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Perez exited Monday's start against the Padres with an undisclosed injury, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.

Perez made it one out into the fifth inning before his premature exit, giving up six earned runs over 82 pitches. Further news on his injury has yet to be released by the Braves.

The Pirates announced that Monday's rainout against the Mets will in fact be made up in a doubleheader Tuesday, with Nicasio getting the start in Game 2, Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Shortly after Monday's game was postponed, Nicasio's Tuesday start was scheduled to be skipped before the doubleheader was ultimately agreed upon. Jon Niese will get the nod in Game 1.

Because Monday's rainout will be made up in a doubleheader Tuesday, deGrom will get the start in Tuesday's Game 2 rather than being pushed back to Wednesday, Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

The immediate news out of Pittsburgh suggested that deGrom's start would be moved back to Wednesday; instead, Steven Matz is getting the nod in Game 1 and he'll be followed by deGrom in Game 2.

DeGrom will start Wednesday due to Monday's rainout, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

DeGrom was originally scheduled to pitch Tuesday, but due to the rainout, he'll be pushed back and will take the hill Wednesday. The 27-year-old lefty will bring a 2.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP into Wednesday's matchup with the Pirates' Francisco Liriano.

Matz will pitch Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Pirates due to Monday's rainout, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

Matz will likely do battle with the Pirates' Jon Niese, who was also pushed back.

Nicasio will have his scheduled Tuesday start skipped in the wake of Monday's rainout, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Nicasio recorded a quality start his last time out against Miami, but he had a brutal 6.75 ERA in May. As such, the Pirates will opt to skip Nicasio's scheduled Tuesday start, going with Jon Niese and Francisco Liriano for the remainder of the series Tuesday and Wednesday.

Ryu (shoulder) threw from 90 feet Monday to exercise his surgically repaired labrum, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.

As expected, the Dodgers will be taking their time with Ryu, as he's facing a brief setback in his rehab program. While it's promising that he was able to play catch, there's no timetable for Ryu to throw off a mound, let alone against live hitters.

Gray (4-2) tossed a gem Sunday night against the Padres, allowing two runs, five hits and a walk while striking out a career-high 12 over seven innings.

Gray, the Rockies' 2013 first-round draft pick, seems to have the Padres' number. His previous career high was 11 strikeouts, and that was also accomplished against the Padres at Petco Park back on May 2. After failing to pick up a win in his first four starts of the season, Gray has notched four in his last five outings. His 5.33 ERA isn't indicative of how effective he's been through 52.1 innings this year. The 24-year-old right-hander has allowed no more than three runs in all but one of his last seven starts.

Martinez (6-5) allowed three runs on four hits over six innings while picking up the win Sunday against the Giants. He walked two and struck out seven.

After a great first month of the season (4-0, 1.93 ERA), Martinez was awful in May (1-5, 5.18 ERA). However, he started June off on the right foot Sunday, notching his second straight quality start and win. The 24-year-old has left something to be desired with his 7.66 K/9, considering he was whiffing batters at a 9.22 rate last season. The good news, however, is that May has historically been his worst month, and June has typically been one of his best. Martinez was a great buy-low candidate two weeks ago, but that window is quickly closing.

Nola tossed six scoreless innings Sunday against the Brewers to pick up his fifth win of the season. He allowed eight hits, struck out nine and walked two.

Nola was getting strikeouts when he most needed them, as the Brewers struck out six times when they had two men on base. The owner of perhaps baseball's finest curveball, Nola's sparkling 85:15 K:BB is a good omen of future success and he hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in a start since back on April 16.