Diamond updates
June 5th, 2008, 12:00 am · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Zeiger
Petey Paramore
As the Arizona State baseball team continues preparations for the best-of-three super regional against Fresno State that begins on Saturday at Packard Stadium, catcher Petey Paramore (quadricep strain) is expected to play.
“He’ll be fine,” coach Pat Murphy said before Wednesday’s workout.
With a smile, Murphy added, ”He’s getting treatment. It’s OK that he’s in the (trainers’ room). Petey is a horrible practice player.”
Paramore, who is expected to be one of three Sun Devils drafted early in the major-league amateur draft on Thursday, was injured while rounding first base on a fourth-inning double in Sunday’s Tempe Regional-clinching victory against Oklahoma.
Should a third game be necessary in the super regional, Murphy said, his starting pitcher will be “Seth Newman.” That means that Murphy likely will not be as forthcoming about his plans as he was for the regional round, when the coach announced Matt Newman as his No. 3 starter, over fellow freshman Seth Blair.
Newman, a left-hander, pitched in the regional opener against Stony Brook, allowing five hits and three runs in two-plus innings.
Oregon, which fields a varsity baseball program next year for the first time since 1981, is scheduled to visit Packard Stadium on May 15-17, 2009. In Pac-10 play, the Ducks host Arizona, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA and Washington and play at ASU, California, Southern California and Washington State.
