In the opening set of a three-game series, the Pac-12’s toughest offensive team in the Arizona State Sun Devils (23-1, 6-1 Pac-12) displayed what the club has done best through its first 24 games, as they took down over the Arizona Wildcats (13-12, 2-5) 8-2.
That robust trait being their ability to hit the long ball, as two key home runs were the anchor in the Friday night victory. The Maroon and Gold came into the weekend leading the Pac-12 in home runs (38) by 14, a total that placed them at fourth in the country.
Up 3-0 in the fourth off just three hits, insert the Hunter Bishop, the nation’s home run leader, who dug into the box against Arizona starter Randy Labaut and unloaded on a 1-1 pitch that was torched off the batter’s eye in dead center.