Box Score
TUCSON, Ariz.Junior catcher Casey Myers hit his third home run in two days
and drove in three runs as Arizona State defeated Arizona, 11-4, in Tucson
Saturday night in the second of a three-game series.
The Sun Devils improved to 41-13 with the win, 16-7 in Pac-10 play. ASU is
tied with Stanford in second place in the league, a game behind UCLA with
one game left in the season. Arizona fell to 26-29 and 8-15.
ASU jumped to a 5-0 lead after two innings and matched its season average
of 11.0 runs per game which leads the nation. Nine different Sun Devils
collected hits.
For the Cats, junior shortstop Keoni DeRenne had three hits and homered for
the third consecutive game.
Sophomore lefty Franco Pezely (8-2) earned the win with 5.0 innings of
relief work, striking out seven while walking no one. Senior southpaw Rob
Shabansky (3-6) took the loss after allowing five runs in 2.2 innings.
The two teams will conclude their respective regular seasons Sunday at 1
p.m. at Sancet Field.
#3 Arizona State 140 013 011 - 11 13 0
Arizona 001 010 002 - 4 13 4
Fingers, Pezely and Myers; Shabansky, Elias (3), Meyer (6), Capek (9) and
Riley. W-Pezely (8-2). L-Shabansky (3-6). Hrs-ASU: Myers (15), Gusich (1).
UA: Gingrich (2), O'Donnell (6), DeRenne (7).
