Jarvis suits up
February 23rd, 2008, 1:13 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Zeiger
UPDATE: All ASU will say is that Jarvis has been “cleared to play,” a school official said. Jarvis pinch hit for designated hitter Petey Paramore in the sixth inning, drawing a walk, and grounded into a double play in the seventh.
Jason Jarvis
Arizona State closer Jason Jarvis is in uniform and in the dugout at the start of the Sun Devils’ game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, as he has been granted at least temporary eligibility to play.
The sophomore, who had 11 saves in half a season in 2007, has been unavailable to ASU pending resolution of an academic matter. He was not with the team during Friday night’s season-opener against Miami (Ohio).
Also, Pedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt’s All-American third baseman, was scratched from the starting lineup due to a wrist injury.
ASU is in the process of making a schedule change to help Northern Illinois, which cancelled a series at Texas Tech this weekend to attend a memorial service for the five students slain on the DeKalb, Ill., campus on Feb. 14.
Huskies coach Ed Mathey contacted ASU coach Pat Murphy, who invited NIU to Tempe to make up two games.
Instead of playing Michigan on Thursday at Packard Stadium, the Sun Devils would face NIU at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. NIU would play Michigan at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Packard. (Tickets to the cancelled ASU-Michigan game would be usable for the NIU contest, and admission for NIU-Michigan would be $5).
The changes are awaiting approval from Michigan.
The ASU games for the Coca-Cola Invitational next weekend — at Surprise Stadium against Hawaii on Friday and Michigan on Saturday and at Packard against Portland on Sunday — remain unchanged.
