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UNLV pitcher Qualls to miss about a month because of arm injury

The injury to UNLV starting pitcher Zak Qualls’ throwing arm isn’t as serious as initially feared, and coach Tim Chambers said Wednesday that Qualls shouldn’t be sidelined longer than a month.

Chambers said Qualls’ left bicep essentially went into spasm Friday night after he threw only five pitches in the Rebels’ season opener against No. 23 Nebraska at Wilson Stadium.

Qualls, a junior from Rancho High School, was making his first appearance since 2012 because of academic and off-field issues and had earned the opening-night start.

“We’ll bring him back slowly,” Chambers said. “We’re not just going to throw him out there.”

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