Baseball uses strong pitching to beat Ducks 3-1
<p>Thanks to magnificent start by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/champlin_kramer00.html… Champlin</a>, Arizona State beat the Oregon Ducks 3-1on Saturday night to take the second game of the three-game weekend series. Champlin (4-1) was dominant for 8 innings, allowing only five hits and two runs to earn the victory and help ASU improve to 20-6 on the year, 4-1 in Pac-10 play.</p><separator></separator><p>The Devils would strike first in the bottom of the third inning when <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/macphee_zack00.html">Z… MacPhee</a> hit a groundball just out of the reach of the shortstop to drive in <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/aplin_andrew00.html">A… Aplin</a> from third base. ASU would add one more run in the inning on a <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/torrez_riccio00.html">… Torrez</a> single past the shortstop to drive in MacPhee from second base.</p><separator></separator><p>The Ducks would cut into the Devils lead in the top of the seventh when Shawn Peterson hit a sacrifice fly to right, which would allow Aaron Jones to tag from third base and score on the play.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU would get the run back in the bottom of the seventh when <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/aplin_andrew00.html">A… Aplin</a> stepped to the plate. With the bases empty, Aplin drove the ball over the right field fence for his first career home run. That made it 3-1 Devils.</p><separator></separator><p>The story of the game for ASU was their pitching, as Champlin struck out seven and scattered five hits before giving the way to <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/lambson_mitchell00.htm… Lambson</a>. Lambson struck out one in his inning of work to record his fourth save on the year and secure the win for the Sun Devils.</p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ruettiger_johnny00.htm… Ruettiger</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/macphee_zack00.html">Z… MacPhee</a> were both 2-3, while <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/aplin_andrew00.html">A… Aplin</a> was 2-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.</p><separator></separator><p>The Devils and Ducks will conclude their weekend series by playing game three on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. from Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.</p>