On Thursday, the Arizona State Sun Devils (21-29) traveled down south to Tucson to take on the Arizona Wildcats (31-20. The change of scenery, however, did not see their defensive mishaps come to a halt.
Up 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Tracy Smith called on freshman Boyd Vander Kooi to get the Devils out of a one-out jam with Wildcat runners on the corners. Vander Kooi, a starter to begin the year, has been coming out of the bullpen and playing select innings at first base since getting back from an injury a few weeks ago.