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How bad has it been for the injury-riddled Wild Things pitching staff? It's been so bad ... that Thursday night manager John Massarelli admitted that if the team had not been able to sign Kevin Foeman and Chris Rivera to start games this week (Foeman pitched Thursday and Rivera will debut tonight against Evansville), then he was considering using second baseman Kyle Werman as a starting pitcher. You're kidding, right, John? "No, seriously, it's been considered," pitching coach Grant Dorn confirmed.

"We've lost three starting pitchers in a week," Massarelli said a few hours after Patrick Sadler was added to the injured reserve. "I'm trying to compare this situation to something we've had happen to us before. ... I can't."