Arizona State and Arizona played the kind of game Sunday that makes you hate baseball unless your team wins. And even then, you’re not so sure.
When the 5-hour, 10-minute marathon finally ended at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, No. 9 ASU was the survivor, 17-16, sweeping the rivalry series and clinching a Territorial Cup Series point.
There's beauty in the outcome for ASU fans even though the process of getting there was anything but in a game with a combined eight errors, seven wild pitches, two hit batters, two passed balls and a balk. Seven UA pitchers walked 15 with seven ASU pitchers walking six.