1.   Ward will have a full squad to choose from apart from former Hartlepool defender Tony Barratt, who has a calf strain.

2.   Bates could get his second straight start because Adrian Murrell has not recovered fully from a calf strain.

3.   But Crawford is the carryover starter from last season with LaPhonso Ellis back on the sideline with a calf strain.

4.   Center Mark Stepnoski later left after aggravating his left calf strain.

5.   Clemens was feeling the effects of an old calf strain by the fifth inning, when the Mariners scored four runs and the pregame electricity seemed to wear off.

6.   Ellis aggravated a calf strain he suffered a few weeks ago and stayed out as a precaution.

7.   Emmitt is Emmitt Smith, who missed all five preseason losses with two injuries, a toe sprain then a calf strain.

8.   Garmon, who Campo believed might be able to play, had a setback with his calf strain in practice Tuesday and was scratched from the game.

9.   He also happened to have a severe calf strain, so Odom seemed to be validating the content of this emotional outburst for about a week.