PHOENIX – Sun Devil Baseball came out of the gates hot but struggled to maintain the momentum down the stretch in a 7-6 loss at Grand Canyon on Tuesday evening at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark.
ASU had seven hits through the first three innings but managed just to the remainder of the game - a solo shot by Josiah Cromwick in the sixth and Matt King's third hit of the night with two outs in the top of the ninth.
The Sun Devils again struggled to hold a lead in the middle innings as it saw its 6-3 lead through the top of the sixth disappear with back-to-back two run innings from the Lopes to take the lead in the seventh.