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

By MARK ANDERSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

10 years ago

UNLV starting pitcher Zak Qualls (9) is helped off the field after suffering an injury after throwing 5 pitches in the top of the first inning against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during their season opening college baseball game at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.(Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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.”