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Rea (3-1) allowed four runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking four over five innings in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cubs on Wednesday.

He left trailing in the game, but the Padres rallied to score four runs in the seventh and another in the eighth to win 7-4. This outing raised Rea's ERA to 4.24, but since allowing five runs on April 8, he has posted a 3.25 ERA over 36 innings. His next start will be Tuesday against the Giants.

Perez has officially been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to start Wednesday's game against the Phillies.

Jhoulys Chacin was the scheduled starter Wednesday, but the Braves shipped him to the Angels for a minor league prospect earlier in the afternoon. As a result, Perez will come up from Gwinnett, where he tossed a complete game one-hitter in his last start. The 24-year-old has struggled in three big league starts this season, however, allowing seven cumulative runs while posting an ugly 6:8 K:BB in 12.1 innings.

Perez is expected to start Wednesday against the Phillies, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The Braves and Angels have worked out a deal for Jhoulys Chacin, who was slated to start Wednesday opposite Jerad Eickhoff. Chacin will be replaced by Perez, who tossed a complete-game one-hitter with seven strikeouts in his last start for Triple-A Gwinnett. The 24-year-old Perez failed to make it out of the fifth inning in any of his three starts for Atlanta last month, allowing seven total runs with an unsightly 6:8 K:BB in 12.1 innings.

Wood didn't factor into the decision in Tuesday's 3-2 victory over the Mets despite recording nine strikeouts and surrendering just four hits, two runs (one earned) and two walks over 6.1 innings.

Wood induced 14 swinging strikes and threw first-pitch strikes to 18 of the 24 hitters he faced. It was another up in Wood's roller coaster season, which has seen him allow only a single earned run on three occasions, and a combined 17 earned runs in his four other trips to the mound. Tuesday's outing was particularly encouraging considering the 25-year-old gave up three homers in just five innings against the Rays last Wednesday. The no-decision was the third of Wood's campaign, leaving his record at a mediocre 1-3 despite the strong performance. He did see his ERA drop to 4.58, and he's now recorded nine strikeouts in two of his last three starts.

DeGrom made some progress with his mechanical adjustments, especially after the first inning, allowing two runs in seven innings Tuesday against the Dodgers.

DeGrom's elbow has been below his shoulder and his stride has been too far towards first base, resulting in his arm dragging and pitches coming in flat towards the plate. He allowed two runs in the first but was able to incorporate some of the tweaks as the game wore on. DeGrom went through a similar issue last season and fixed it within a few starts. This season, he has been unable to fix the issues as quickly. However, the video work and side sessions he is conducting under the tutelage of pitching coach Dan Warthen should mean the problems get remedied before too long.

Davies (1-3) allowed two runs on five hits and three walks with one strikeout in Tuesday's win over the Marlins.

Davies lasted just long enough to get through five innings and secure the win behind the 10 runs of support the Brewers gave him, but it was shaky all the way. The Marlins put runners in scoring position in four of Davies' five innings. He couldn't miss bats, as he induced just two swinging strikes, and he threw just four more strikes (43) than balls (39). Davies has a rough 14:13 K:BB in 24.1 innings, and his 6.29 ERA isn't going to get much better unless he can find his control soon.

Nicasio will start Wednesday against the Reds, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

The Pirates could have started Francisco Liriano on normal rest and skipped Nicasio following Tuesday's rainout, but they will keep Nicasio on schedule move Liriano back to start the opener of a slightly more important series this weekend in Chicago. Nicasio has been excellent at home so far this season, but he's allowed six runs over eight innings in his two road starts to this point.

Nicasio will not make his scheduled start Tuesday against the Reds as the game has been postponed due to rain.

The Reds are just moving Alfredo Simon back to Wednesday, but Nicasio may not be afforded the same opportunity, as the Pirates can throw Francisco Liriano on normal rest. Nicasio is already more than half way to reaching his innings total from last season with the Dodgers (58.1 innings).

Urias tossed six more scoreless innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday, extending his scoreless innings streak to 16.

That may be enough to force the Dodgers hand and bring him to Los Angeles. Urias has allowed just one run in his last 20 innings with 21 strikeouts. He seems likely to join the Dodgers bullpen sooner rather than later, though his long-term future is clearly as a starter.

Matz (5-1) allowed two runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts over six innings in a win Monday over the Dodgers.

Since allowing seven runs in 1.2 innings in his first start, Matz has rattled off five consecutive quality starts, earning the win in each one. The only blemish on Matz's line was a Trayce Thompson fourth inning home run, which snapped an 18.1 innings scoreless streak for Matz dating back to April 29 against the Giants. His ERA is down to 2.86 as he has allowed just four runs in his past 33 innings (1.09 ERA).