PHOENIX–– Arizona State (6-4) couldn’t contain UC-Irvine’s (9-1) offense for the second-straight day, despite an impressive comeback effort, falling 10-9 on Saturday for its fourth loss in the last five games. It’s also the fourth-consecutive game ASU pitching allowed nine-or-more runs.
After spraying the ball all over the yard Friday night — for both hits and errors — the hits didn’t stop coming for the Anteaters. On Saturday, seemingly the entire lineup was hitting the ball hard in Khristian Curtis’ (4.2 innings, 7 hits, 5 earned-runs, 2 walks) third start of the year.
“Curtis talked me into letting him stay out there–– he got (UC Irvine infielder Dub Gleed) out,” head coach Willie Bloomquist said.