Baseball sweeps double header with 8-4 win over FIU

March 22, 2008

The top ranked Arizona State baseball team bounced back on Saturday at the Bob Schaefer Memorial tournament, sweeping a double header from Florida International. ASU claimed game two 8-4 after winning game one 10-5. The Devils now stand at 21-1 on the year.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/satow_josh00.html">Josh Satow</a> pitched six strong innings, picking up the win in game two to move to 3-0 on the year. Satow allowed two runs on five hits while striking out six. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/davis_ike00.html">Ike Davis</a> came on in the ninth with two on and two out and shut the door to pick up his third save of the season.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/champagnie_marcel00.ht… Champagnie</a> got the offense started in the second, doubling home <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/roling_kiel00.html">Ki… Roling</a> to put ASU up 1-0. Champagnie would come home on a <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_raoul00.html">R… Torrez</a> ground out to give the Devils a 2-0 lead.<separator></separator>The big bats would be on display in the third, as <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wallace_brett00.html">… Wallace</a> and Roling each hit two-run blasts to make it 6-0. It was the team leading ninth homer of the year for Wallace and the fourth homer of the season for Roling. Arizona State would stretch it to 7-0 in the fifth, when Wallace scored from third on a wild pitch.<separator></separator>FIU would cut the lead to 7-2 in the sixth, then add another run in eighth to make it 7-3, but ASU would answer in the bottom half of the inning. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/sontag_ryan00.html">Ry… Sontag's</a> double down the left field line scored <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/paramore_petey00.html"… Paramore</a> to make it 8-3. The Golden Panthers would rally in the ninth against <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/franzblau_jason00.html… Franzblau</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/preach_rj00.html">RJ Preach</a>, but Davis ended the threat and the game. Franzblau went 2.2 innings, allowing two runs on four hits out of the bullpen.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/wallace_brett00.html">… Wallace</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/paramore_petey00.html"… Paramore</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/roling_kiel00.html">Ki… Roling</a> all turned in two-hit games to lead the Sun Devil offense.<separator></separator>Earlier in the afternoon, UC Irvine defeated Northern Colorado 9-6.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils will close out the Schaefer Memorial Tournament on Sunday afternoon, when they host #5 UC Irvine at 4 p.m. from Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.<separator></separator>