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Fully healed, Carpenter leads Flashes.

Byline: Philip Batson

May 31--Chris Carpenter knew his time would come, and he wasn't afraid to wait a little bit longer.

As the Kent State pitcher recovered from Tommy John surgery that took away the last three weeks of his freshman season and all of his sophomore campaign, Kent State Coach Scott Stricklin toyed with the idea of starting Carpenter in the season-opening game against Wake Forest.

But after throwing a couple of bullpen sessions, Carpenter decided that his right arm wasn't ready.

The wait has paid off for Carpenter and the Golden Flashes.

In his sixth start of the season, Carpenter takes the mound against Missouri at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at ...

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