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Rice's Savery wants to pitch if at all possible
By CARL DUBOIS
Advocate sportswriter
NEW ORLEANS -- Rice freshman sensation Joe Savery said he wants to pitch today against Tulane, but after a hand and wrist injury, a trip to the hospital and a lot of pain Saturday, his status for the second game of the New Orleans super regional is uncertain.
Savery, who started at first base Saturday in Rice's 9-5 victory over Tulane, ran into a fence in the first inning chasing a foul ball off the bat of Green Wave leadoff hitter Nathan Southard. Savery missed the popup and, with his glove hand freshly injured, made an error on a subsequent ground ball to allow Southard to reach base.
Rice coach Wayne Graham took Savery out of the lineup in the bottom of the second inning and said there's a chance he will pitch today. Before the series Graham named Savery the probable starter for today's game.
Graham, wary of federal privacy laws, would not say what X-rays of Savery's right hand and wrist revealed. Savery wasn't forthcoming either but said he wants to pitch if at all possible, that he has a fire within him to be on the mound today.
"If fire wasn't in me, I wouldn't have stayed in there and gotten that bunt down," he said of his second-inning squeeze bunt to give Rice a 6-0 lead.
By CARL DUBOIS
Advocate sportswriter
NEW ORLEANS -- Rice freshman sensation Joe Savery said he wants to pitch today against Tulane, but after a hand and wrist injury, a trip to the hospital and a lot of pain Saturday, his status for the second game of the New Orleans super regional is uncertain.
Savery, who started at first base Saturday in Rice's 9-5 victory over Tulane, ran into a fence in the first inning chasing a foul ball off the bat of Green Wave leadoff hitter Nathan Southard. Savery missed the popup and, with his glove hand freshly injured, made an error on a subsequent ground ball to allow Southard to reach base.
Rice coach Wayne Graham took Savery out of the lineup in the bottom of the second inning and said there's a chance he will pitch today. Before the series Graham named Savery the probable starter for today's game.
Graham, wary of federal privacy laws, would not say what X-rays of Savery's right hand and wrist revealed. Savery wasn't forthcoming either but said he wants to pitch if at all possible, that he has a fire within him to be on the mound today.
"If fire wasn't in me, I wouldn't have stayed in there and gotten that bunt down," he said of his second-inning squeeze bunt to give Rice a 6-0 lead.
i am dumping rice ageecee,going to take tulane they are a #1 seed i dont see rice sweeping them
tulane -223
tulane -223
im going to the Baylor game here in a couple of hours, might take Baylor myself. Tulane not moving at OLY
the green wave is going to kick some butt today
there 53-9 overall,got a friend that likes them alot
i hope they win , good luck ageecee
there 53-9 overall,got a friend that likes them alot
i hope they win , good luck ageecee
I was ready to jump on Tulane but thats alot of chalk to eat against a solid hitting Rice team so a no play.........Good luck I'll be rooting for ya and probably wishing I had dumped some on um too!
