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The Braves recalled pitcher Williams Perez from Triple-A Gwinnett and optioned pitcher Michael Kohn to the same team.

Perez has made five starts with Gwinnett, going 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA and 21:9 K:BB ratio in 27 innings. He has yet to pitch in a major-league game in the regular season.

Kohn has made six appearances with the Braves without giving up a run or a hit, but he has walked six batters while striking out four.

Nationals pitcher Sammy Solis had his best performance of the season on Tuesday against the Marlins. Granted, he's only made two appearances on the season after being recalled in late-April. But there's no denying how effective the young left-hander was on Tuesday.

After starter Stephen Strasburg was forced to leave the game due to a shoulder injury, Solis came in and fired three shutout innings, allowing just one hit and struck out a batter. 

"The good thing about Sammy is that he is a former starter and he understands how to pace himself," manager Matt Williams said after the game, per MLB.com. "He threw the ball really well. He kept us in the game and allowed us to have chances to win it."

Solis had been pitching well in Double-A before his promotion to the big club, throwing four innings and allowing one hit (a solo home run). 

Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks allowed four runs in five innings but left with a no decision in Tuesday's loss to St. Louis. 

Hendricks allowed six hits, walked two and struck out one. He allowed a three-run home run to Matt Carpenter. 

Hendricks' ERA moved to 5.61. He threw 73 pitches, 42 strikes. His next start will be Sunday, against Milwaukee. 

Dodgers starter Zack Greinke moved to 5-0 on the season with a win over Milwaukee on Tuesday. 

Greinke didn't give up an earned run over 7 2/3 innings. He allowed two hits, two walks and an unearned run, reducing his ERA to 1.56. Greinke struck out seven and threw 108 pitches, 69 strikes. 

"People in baseball circles know how good Zack is," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He might be overlooked a bit because he's quieter and what Clayton's [Kershaw] been doing here the last four or five years has been off the charts, but within baseball circles, people know how good Zack is."

Greinke's next start is Sunday at Colorado. 

Nationals manager Matt Williams said that starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg was removed from his start Tuesday due to irritation underneath his shoulder blade, the team has announced.

Strasburg exited the game against the Marlins after three innings and 64 pitches for reasons unclear at the time.

"He's got a little issue under his shoulder blade," Williams said. "Had it last start. Could be an alignment issue, but as he finishes pitches it grabs him every once in a while. Tonight it got a little bit worse. So we'll have to have the chiropractor look at him."

Strasburg appeared to have some sort of issue early on as Williams, pitching coach Steve McCatty and the trainer visited the mound in the second inning.

"It's something that's just been lingering and I just felt it more and more," Strasburg said. "I felt like it was something that I felt I could have gone through it, but at this point in the season you just want to get it right and not alter your mechanics too much."

Strasburg remained in the game until his turn at bat in the third inning.

Strasburg gave up both runs in the Nats' 2-1 defeat and took the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season.

Reds starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen (1-1) allowed one run on three hits in six innings Tuesday to defeat the Pirates and earn his first career victory.

The one run Lorenzen gave up came via a solo home run from Starling Marte.

Lorenzen made his major-league debut April 29 against the Brewers, allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings for a loss.

"I kind of collected myself and thought about what a young pitcher who had given up four home runs in his first two starts should do," Lorenzen said. ''I thought the answer was pound the strike zone, so that's what I tried to do."

Lorenzen's next start has not been announced as of Tuesday night.

Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg exited his start on Tuesday against the Marlins after three innings, giving up two runs on 64 pitches, with no official reason from the team, reports MLB.com. 

Strasburg appeared to have some sort of issue early on as Nationals manager Matt Williams, pitching coach Steve McCatty and the trainer visited the mound in the second inning for an unknown reason. 

Strasburg remained in the game until his turn at bat in the third inning, as pitcher Doug Fister pinched hit for Strasburg and delivered a single.

The Nationals fell to the Marlins, 2-1, Tuesday and Strasburg suffered the loss to fall to 2-3 on the season.

Cubs pitcher Neil Ramirez (shoulder) is expected to throw off a mound Wednesday, MLB.com reports.

Ramirez was placed on the disabled list in mid-April due to shoulder inflammation. He has allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks in three innings while striking out four.

Piratespitcher Charlie Morton will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona Friday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Morton, who is recovering from September labrum injury, has seen action in a simulated game but has yet to begin a rehab assignment. He went 6-12 with a 3.72 ERA and 126:57 K:BB ratio in 157 1/3 innings in 2014.

Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin allowed one run in three innings during an extended spring training game Tuesday, the Arizona Republic reports.

Corbin was reportedly at 92-to-95 mph with his fastball in the outing and was able to throw all of his pitches. He's working his way back from Tommy John surgery and should be able to return at some point during the summer.