SALT LAKE CITY – Freshman second baseman Andrew Snow broke a 3-3 tie in the 12th inning with a two-run home run, the first of his career, to send No. 6 Sun Devil Baseball to a 5-3 extra-innings win against Utah on Thursday at Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
The two teams traded runs between the second and fourth innings, and took a 2-2 tie into the eighth inning. Arizona State scored on a wild pitch in the top of the frame to take a one-run lead, but the Utes (9-18, 3-7) sent the game into extra innings on a successful squeeze play in the bottom of the ninth.
Right-hander Ryan Burr, who conceded the tying run in the ninth, struck out consecutive batters with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th to keep the Sun Devils (20-7, 8-2) in the game.
Left-handed freshman Eli Lingos (1-0) allowed just one base runner in the 11th and 12th innings to earn his first career collegiate win.
Snow tallied three RBI and scored two runs, both career highs, and center fielder Johnny Sewald added a pair of hits, including a triple to the right-field wall in the top of the third for his first extra-base hit of the season.
The Utes used a two-out solo home run from catcher AJ Young to take an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. First baseman Joey Bielek doubled down the right-field line in the top of the third for the Devils’ first hit of the game, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a RBI groundout from Snow to tie the game at one run apiece.
Utah shortstop Cody Scaggari hit a RBI single in the bottom of the third to put the Utes ahead by one, 2-1, but ASU countered in the top of the proceeding frame with a two-out RBI to left field from catcher Brian Serven to tie it up for the second time.
Right-hander Darin Gillies tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief before he was replaced with one in the eighth. He has allowed just two earned runs in nine appearances across 14 2/3 innings since he moved to a reliever role March 6.
Snow scored from third on a wild pitch with one out in the top of the eighth to break the 2-2 tie. Sewald singled through the right side to move Snow from first to third before a wild pitch in the next at-bat to pinch hitter Chris Beall put ASU ahead by one, 3-2.
Young laid down a successful squeeze bunt with runners on the corners and one out in the ninth to score third baseman Dallas Carroll and tie the game, 3-3. Carroll was hit by a pitch after a 10-pitch at-bat to open the frame and stole second before he advanced to third on a bunt single by Wyler Smith. Burr struck out the next two batters to send the game into extra innings.
Burr gave up a leadoff single in the 10th inning to right fielder Josh Rose, who moved to second on a throwing error on the play and to third on a sacrifice bunt in the next at-bat. Burr then issued consecutive intentional walks to load the bases before his back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat.
Right fielder Trever Allen singled up the middle to lead off the 12th inning and set up Snow’s game-winning home run.
Starting right-hander Seth Martinez allowed two runs on five hits and two walks across 4 2/3 innings. Right-hander Jordan Aboites took over with one out in the eighth and induced a fly ball to right field and a groundout to end the inning.
Notes
The Devils moved to 34-5 all-time against Utah…Greer singled in the ninth and now has at least one hit in 15 of the past 16 games he’s started…the Devils are 3-0 in extra-innings games this season.
Up Next
The Sun Devils continue their three-game series with Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday at 5 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Networks.
Friday’s Projected Pitching Matchup
ASU: LHP Ryan Kellogg (5-0, 3.26 ERA)
UTAH: RHP Dalton Carroll (3-4, 4.29 ERA)
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