1.   Anaheim, however, received a blow when Erstad limped to second base with a strained right hamstring.

2.   An otherwise routine play proved disastrous when Dez White was blocked in the back on a punt return and sustained a pulled right hamstring.

3.   And all of this with Mo Vaughn missing his sixth straight game with a strained right hamstring.

4.   And even though Payton was put on a strengthening program immediately, he felt something in the right hamstring earlier this week.

5.   And only afterward did anyone let on that he was nearly held out because of a nagging right hamstring that has apparently bothered him for a week.

6.   And so might have Rickey Henderson, who singled as a pinch-hitter in the eighth before asking to be removed with a tight right hamstring.

7.   Angel Pena left the game with tightness in his right hamstring in the top of the sixth.

8.   Any thoughts of starting Robert Horry at power forward ahead of Samaki Walker have been shelved now that Horry is hobbled with an ailing right hamstring.

9.   As he attempted to correct his stride, he pulled his right hamstring.

10.   At the time, Kendall was suffering from an injured right hamstring, which forced him to leave the game in the third quarter.