Baseball falls to Oregon State in series final

<p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2009-2010/game52.htm… Score</a> <!-- LINKS TO RELATED PAGES END --></p><separator></separator><p>Oregon State defeated the No. 3 Arizona State University baseball team 9-8 in the series finale on Sunday at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils are 45-7 overall, 18-6 in the Pac-10, after the loss.</p><separator></separator><p>The game was a back-and-forth affair, as Oregon State jumped on top early with two runs in the first and three more in the second against ASU starter <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/borup_jake00.html">Jake Borup</a>. However, the Sun Devils began to cut into their deficit in the third, as <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/maggi_drew00.html">Drew Maggi</a> brought in a run on a groundout and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/calhoun_kole00.html">K… Calhoun</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a> then hit back-to-back solo home runs. For Calhoun, it was his 13th of the season and third in the three-game series with the Beavers.</p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/swagerty_jordan00.html… Swagerty</a> brought ASU within a run with an RBI single in the fourth, and the Devils then took the lead in the fifth when <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a> scored on a wild pitch and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ruettiger_johnny00.htm… Ruettiger</a> hit a solo home run.</p><separator></separator><p>Oregon State answered in the seventh, getting four runs against reliever <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/rodgers_brady00.html">… Rodgers</a> to take a 9-6 lead. Rodgers came into the game in the second and retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced, but the Beavers finally broke through against him in the seventh.</p><separator></separator><p>A solo home run by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wilson_zach00.html">Za… Wilson</a> and an RBI single by Swagerty in the seventh brought the Sun Devils back within one again.</p><separator></separator><p><img src="http://grfx.cstv.com/graphics/spacer.gif&quot; alt width="5" height="1border=0"> <br> <!-- STORY AD ENDS HERE --> In the bottom of the ninth, Maggi doubled with two outs, but <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/macphee_zack00.html">Z… MacPhee</a> flew out to end the game.</p><separator></separator><p>Oregon State's Tyler Waldron got the win and Kraig Sitton earned the save by pitching the final 2.1 innings. Rodgers took the loss to fall to 3-3.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils will conclude their regular season with a three-game series at Stanford beginning on Thursday.</p><separator></separator><!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE --></p>