It’s no rumor Carter Aldrete is filled with confidence. The spotlight landed on him in the bottom of the eighth, fresh off the bench, Aldrete tasked to give Arizona State the lead back.
Poised and collected, the junior utility man dumped the 1-1 offering from Holden Powell into right field. Hunter Bishop tapped the plate at Phoenix Municipal stadium for the second time on Sunday, this time for the go-ahead run in the Sun Devils’ 8-7 win over top-ranked UCLA (37-8, 16-5 Pac-12).
“I was looking at pitches all day — I didn’t start, this was my first non-start of the season — so I was locked in the whole game, knowing I was going to get a big at-bat like that in the eighth,” Aldrete said.