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Cubs’ Castro should be OK after hamstring scare

(MCT) — MESA, Ariz. — The Chicago Cubs have had their share of heartbreaking spring training injuries, including Kerry Wood’s season-ending elbow injury in 1999 and Mark Prior’s Achilles tendon injury in 2004.

So when Starlin Castro pulled up lame while running to first in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s Cactus League game against the Dodgers, most of the crowd of 4,572 feared the worst.

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