Too little, too Latos; Rangers swept in the Windy City … Part of the intrigue of baseball is that you can feel so confident in a team on one day, after they sweep a division rival in a decisive fashion, and then three days later, it feels like there can never again be joy in Mudville.

10 Degrees: Free from O's purgatory, Jake Arrieta flourishing with Cubs  —  During their lowest moments, the four pitchers who were supposed to save the Baltimore Orioles looked at one another and asked a simple question: “What the [expletive] happened?”  Zach Britton, Chris Tillman …

Jacob deGrom's baby would stop breathing when he fell asleep, Mets pitcher reveals  —  ATLANTA — Jacob deGrom has had about half a dozen MRIs throughout his baseball career, but never in that tube was he as stressed out or nervous as waiting for his newborn son Jaxon to come through one last week.

What To Expect: Aaron Blair  —  The Braves, struggling to find effective starting pitching until their stacked farm system blooms, have called up their No. 3 prospect, righthander Aaron Blair.  —  Blair, acquired along with top prospect Dansby Swanson in the deal that sent Shelby Miller to Arizona …

The next Nomo?  Dodgers' Maeda flirts with no-no, lowers ERA to 0.36  —  DENVER — Kenta Maeda tamed a notorious hitter's park about as well as any pitcher can.  —  So much for being intimidated in his first start at Coors Field.  —  Maeda held Colorado hitless into the sixth inning …

Phillies Send Charlie Morton To DL With Strained Hamstring  —  The Phillies have placed right-hander Charlie Morton on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring and recalled fellow righty Luis Garcia, the team announced.  Morton sustained the injury during his start against the Brewers on Saturday.

Wild West  —  The games taking place in the NL West parks Sunday afternoon have been high scoring and close.  The tamest took place in San Francisco where the Marlins won 5-4.  Dee Gordon and Giancarlo Stanton broke out of slumps, Gordon going 2 for 5 and scoring twice, while Stanton hit a home run to go with two singles.

Indians To Place Carlos Carrasco On DL  —  Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco exited his start in Detroit on Sunday with a left hamstring injury and will be placed on the disabled list as a result, manager Terry Francona said (Twitter link via Zack Meisel of cleveland.com).

Rays Tales: Smyly has been worth the Price  —  The Rays got LHP Drew Smyly from the Tigers as part of their three-player return for unloading LHP David Price in July 2014.  —  And there have been times when Smyly has looked as if he could be every bit as effective as the former ace.

Granderson, Mets continue power surge, beat Braves, 6-3  —  Curtis Granderson homered twice, including a grand slam, to drive in five runs and Matt Harvey got his first win of the season as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Friday night.

Chris Colabello suspended 80 games for positive drug test  —  NEW YORK (AP) Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello has been suspended for 80 games without pay after testing positive for the same anabolic steroid that caused Philadelphia pitcher Daniel Stumpf to be disciplined last week.