Cubs prospect Kris Bryant leaves Iowa game with toe injury  —  Hold your breaths, Cub fans.  —  Iowa Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, one of the most prized prospects in minor-league baseball, left Saturday night's 5-3 loss to Salt Lake at Principal Park early after suffering an injury to his left big toe.

Hip trouble forces Morton to DL; Bucs call up Morel  —  The Pirates placed right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with right hip inflammation.  —  The move, retroactive to Saturday, comes two days after Morton lasted only three innings while allowing five earned runs against Washington.

Cubs content to keep their coveted middle infielders  —  NEW YORK — Six weeks to the day, the Cubs returned for the first time to the East Coast, where they saw reminders of last month's process-rattling trade everywhere they looked.  —  Or at least heard reminders of it from New York reporters every …

Young pitches six shutout innings, Mariners top Tigers  —  DETROIT — Chris Young pitched six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 8-1 Sunday, winning the weekend series and moving back ahead of the Tigers in the race for the second AL wild-card spot.

Ortiz's 2 HRs, 6 RBIs Power Red Sox Over Astros  —  BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a pair of two-run homers, including his 400th in a Red Sox uniform, and drove in a career high-tying six runs to power Boston past the Houston Astros 10-7 Saturday night.  —  Big Papi joined Hall of Famers Ted Williams …

Carpenter gives Cards some insurace  —  Matt Carpenter gave Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals some badly needed breathing from with a two-run double in the sixth that put the Cardinals ahead 7-4.  —  With one out, Peter Bourjos singled and Tony Cruz walked.

Cards notes: Wacha feels ‘great’ after throwing off mound  —  • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196  —  Michael Wacha won four postseason games last year as a rookie, including one in the World Series, but when he talks of plateaus now, he speaks in less gaudy terms.

Angels manager exasperated with Josh Hamilton, says he's not same player he was with Rangers  —  Los Angeles Angels' Josh Hamilton (32) is tagged out by Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos (61) attempting to score from second base on a single hit by the Angels' Howie Kendrick during …

SPORTS BLUE JAYS  —  Alex Anthopoulos, the much-maligned general manager of the Blue Jays, will return for his sixth season running the club, a bevy of major-league sources have confirmed.  —  Apparently, there is no temperature at all to remove Anthopoulos from his job — in fact …

Carrasco shuts out Orioles for seven innings in Indians win  —  CLEVELAND - Carlos Carrasco shut out AL East-leading Baltimore on three hits over seven innings, lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 win over the Orioles on Saturday night.  —  Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer …

Alvarez Makes Successful Return in Marlins' Win  —  MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez made a successful return to the mound after missing two starts, pitching seven strong innings and leading the Miami Marlins to a 2-1 win over the sloppy Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.  —  Alvarez (9-5) allowed one run and five hits.

Werner has good idea of how baseball can be improved  —  So, what did Red Sox chairman Tom Werner advocate during his presentation to major league owners on Wednesday and Thursday?  —  Werner, who finished runner-up to Rob Manfred in voting to be the next commissioner of baseball …