The Arizona State Sun Devils scored a season-high five runs in the third inning of their 8-5 victory over Long Beach State on Sunday, completing a three-game series sweep of the Dirtbags.
The sweep marks the second of the season for ASU (9-7), and its first since it took three against Northwestern during opening weekend. The victory also extends the Sun Devils winning streak to three games after incurring a four-game losing streak entering the series.
While the term “sweep” insinuates ease of competition, but the Sun Devils didn’t always have results come easily, for a majority of the series, in fact.