1.   Beck, a first-team All-Big Sky Conference selection last year, has been nursing a sore groin muscle.

2.   After the game, it was announced Abbott will skip his next start to get a nine-day rest for a sore groin.

3.   Chapman has been plagued by a sore groin.

4.   Ferraro, another former Islander, has also been nursing a sore groin.

5.   Giants shortstop Rich Aurilia sat out with a sore groin and is questionable for the last two games of the series.

6.   Greg Adams has missed four games with a sore groin.

7.   He complained of a sore groin because he must shift his hips so quickly at cornerback, something he did not have to do at safety.

8.   He is also playing with a sore groin.

9.   He outpitched Smoltz, the former Cy Young Award winner, who was forced to leave the game in the sixth inning with a sore right groin.

10.   Jamie Storr, who started the only other game but left after one period with a sore groin, will start Tuesday against Washington.