SAN FRANCISCO -- There was so much concern about Landen Roupp's knee when he went down last week in San Diego that he didn't even really notice at first that he had taken a line drive off his right hamstring. There's no avoiding it now for the Giants right-hander.

Roupp has a huge bruise on the back of his leg that's several different colors, but he's not sweating it. The bigger long-term concern is the injury in his left knee, but he got good news there on Monday.

A second examination confirmed that Roupp only has a bone bruise in his left knee and that all of the ligaments are intact. That was a huge relief for Roupp, who sat on the field at Petco Park last Wednesday and feared that his ACL was torn.

"Basically every (doctor) I've talked to has said I'm pretty lucky with how it look

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