1.   Ducks tough guy Jim Cummins missed his second consecutive game with a strained rib muscle.

2.   Frye, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, has a pulled rib muscle and has missed all nine exhibition games this spring.

3.   I think I overextended my jab and I may have pulled a rib muscle then.

4.   Raymer pulled a rib muscle and will be re-evaluated today.

5.   Tuesday night Bobby Witt, who had three straight shutouts before injuring a rib muscle in his last start, will try to reverse the recent trend.

6.   Wohlers pulled a rib muscle in early May.

7.   Another worry for Sri Lankans is the all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who is nursing a torn rib muscle.

8.   Cairns, who batted but did not bowl in the nets, has strained rib muscles.

9.   Gant, among the league leaders in home runs and RBIs, is expected to be out for two to five days because of a strained right rib muscle.

10.   --Griese was supposed to be benched until Bubby Brister came up with a strained rib muscle.