TEMPE – On a night when every starter recorded a hit at the plate, it was the pitching effort of Kenzie Brown that spurred Sun Devil Softball to a 9-2 win over Oregon State to open the ASU Invitational.
Trailing 2-0 with two runners on base when she entered in the top of the second inning, Brown set the tone for her evening by striking out the first two batters she faced to get out of the jam. She then held Oregon State (6-9) scoreless the rest of the game while striking out a career-high 13 batters.
While Brown was dealing, the ASU (11-5) offense struggled to get started. That flipped in the fourth when Yannixa Acuña entered as a pinch hitter with runners on second and third. Her first plate appearance in 348 days resulted in a game-tying two-run triple.
Tiare Ho-Ching doubled to start the Sun Devil fifth inning and scored on an RBI single from Kelsey Hall. Now leading for the first time, Lillian Holtje smacked a two-run home run to left center for a 5-2 advantage. The next three hitters all reached base to allow for a sacrifice fly from Smanatha Swan, and then a two-run single by Takyla Davis capped a seven-run inning that resulted in the 9-2 final score.
ASU ended the night matching its season-high with 12 hits, with six going for extra bases. Windle tallied two doubles, with Swan…
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