1.   An MRI revealed nothing worse than the shoulder strain.

2.   Center Robert Lang has been cleared to play but was scratched for the second game in a row after sitting out Sunday in San Jose with a shoulder strain.

3.   Clayton Beddoes has been out with bruised ribs, Landon Wilson with a shoulder strain.

4.   Cormier pitched only five more times before being placed on the disabled list with a shoulder strain.

5.   D-Backs catcher Damian Miller left after seven innings because of a right shoulder strain, and his status was listed as day-to-day.

6.   Defenseman Rob Cowie, who suffered a left shoulder strain Friday against San Jose, was scratched from the lineup and is listed as day-to-day.

7.   He plays a hard-nosed style that has led to injuries, most recently a left shoulder strain that has caused him to miss three games.

8.   His wings were Matt Johnson, who was playing in his first game after missing the previous seven with a right shoulder strain, and Barry Potomski....

9.   Just fine, so far, with a new grip suggested by pitching coach Mark Connor to ease the shoulder strain and put the sink back in his sinker.

10.   McBane might never have noticed and corrected his wayward thumb were it not for the more serious shoulder strain he suffered two years ago.