Mac Osborne allowed four runs (three earned) in 3.1 innings before relievers Kenzie Brown, Deborah Jones, and Marissa Schuldcombined to allow three runs in three innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Oregon State used a pair of singles, a walk, and an error to plate two runs in the bottom of the first
ASU responded with four runs in the top of the second. Alexa Milius had a leadoff single, and then a two-out walk to Kalya Lissy, and a single from Savannah Priceloaded the bases.
Makenna Harper gave ASU the lead with a 3-run triple to right, and then she scored on a single through the right side by Yanni Acuña.
The Beavers retook the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
In the ASU fifth, Acuña singled, and Jazmyn Rollin walked to set up a game-tying double from Alexa Milius.
Cunningham then reached on an error that allowed Rollin to score and give the Sun Devils a 6-5 lead.
The lead went back to OSU after the Beavers scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to open a 7-6 advantage.
ASU threatened in the seventh with a walk to Milius and a double from Sara Kinch, but pinch-runner Yaya Acuña was thrown out at the plate as the potential tying run.
NOTABLE
Harper picked up a hit for the third straight game with a pair of multi-hit games in the stretch.
Her 3-run triple in the second was her third triple of the season and first since having two against CSUN in the season opener.
Acuña drove in a run for the second straight game after entering the series without an RBI in the previous six contests.
Milius has obtained a hit in six of the last seven contests, including back-to-back two-hit games against the Beavers.
Her RBI double was the first run driven in by Milius since April 8 at Utah.
With her sixth-inning single, Lissy has now recorded at least one hit in all seven Pac-12 series this season.
Kinch’s double was her second of the season and first since March 4 against Houston. It snapped an 0-for-12 stretch at the plate.
Price extended her hitting streak to a season-long three straight games with her single.
UP NEXT
Arizona State and Oregon State will close the regular season on Sunday with the final game of this three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for noon, and the game will air on Pac-12 Networks.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Josh Fisher
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