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Dioner Navarro reaches four times

by Jack Moore | CBSSports.com

(6/9/2013) Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro reached base four times in four plate appearances Sunday in a win over Pittsburgh.

Navarro singled twice and walked twice but didn't score or have an RBI. Navarro continues to contribute in a backup role, hitting .279/.364/.559.

Dioner Navarro goes deep three times in historic game

by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com

(5/29/2013) Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro entered Wednesday's game against the Cubs with three home runs on the season, a total he doubled in just three at-bats in a 9-3 win.

Navarro slugged a solo home run in the second inning and a two-run shot in the fourth, before walking and scoring in his next at-bat in the sixth. He then came up again in the seventh and clubbed a three-run homer to Sheffield Ave., giving him six RBI on the game. He scored four runs while batting 3 for 3.

Navarro raised his batting average from .200 to .241 in the game, while nearly doubling his RBI (now 13) and run (9) totals for the season. Navarro became the first Cubs catcher to homer three times in a game since 1974, and the first Cub to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a game since 2002.

CBSSports.com Eye On Baseball blog put together a collection of other facts about Navarro's surprising outburst.

Dioner Navarro parks third home run

by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com

(4/28/2013) Cubs backup catcher Dioner Navarro, who was making just his sixth start of the season, hit a solo home run off Steve Cishek in the ninth inning of Sunday's loss against the Marlins. It was Navarro's third home run.

Navarro is batting .167 (5 for 30) with four RBI in 15 games.

Dioner Navarro comes through in pinch

by Bill Passonno | CBSSports.com

(4/13/2013) Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro slugged a two-run, pinch-hit homer in a 3-2 loss to San Francisco Saturday. It was Navarro's second career pinch-hit home run in two days, each hit from a different side of the plate. His tying homer in the ninth Friday was hit from the left side.

Navarro hits one out

(2/24/2013) Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro had a productive day at the plate in his spring debut on Sunday against the Giants. He went 1 for 1 with a homer and a walk in the 4-3 win. He launched a three-run shot off starter Matt Cain in the first inning. Navarro is competing with Steve Clevenger and Welington Castillo for playing time behind the plate this spring.