In the first half, it became obvious that injuries had sapped the previously great skills of Eric Wynalda.

A lower back injury last year forced Mattingly to miss 60 games and apparently sapped most of his power.

He tried to lift the wounded man, but his own injuries had sapped him and he sat helpless in the rain.

A back injury in 1990 sapped most of Mattingly's power and reduced his offensive statistics to averages of 10 home runs and 64 runs batted in during his final six seasons.

The injury had sapped me of my strength.

His own injuries sapped his strength, but he knew that unless he did something foolish, he would prob- ably live.

Aurilia, one of baseball's top all-around shortstops before an injury prevented him from extending his elbow this season and sapped his power, homered twice and drove in three runs tonight.

The gaunt man struggled, but the injury to his Legs had sapped his strength.

The injury sapped his power such that he would not again hit more than 21 home runs in a year.

The injury sapped most of the velocity from his fastball, leaving him with a top speed between 82 and 86 miles per hour.