SALT LAKE CITY – Another offensive eruption propelled Sun Devil Baseball to a series-winning 15-9 victory over Utah on the road in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
ASU racked up 18 hits – the third game in the last six games the team has 17 or more hits – and scored more runs against the Utes than Utah had allowed in a game this season.
Luke Keaschall was 4-for-5 with four RBIs, a homer and a double. Nu’u Contrades was 4-for-6 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Wyatt Crenshaw added a 3-for-5 day with three RBIs, two doubles and a homer.
Matt Tieding earned the win after 3.0 scoreless innings of relief, having to come into the game early and get ASU out of a jam in the third inning. Owen Stevenson squashed any late Utah momentum with six up and six down to shut the door at the end of the game.
TURNING POINT
It was some déjà vu of yesterday after ASU jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first – the 12th time in 19 games ASU has scored in the first – but free bases immediately bit ASU in the bottom half of the frame and Utah scored three runs to take a 3-2 lead. Like yesterday though, the Sun Devils had an immediate response – dropping a five-spot in the top of the second to jump out to a 7-3 lead it wouldn’t relinquish throughout the game. Crenshaw had a two-run homer in the frame and Keaschall had an RBI double.
BIG MOMENT
The two teams exchanged a…
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