Their absence has forced Dedeaux to use Kalani Perry, a freshman from Hauula, Hawaii. Sophomore Paul Fuller can catch, but Dedeaux wants to use him as the designated hitter.
College Baseball Notes Arizona State is back in Southern California to participate in the week-long Riverside Baseball Invitational. The Sun Devils played UCLA Tuesday night. . . . Arizona State first baseman Louie Medina is learning to bat left-handed while recovering from a torn muscle in his right forearm. Besides swinging at balls mounted on a batting tee and taking regular batting practice, he has undergone hypnosis and has viewed tapes of a left-handed hitter of note, Ted Williams. . . . Medina, who throws left-handed, missed 17 games after suffering the injury five weeks ago while swinging a 50-ounce leaded bat in warmups. He returned to the lineup last Wednesday against Nebraska and batted left-handed twice. He walked and singled sharply to right. In two right-handed at-bats, he sacrificed and struck out . . . Against USC last weekend, Medina batted left-handed once in three games, grounding out in the series opener. In all, he went 4 for 10, including a run-scoring double off the wall in left-center and a line-drive homer to right, and raised his average to .395. . . . Medina, a 6-foot 3-inch, 190-pound senior who transferred to Arizona State from Cerritos College, batted .318 with 17 homers and 67 RBIs last season.
