ASU Baseball: Devils Seek Sweep of Cal State Bakersfield
By Sam Ficarro
ASU baseball, winners of six of their last seven games, looks to pick up their fourth series sweep of the season Sunday versus Cal State Bakersfield.
ASU baseball looks to close out a series sweep of Cal State Bakersfield Sunday.
The Sun Devils have won the first two games of the series winning 12-6 Friday and 4-2 Saturday.
On Saturday, starter Eli Lingos pitched a solid outing going 7.2 innings allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 8 hits to go along with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.
Lingos finished his start strong after allowing a run in the third and fourth innings and received run support in the fifth inning to secure his 5th win of the season.
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Arizona State scored 4 runs in the fifth inning on RBI singles from designated hitter Tyler Williams and third baseman Jeremy McCuin followed by a 2-run home run from the reigning Pac-12 Hitter of the Week Gage Canning proving to be the decisive blow for CSUB.
Reliever Connor Higgins threw 1.1 innings in relief allowing only 1 hit securing his third save of the season.
While head coach Tracy Smith has yet to announce who is starting Sunday, Cal State Bakersfield has listed Aaron Charles as their probable starter for Sunday’s game.
Charles is slated to make his third start of the season sporting a 1-1 record and a 4.09 ERA with his last start coming last Saturday versus Utah Valley.
The freshman picked up a no decision lasting 4 innings allowing 4 earned runs on 5 hits along with 2 walks and 1 strikeout.
The Sun Devils should be able to keep their offense going as Charles has an opponents batting average of .273 and has shown to have some control issues throwing three wild pitches in his last start.
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Arizona State will look to finish their final non-conference home series on a high before re-entering Pac-12 play next weekend at Oregon. First pitch Sunday is set for 12:30 p.m. PST and can be seen on the Pac-12 Plus Live Stream and Twitter.