Blake Perkins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Sunday.

Perkins worked a full count against Marlins left-hander Cade Gibson before lacing a sinker down the middle 100.2 mph off the bat for a no-doubt walk-off hit, the second of his career. The swing brought the second sellout crowd of the weekend to cheers and Perkins' manager to tears.

To fill his role in Tampa Bay, the Rays appear reportedly acquiring one of the Marlins catchers Nick Fortes; the fish had three catchers on the major league roster with a top prospect in the wings. At the plate Fortes has a career 70 wRC+ with both low walk and low strikeout rates, but you don’t acquire this sort of catcher for his bat.

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

Tampa Bay traded for Miami catcher Nick Fortes on Tuesday, a day after the Rays sent veteran catcher Danny Jansen to Milwaukee in another deal as the trade deadline approaches. The Marlins acquired minor league outfielder Matthew Etzel,

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