by oldNlazy » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:42 am
What is it about Louisiana? Two of ASU's 3 losses have come from teams from that state. An ASU fan behind me echoed my thoughts that this is what comes from loading your schedule with the Central Connecticut's of the world. Whatever the reason Wallace outdueled Escobedo and the Cajuns totally dominated the Sun Devils.
ULL 0 0 2 3 1 2 1=9-11-0
ASU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0=2-5-0
Escobedo vs Wallace
The Ragin Cajuns threatened in the 1st on a single by Smith and a walk to Orgeron but Dallas got Haake and Cormier to escape. The DEvils hit a couple of warning track fly balls but went out in order in the 1st and 2nd. Fernandez led off the 3rd with an IF single and Myers brought her home with a HR to CF. ASU threatened in the 3rd on a walk and single by Boyd but Wallace got Johnson to fly out.
ULL broke it open in the 4th. Cormier walked and Drehan hit the RF foul pole for a 2-run HR. Cherry singled and Murphy walked and after a double steal Cherry scored on a ground out. The 4th was typical for ASU; out in order and everything in the air. They hit only 5 balls on the ground all night and 2 of those came in the 7th. In the meantime ULL was not slowing down and Myers had seen enough of Escobedo. Popescue entered the circle and got the 1st 2 batters she faced but Cormier got a triple when the CF's diving catch failed. Drehan brought her in with a single up the middle and it was 6-0. In the ULL 6th Murph walked and moved up on a wild pitch and two outs later scored on Myers double. Orgeron walked and Haake provided a n RBI single.
With 2 outs until the run rule applied Boyd saved the day with a HR to left. Johnson then tripled off the LF fence and Lockwood walked. The Devils were a blast away from being back in the game when Smith made the defensive play of the night. It was a little looper to shallow left and she made a diving catch to get the important 2nd out. Freeman singled to center for another run but that was it for ASU. In the 7th Cherry walked and went to 2nd on a ground out. Fernandez hit a ground ball to Boyd who feeling she had no play at 1st whirled and threw to 3rd, Cherry just kept running and beat the throw to the plate.