ASU Baseball: Devils Walk Off Cougars to Complete Sweep

ASU baseball completed their first Pac-12 sweep defeating Washington State Saturday on a walk-off single by Hunter Bishop in the 9th inning.

ASU baseball completed an undefeated week Saturday with a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Washington State for their first sweep since March 10-12 versus Long Beach State.

After allowing 4 runs through the first 2 innings, ASU starter Eli Lingos settled down and threw 6 innings allowing 4 earned runs on 11 hits along with 6 strikeouts to give Arizona State the opportunity to come back.

After freshman pitcher Spencer Van Scoyoc relieved Lingos to walk the only two batters he faced, pitcher Reagan Todd threw 3 shutout innings allowing only 1 hit to pick up the win.

The performance of Todd allowed the Sun Devils to come back from 4-0 down by getting a run in the 6th and scoring 4 runs in the 9th inning.

The 9th-inning rally began with pinch hitter Ryan Lillard hitting a 3-run home run scoring first baseman Taylor Lane and second baseman Andrew Snow to tie the game 4-4.

Then left fielder Hunter Bishop hit a base hit to right center to score right fielder Gage Canning for the winning run.

The Sun Devils were shut down for the majority of the afternoon versus Cougars starting pitcher Cody Anderson.

Anderson went 7 innings allowing just 1 earned run on 3 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.

After a scoreless 8th inning from WSU reliever Scotty Sunitsch, closer Colby Nealy came in seeking his first save of the season.

Nealy struggled in the 9th inning allowing 4 earned runs on 3 hits and 3 walks, including allowing Lillard’s game-tying pinch-hit home run.

Pitcher Damon Jones came in to try to hold the winning run on base, but on the second pitch thrown, Bishop hit a single to complete the sweep.

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The sweep of Washington State was big for Arizona State, who improved to 16-18 (5-10), to build some momentum heading into Tuesday’s game at UNLV before beginning a three-game series versus Cal State Bakersfield Friday.