Berkman suspects injury is serious  —  LOS ANGELES  • Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman found sleep difficult Saturday night.  He said the resulting pain from a right knee injury sustained in that night's second inning was less distracting than the potential outcomes he weighed based on an MRI to be performed today.

Team meeting may have inspired Sox  —  Bonus notes from our MLB on FOX broadcast of the Red Sox-Phillies game Saturday night ...  If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point.  —  The night before …

Harper on Phillies: 'Hopefully they don't throw batteries'  —  PHILADELPHIA - Starter Cole Hamels hopes he hasn't created a monster, and beginning today at Citizens Bank Park, his Philadelphia Phillies might discover if they've spawned a rivalry with the Washington Nationals.

Wells, Langerhans likely headed to DL  —  SAN DIEGO — The Angels didn't just lose a frustrating extra-inning game to the Padres on Sunday.  —  They're also expecting to lose two of their outfielders to the disabled list, with Vernon Wells suffering a right thumb injury and Ryan Langerhans nursing a separated shoulder.

Ventura: Hudson likely to fill in for Morel at 3rd  —  CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox third baseman Brent Morel is likely headed to the disabled list due to a bulging disk in his back and will be replaced by soon-to-be acquired Orlando Hudson, manager Robin Ventura said Sunday.

Matsuzaka shut down with another injury  —  PHILADELPHIA — Daisuke Matsuzaka will not be returning to the Red Sox any time soon.  —  The righthander, whose minor league rehabilitation assignment was due to end on Wednesday, has been shut down because of pain in his right trapezius muscle.

Four arrested after beating at Dodger Stadium  —  LOS ANGELES — A driver was beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after a weekend game and four people were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said Monday.  —  The driver, a man in his 20s …

Baseball and the F Word  —  When I moved up from the 11-and-12 league to 13-and-14, there was a 14-year-old kid named Andrade who had grown himself a pretty good mustache.  He caught, and whenever a pitch would get past him, he would yell “F***” as he turned to retrieve the pitch.

Tampa Bay Rays could lose another right-handed bat as Jeff Keppinger hobbled  —  ST. PETERSBURG — While sitting in the dugout during Saturday's game, INF Jeff Keppinger was struck in the right foot by a foul ball off the bat of Braves LF Martin Prado.  —  Initially, manager Joe Maddon wasn't overly concerned.

Lincecum bowled over in home-plate collision  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Giants starter Tim Lincecum was in a home-plate collision with Oakland's Collin Cowgill sliding headfirst in the fourth inning on Sunday, then left the game after finishing the frame.  —  The Giants did not immediately announce any injury for their star right-hander.

Strasburg's arm tightness a matter of concern  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg was pulled from Sunday's game after five innings and 90 pitches at Nationals Park because of tightness in his golden right arm.  —  After the Nationals' 9-3 victory over the Orioles, Nats manager Davey Johnson called …

Johnny Cueto's arm, Ryan Ludwick's bat lift Reds over Yankees  —  NEW YORK — Johnny Cueto pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Ryan Ludwick delivered two big hits and the Cincinnati Reds closed out their extended visit to New York by beating the Yankees 5-2 Sunday.