Dodgers’ Urias to start series finale against Cubs

8:16 PM ET

CHICAGO — Julio Urias will be thrown right back into the fire in his return to the major leagues.

The 19-year-old top Dodgers prospect, who made his debut in New York on Friday before getting sent back to the minor leagues, will get his second career start in less than a week and do it at Wrigley Field against the first-place Chicago Cubs.

It took a pair of Dodgers injuries to turn Urias’ demotion on Saturday into another start Thursday.

First, Dodgers starter Alex Wood went on the disabled list Tuesday with left posterior elbow soreness. Urias will assume his spot in the rotation. And when Kenta Maeda’s start was pushed back a day because of a sore right hand, Urias found himself doing prep work for an outing against the Cubs, who are first in the National league with a .356 on-base percentage and second with 275 runs.

“Obviously, it’s another opportunity for me to be up here,” Urias said through an interpreter. “I am going to fight and do everything I can to be able to …

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