Baseball earns one-run win over San Diego

May 06, 2009

The No. 4 Arizona State University baseball team completed a two-game sweep of San Diego with a 7-6 victory on Wednesday in front of a crowd of 2,237 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils improve to 35-11 on the season with the win.<a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/newman_matt00.html"></… href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/newman_matt00.html">Ma… Newman</a> went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs to lead the ASU offense. He also started the game on the mound one day after earning a victory out of the bullpen. He went five innings and allowed three earned runs with four strikeouts, but ended up taking a no decision.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/newman_matt00.html"></… href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/lambson_mitchell00.htm… Lambson</a> got the win, going 2.1 shutout innings out of the bullpen to improve to 7-3 on the season. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/blair_seth00.html">Seth Blair</a> pitched the ninth to earn his first save of the year.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils got two runs in the bottom of the first, with <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/maggi_drew00.html">Drew Maggi</a> scoring on an error and Newman driving in a run with a groundout. San Diego got one back in the second inning on a solo home run by Chris Engell.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/macphee_zack00.html">Z… MacPhee</a> then drove in a run in the fourth when he reached on a fielder's choice, but the Toreros tied the game with two runs in the fifth.<separator></separator>ASU scored three in the bottom of the fifth on a <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ramirez_carlos00.html"… Ramirez</a> sacrifice fly, an RBI double by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a> and a run-scoring single from Newman. However, San Diego rallied again, scoring three runs in the sixth off Sun Devil reliever <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/brule_kyle00.html">Kyle Brule</a> to tie the game at 6-6.<separator></separator>The Devils answered again in the bottom half of the inning, when Maggi scored from third on a wild pitch for what would prove to be the winning run.<separator></separator>San Diego threatened in the seventh, putting runners on second and third with no outs, but Lambson got out of the jam with two strikeouts and a pop out.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils will return to action on Friday, when they begin a three-game series against Winthrop. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.