Chase Maddux was named to the All-Mountain West tournament team. (Shotgun Spratling)

Chase Maddux Rises To The Moment

SAN DIEGO — Chase Maddux knows he isn’t going to throw his fastball by anyone. The UNLV junior righthander tops out in the low- to mid-80s. His pitching coach even jokes that Maddux “takes a knife to a gun fight when he goes out there.”

But he knows how to manipulate his fastball, moving it to varying quadrants with different movements and he complements it with a diving changeup that goes one direction and a breaking ball that takes off the other.

“Pitch selection is pretty key for me.” Maddux said. “My fastball can’t really beat anyone.[…]