Friday, March 22
Tempe, Ariz.
8:00 PM
University of Utah
13-15, 2-2
0
at
13
Arizona State
23-8, 3-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | X | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Photo by: Steve C. Wilson
Utah Softball Shut Out at No. 16 ASU, 13-0
3/22/2019 10:03 PM | Softball
TEMPE, Ariz. – Utah pitchers issued 11 walks and No. 16 Arizona State made them pay, winning the series opener this evening, 13-0.
The top scoring team in the nation pounced on some erratic pitching as the middle of the order combined for 10 RBI against the Ute hurlers. Maddi Hackbarth hit a pair of homers and now has the Pac-12 lead with 13 round-trippers.
ASU started the game with a pair of walks and a single to load the bases. Jade Gortarez cleared them with a double and a pair of fly balls to the outfield brought in another as DeNae Chatman picked up a sac fly.
In the second, the Sun Devils loaded the bases again with two singles and a walk. BreOnna Castaneda was able to get a force at home but Chatman followed with a two-run single. Yannira Acuna added a RBI single and two more walks added another run to make it 8-0
Morgan Howe, who paces the Pac-12 and is third in the nation with 39 RBI, did not register one, but scored three times. She would come around on Hackbarth's first homer of the night, a three-run homer. Four walks in a row would tag on another run and Hackbarth went deep again in the fourth, a solo shot.
The Utes and Sun Devils play again tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. AT/3:30 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Networks.
The top scoring team in the nation pounced on some erratic pitching as the middle of the order combined for 10 RBI against the Ute hurlers. Maddi Hackbarth hit a pair of homers and now has the Pac-12 lead with 13 round-trippers.
ASU started the game with a pair of walks and a single to load the bases. Jade Gortarez cleared them with a double and a pair of fly balls to the outfield brought in another as DeNae Chatman picked up a sac fly.
In the second, the Sun Devils loaded the bases again with two singles and a walk. BreOnna Castaneda was able to get a force at home but Chatman followed with a two-run single. Yannira Acuna added a RBI single and two more walks added another run to make it 8-0
Morgan Howe, who paces the Pac-12 and is third in the nation with 39 RBI, did not register one, but scored three times. She would come around on Hackbarth's first homer of the night, a three-run homer. Four walks in a row would tag on another run and Hackbarth went deep again in the fourth, a solo shot.
The Utes and Sun Devils play again tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. AT/3:30 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Networks.
Players Mentioned
UTIL
/ SoftballTeam Stats
Pitching:
W: Mejia,S (12-3)
L: Hilburn, Hailey (4-5)
Batting:
2B: Bonstrom, Ellessa 1
Base Running:
CS: Castaneda, BreOnna 1
Batting:
2B: Howe,M 1 ; Gortarez,J 1 ; Chatman,D 1
HR: Hackbarth,M 2
RBI: Hackbarth,K 1 ; Gortarez,J 3 ; Hackbarth,M 4 ; Chatman,D 3 ; Accuna,Y 1 ; Loomis,B 1
SF: Chatman,D 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hackbarth,K 1 ; McCarty,S 2 ; Howe,M 3 ; Gortarez,J 2 ; Hackbarth,M 3 ; Chatman,D 1 ; Accuna,Y 1
SB: McCarty,S 2
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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