Baseball Trounces USC for Series Victory, 17-2

PHOENIX – Sun Devil Baseball delivered another electrifying night in Phoenix Municipal Stadium with a 17-2 blowout to secure the series win against the USC Trojans and the team’s second conference series in a row. The Sun Devils never looked back after launching three home runs in the first inning and jumping out to a 5-0 lead. 
 
ASU (22-21, 12-11 Pac-12) was rolling on all cylinders, erupting for 17 hits and 17 RBIs to bring in the 17 runs with four homers, two doubles and a triple.  
 
Buried in the bats’ success, Connor Markl gave his seventh 5.0+ inning start in a row with 6.0 innings tonight. Only allowing one run on three hits, Markl walked two and struck out two in 81 total pitches. Sean Fitzpatrick added two strikeouts in 2.0 innings of scoreless baseball, and Jaden Alba closed it out in the ninth. 
 
ASU had their bats ready again, notching double digit hits for the 27th time this season. They were halfway there in the first inning after the three jacks and a pair of singles. Kien Vu got the scoring started with the first of his two two-run home runs on evening, adding a triple in the sixth and posting a career-best six RBIs. On pace for the school record in hits, Ryan Campos had a perfect five hits in five at bats before being pulled after the sixth inning of the blowout. Eamonn Lance and Isaiah Jackson both added home runs in their two-hit outings. Every Sun Devil starter…