SCOTTSDALE – Sun Devil Baseball dropped its opening game of the Pac-12 Tournament, 8-7, in pool play against Stanford (21-32, 11-19 Pac-12), after giving up all eight runs in a disastrous fourth inning at Scottsdale Stadium on Tuesday morning.
Arizona State (32-25, 17-13 Pac-12) rallied to make things interesting and got the tying run to the plate in the ninth after scoring seven unanswered and loading the bases in three different innings after Stanford’s explosive fourth. But the big hit to put up a true crooked number evaded ASU, which stranded 13 baserunners – including the tying run at third and winning run at first in the ninth.
The Sun Devils came into this game having double digit hits in their last 12 outings and scoring in the double digits in the last six. Today broke both streaks, as the Sun Devils were only able to rally six hits in a game that featured all three of the Cardinal weekend rotation.
Eamonn Lance came in to pinch hit in the fifth and drew a walk. He remained in the game and led the team with two hits, one going yard. Ryan Campos also notched two hits, one batting in an RBI in the ninth to get ASU within a run. The Sun Devils were walked 13…
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