Beckett May Head To DL

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LOS ANGELES -- He's been ineffective, but is he hurt? 
 
The Los Angeles Dodgers seemed to have a hard time getting the story straight after Monday's 6-2 loss to the Washington Nationals. Josh Beckett, who is 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA, left the game after just three innings in part, manager Don Mattingly said, because he slightly strained a groin muscle covering first base on an Adam LaRoche groundout. 
 
Beckett is also battling an assortment of minor injuries, Mattingly said. But what? 
 
"He's had some little stuff going on in different areas, and I think it was bothering him tonight," Mattingly said. 
 
Little stuff, such as? 
 
"We had known some little stuff was going on," Mattingly said. 
 
And what about Beckett? How did he pinpoint these injuries? After all, it's his body. He repeated the phrase, "I'm not a doctor," several times in his postgame interview when asked what has been bothering him. Do you have to be a doctor to know where you're feeling pain? 
 
"I don't know how they treat things here," he said. 
 
He also said, "I'm healthy enough to pitch," which might be a regrettable phrase if the Dodgers, indeed, put Beckett on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday. The timing would be opportune as it appears Zack Greinke will come off the DL to pitch against Washington Wednesday night. Mattingly wouldn't confirm that Greinke will pitch Wednesday, but said they've settled on a starter.