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Jake Arrieta opposes Dylan Axelrod this afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
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Jake Arrieta opposes Dylan Axelrod this afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
Soler went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in his big league debut.
Skip Schumaker drove in a pair of runs and the Cincinnati Reds withstood Jorge Soler's first-at-bat homer and an RBI single for a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
Outfielder Jorge Soler is expected to make his debut in Cincinnati tonight.
Travis Wood pitched six innings of two-hit ball against his former team for his first win in two months.
It was June 26, 2012, when the rebirth began at Wrigley Field.
Travis Wood opposes Johnny Cueto tonight at Great American Ballpark.
Soler was hitting .278 with a .969 OPS at Triple-A Iowa entering Monday.
Tsuyoshi Wada allowed Steve Pearce's leadoff homer in the seventh inning for Baltimore's only hit, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Orioles 2-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
The under belly of the Chicago Cubs' improved play has been the team's defense, led by first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
