Baseball slugs past Hawai'i
<p> <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/swagerty_jordan00.html… Swagerty</a> allowed just one run in his first career start on the mound and the No. 1 Arizona State University baseball team had back-to-back seven-run innings in a 17-2 win over #20 Hawai'i on Tuesday in front of 2,824 fans at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils improved to 29-8 on the season with the victory.</p><separator></separator><p>Swagerty earned the first win of his ASU career by going seven innings and giving up just five hits with six strikeouts and no walks. He moved to 1-1 on the season with the win. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/franzblau_jason00.html… Franzblau</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/brule_kyle00.html">Kyle Brule</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/borup_jake00.html">Jake Borup</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ishida_jeeter00.html">… Ishida</a> combined to pitch the final two innings out of the bullpen.</p><separator></separator><p>After the Rainbows took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, the Sun Devils responded by manufacturing three runs in the fifth. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/mcdonald_jared00.html"… McDonald</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/calhoun_kole00.html">K… Calhoun</a> drew back-to-back walks to start the inning, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_raoul00.html">R… Torrez</a> bunted them over and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/macphee_zack00.html">Z… MacPhee</a> brought both men in with a single to left. MacPhee then advanced to third on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt, and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/maggi_drew00.html">Drew Maggi</a> drove him with a sacrifice fly.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU then took command with seven runs each in the seventh and eighth innings, including home runs by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ramirez_carlos00.html"… Ramirez</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a>, MacPhee and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kipnis_jason00.html">J… Kipnis</a>, a two-run triple by McDonald and an RBI double by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ruettiger_johnny00.htm… Ruettiger</a>.</p><separator></separator><p>MacPhee was 3-for-5 with four RBI to lead the offense, while Kipnis and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a> also had three RBI each. The Sun Devils had nine extra-base hits in the game, with the four home runs, triples by McDonald, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/maggi_drew00.html">Drew Maggi</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/barnes_austin00.html">… Barnes</a> and doubles by Ruettiger and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/newman_matt00.html">Ma… Newman</a>, and they also drew 10 walks.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils return to Pac-10 action on Friday, as they begin a three-game series at California with first pitch scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Evans Diamond.</p>