Softball opens Garman Classic with win over New Meixco

March 12, 2009

Back-to-back home runs from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/cochran_kaitlin00.html… Cochran</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/boyd_katelyn00.html">K… Boyd</a> as well as RBI hits from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/donnenwirth_krista00.h… Donnenwirth</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/carlson_caylyn00.html"… Carlson</a> spelled the story Thursday morning as the sixth-ranked ASU Softball team took a 6-3 win over the New Mexico Lobos to open the Judi Garman Classic. ASU is now 22-4 overall while New Mexico drops to 8-11.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils got to work right out of the gates as a fielder’s choice and a Lobo error put <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/rogers_lesley00.html">… Rogers</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/cochran_kaitlin00.html… Cochran</a> on-base where a single to right center from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/donnenwirth_krista00.h… Donnenwirth</a> and a fielder’s choice RBI from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/carlson_caylyn00.html"… Carlson</a> brought them home to take two in the opening inning.<separator></separator>The Lobos stormed back in the fifth inning as three singles to lead-off the inning found <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/elliott_megan00.html">… Elliott</a> in a jam which she was almost able to pitch out of with just one run on her tab as she grabbed a strikeout and ground out, but a single to right field to plate two more RBIs saw New Mexico surge ahead 3-2.<separator></separator>ASU took it personal in the bottom of the inning, as four straight hits with back-to-back home runs to right center from <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/cochran_kaitlin00.html… Cochran</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/boyd_katelyn00.html">K… Boyd</a> set things right in the Sun Devils’ world as they regained the lead 6-3 after five complete. Another jam in the fifth saw <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/bach_hillary00.html">H… Bach</a> come in for relief where she quickly snagged a double play and strikeout to silence the Lobo rally. Bach ripped through the rest of the seventh to complete the save and the win.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils return to action tomorrow as the Judi Garman Classic continues, facing No. 23 DePaul at 11 a.m. and Nebraska at 1 p.m. on Field Two at the Anderson Family Softball Complex in Fullerton, Calif.