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Cubs reliever Neil Ramirez (shoulder) kicked off a rehab assignment with Double-A Tennessee on Wednesday. He tossed a scoreless inning, while throwing 7 of 12 pitches for strikes.

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw gave up four runs — three earned — in Wednesday night's 5-3 loss to the Rangers. 

Kershaw had previously given up a total of three earned runs over his past three games. Against Texas, Kershaw gave up five hits. He did strike out 10 batters, which is the sixth time he's done that this season. 

Kershaw went six innings before being pulled. Kershaw now has a 5-4 record and possesses a 3.29 ERA. 

His next start is projected for June 22 against the Cubs. 

Padres pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne gave up six earned runs in Wednesday night's 16-2 blowout loss to the Athletics.

Despaigne was beat up early, with Oakland scoring four runs in the first inning. His first pitch of the game was tagged for a double by Billy Burns. From there, his first frame spiraled out of control. 

Despite the poor start, Despaigne still went six innings. He gave up eight hits and one walk while striking out two batters. This marked the sixth game in a row that Despaigne has gone at least six innings. 

Despaigne now has a 4.79 ERA for the season. 

His next start is projected for June 2 against the Giants. 

Reds starter Johnny Cueto faired decently in his outing against the Tigers on Wednesday night. The right-hander lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits. He walked two and struck out four. His night ended early as a one hour, 14 minute rain delay knocked him out of the game in the sixth inning.

Just before the rains came, however, Cueto managed to serve up a three-run home run to Miguel Cabrera to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. The Reds' bats were able to get Cueto off the hook, as he took the no-decision. 

Cueto has allowed seven earned runs in 12 1/3 innings over his last two starts, as he'll carry a 2.98 ERA into his next start, scheduled for Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

Diamondbacks pitcher Chase Anderson gave up two earned runs in Wednesday night's 3-2 win over the Angels. 

This marked Anderson's third consecutive strong start. Anderson gave up seven hits but only walked one batter while striking out two. Anderson improved to 3-1 and now holds a 2.84 ERA for the season. 

His next start is projected for June 23 against the Rockies. 

Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez took a tough-luck loss on Wednesday. Martinez worked 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits. He walked three and struck out six, but got no support from his offense, as the Cardinals lost to the Twins 3-1. 

Martinez (7-3) gave up both runs in the fourth inning, but was otherwise solid in this outing, in which is ERA actually dropped to 2.80.

"I thought he was good," manager Mike Matheny said, per Fox Sports Midwest. "He kept his composure and kept us in the game. We've got to score some runs."

After a rough start to the season, the young right-hander has allowed a total of six earned runs in 45 1/3 innnigs over his last seven starts.

He's scheduled to make his next start on Tuesday in Miami.

Braves left-hander Alex Wood was solid in a no-decision in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Red Sox. Wood worked six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits. He walked two and struck out seven, as he left with the game tied 2-2. The Braves pushed ahead the go-ahead runs in the seventh, after Wood had departed.

Wood had the lead until he served up a solo home run to Mike Napoli in the sixth inning to tie the game. 

This was a solid bounceback effort for Wood, who gave up seven earned runs over 11 1/3 innings in his previous two starts. He'll try to get back in the win column when he takes on the Nationals on Tuesday in the Nationa's Capital.

The Rockies announced that pitcher Jordan Lyles was moved to the 60-day disabled list on Wednesday. 

Lyles is done for the season after sustaining a toe injury that requires surgery. Lyles tore every ligament in his big toe. His season finished with a 2-5 record, a 5.14 ERA, a 1.49 WHIP and 30:19 K:BB ratio over 49 innings.

Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (neck) kicked off a rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks in five innings.

Strasburg struck out six batters, while throwing 48 of 71 pitches for strikes.

"I feel really good and I feel strong. Definitely could’ve gone back out there for a few," Strasburg said, per MASNsports.com. 

Strasburg threw more pitches in the bullpen after his outing. He also said he wasn't sure what the team's plans are for him after Wednesday's start.

"Not sure. Just taking it one day at a time. Get back with the team and get ready for the next start wherever it is," he said. "It’s always tough when you’re part of a team that’s grinding through a season so hopefully I can get back and contribute soon.

"Obviously what I was doing wasn’t really working to my standards and now there’s something to shoot for, something to strive for."

After watching ace Julio Teheran allow six runs on a career-high 13 hits during a 9-4 loss Tuesday against the Red Sox, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez sat down with pitching coach Roger McDowell to talk about the right-hander's struggles.

"We need to do something against the left-handed hitters," Gonzalez said, per MLB.com. "They're just wearing him out. I don't know if he's just leaving balls all over the plate, the execution. Roger and I have been here talking about that for a while. We got carried away. We need to do something to equalize [the splits] a little bit."

Left-handers on Tuesday went 6 for 15 with a walk against Teheran. This season, lefty hitters are batting .326 with a .546 slugging percentage and .945 OPS against Teheran.

"They still got to him last year a little bit, but it wasn't at the pace they're doing right now," Gonzalez said. "Whether it's pitch selection or command. Looking at the video through the course on the Jumbotron, it's balls right down the middle. It's balls down the middle of the plate that we need to locate."

Teheran has also had his issues on the road in 2015. He is 1-3 with a 7.17 ERA in eight road starts, as opposed to 3-0 with a 2.77 ERA in six home starts. 

"We just got to figure out getting back the old Julio Teheran," Gonzalez said.