Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio underwent neck surgery early Saturday to stabilize a broken vertebrae after he was struck in the head by a line drive.
Rockies trainer Keith Dugger said that neurosurgeon Peter Witt inserted two screws into the damaged C-1 vertebrae and then sought to stabilize the area by putting a small metal plate on the back of Nicasio's neck. Nicasio was put in a cervical collar and remains under heavy sedation at a Denver hospital but has control and movement in all his extremities.
Ishikawa doesn't get much attention in these parts because he has struggled in America, with only one top 10 in 2010 when Ishikawa reached the third round of the Match Play Championship. This is his 22nd tournament in America, and he started feeling comfortable only when he tied for 20th at the Masters this year.
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