The Tampa Bay Rays got younger at catcher Monday, using a pair of reported trades to swap Danny Jansen out for Nick Fortes.

The Tampa Bay Rays made two trades on Monday, swapping catchers in separate deals involving the Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins.The Rays traded Danny Jansen and cash to the Brewers for minor-league infielder Jadher Areinamo,

Heriberto Hernandez hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 Agustín Ramírez and Dane Myers also homered for the Marlins in their fourth straight win.

The Milwaukee Brewers, who sport the best record in the majors, host the Miami Marlins for a three-game weekend series at American Family Field.

The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Nick Fortes from the Miami Marlins for OF prospect Matthew Etzel. News of Tampa Bay's discussions to acquire Fortes wer

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The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs enter the series tied for first place in the NL Central and for the best record in the National League.

Marlins left fielder Kyle Stowers swung at a two-strike, two-out changeup just above the knees and drove it 392 feet out to the opposite field for a solo home run against Peralta to open the scoring in the third. It was the 23rd homer of the year by the all-star Stowers, who has broken out as one of the National League's top hitters this year.