Even for a consensus top-10 preseason baseball team like Arizona State, things happen.
Like two outfielders, one projected to start in center field, suffering injuries that will keep them out of the lineup for the near future.
Enter ASU's version of Rudy Ruettiger, the Notre Dame football walk-on who eventually makes it into a game in 1975, the roots of the 1993 film "Rudy."
Danny Marshall, a freshman walk-on pitcher, will be starting in center field in ASU's season opener Friday. He was at risk of being cut, coach Tracy Smith said, until freshman Sean McLain and sophomore Dusty Garcia suffered hand injuries.