Giobbi and Casali talk regional

by Barca Blog

Mascots. Field Turf. Shaved heads. And Mom's lasagna.

Andrew Giobbi and Curt Casali cover it all to get you ready for the Commodores' regional opener against Illinois State on Friday.

Baseball injury update

By SID

We have injury updates on veteran starters Curt Casali, Brian Harris and Aaron Westlake.

Casali has a hamstring injury and is expected to be out for two weeks. Both Harris (illness) and Westlake (bruised hand) are day-to-day with their recoveries.

Casali currently leads the Southeastern Conference in hitting with a .486 batting average with three homers, three doubles and 11 RBI.

Harris, a first-team All-SEC shortstop a year ago, is batting .345 with a homer and five RBI. The leadoff hitter has shown a knack of getting on base- walking 11 times, while also getting hit by a pitch seven times (.596 on base percentage).

Westlake, the SEC's leading hitter a year ago, is batting .295 with two homers, four doubles and 11 RBI.

All three have played a vital role in the Commodores 10-1 start this year.

Casali balancing rehab with practice

by Travis Young - On June 9, Curt Casali underwent Tommy John surgery to repair his torn ulna collateral ligament. After the surgery, Casali spent countless hours rehabbing during the summer.

"The first four weeks after the operation were rough because I had a brace on," Casali said. "Since then the rehabbing has progressively been getting better."

This past Sunday (Sept. 27) marked the first day Casali had picked up a ball to start throwing.

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