 235 plate appearances.

Diaz went 2-for-5 with a double, a triple and three RBI in Tuesday's 7-6 extra-inning win over the Red Sox.

He got the Rockies on the board in the third inning by rattling a bases-loaded double off the Green Monster. Diaz hasn't homered in 15 games, a stretch in which he's slashing just .186/.238/.288, but he has four extra-base hits (three doubles and a triple) through 10 contests in June with six RBI, and he remains locked into the starting role behind the plate for Colorado.