CORVALLIS, Ore. – Kylee Magee delivered a two-hit shutout, and Jazmyn Rollin hit two home runs as Sun Devil Softball opened its crucial three-game series at Oregon State with an 8-0 run-rule victory.
Arizona State (22-23, 6-16 Pac-12) scored once in the fourth, twice in the fifth, and then five times – with two outs – in the sixth to earn the win. Six different players recorded a hit, with five of the team's nine hits going for extra bases.
In the circle, Magee held Oregon State (13-28-1, 4-17-1 Pac-12) to two singles in recording her second career shutout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTABLE
UP NEXT
The Sun Devils and Beavers will play game two of its series at Kelly Field on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Pac-12 Network will carry the game live.
Arizona State (22-23, 6-16 Pac-12) scored once in the fourth, twice in the fifth, and then five times – with two outs – in the sixth to earn the win. Six different players recorded a hit, with five of the team's nine hits going for extra bases.
In the circle, Magee held Oregon State (13-28-1, 4-17-1 Pac-12) to two singles in recording her second career shutout.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT ONE ?? ?? @JazzyRollin hits her ninth bomb of the season to put the Sun Devils up by three! ??
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 6, 2023
T5 ASU 3 | OSU 0
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- With nothing happening through the first three innings, ASU got on the board in the fourth when a two-out, pinch-hit single from Shannon Cunningham scored Alexa Milius.
- OSU got its first hit in the bottom of the fourth, but Magee stranded a pair of runners to keep the Beavers scoreless.
- Yanni Acuña drew a walk and stole a base in the fifth before Rollin homered to right center to expand the lead to 3-0.
- The ASU sixth opened with consecutive outs before Savannah Price reached on an infield single. Kalyn McCarthy was then hit by a pitch, and the two came around to score on a double from Acuña.
- Rollin followed with her second home run of the game, and then Jordyn VanHook went deep to right for back-to-back homers and an 8-0 lead.
- The Beavers started the bottom of the fifth with a single and a walk before Magee forced a 1-5-3 double play and a pop-out to end the game.
Adding to the lead ?? ?? @yanniraacuna drives one the opposite way for a double to push the lead to 5 ??
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 6, 2023
T6 ASU 5 | OSU 0
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NOTABLE
- Rollin's second home run was the 40th of her career and 10th of the season.
- It was the second career multi-home run game for Rollin, with her first coming at Oregon on April 8, 2022.
- This was the third straight two-hit game for Rollin and her 13th of the season.
- The four RBIs from Rollin tie her career high, now accomplished five times, with the last being on April 30, 2022, against Cal.
- Milius had a hit for the third straight game and the fifth time in the last six contests.
- Her two-hit game was her 10th multi-hit game of the season and first since April 8 at Utah.
- The double from Milius in the second was her first since March 5 and just her second extra-base hit since March 26.
- Acuña doubled in a pair of runs for her first multi-RBI game since April 8 at Utah.
- She drew a pair of walks for the first time in a game since March 31. She has now reached base in six consecutive games.
- With two runs scored, Acuña moved into seventh in program history with 152.
- The pinch-hit single from Cunningham gives her seven on the season. She is now 7-for-17 (.412) as a pinch-hitter.
- VanHook extended her conference lead with home run number 19. She moved into a tie for fifth in program history for single-season home runs, two shy of the program record.
- She has now hit a homer in four of the past eight games after just one in the 16 games before that.
- Magee finished with a career-best six innings pitched while allowing her fewest hits in a start (two).
- It's her third straight start with at least five innings and the second straight allowing one run or less.
- The first two-run home run from Rollin snapped a stretch of nine straight solo home runs from ASU hitters dating back to April 8 at Utah.
- The win snapped the Sun Devils' 11-game losing streak, which was the longest since the 2016 team lost 12 straight.
- With the day's results across the conference, ASU can clinch the No. 7 seed for the Pac-12 Tournament with two wins or one win and one U of A loss.
ANOTHER BOMB for @JazzyRollin ?? ??
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 6, 2023
T6 ASU 7 | OSU 0#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/KDrbo4MVmM
UP NEXT
The Sun Devils and Beavers will play game two of its series at Kelly Field on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Pac-12 Network will carry the game live.
BACK-TO-BACK JACKS FOR THE SUN DEVILS@jordynvanhook follows JR with a ?? of her own, her 19th of the year!
— Sun Devil Softball (@ASUSoftball) May 6, 2023
T6 ASU 8 | OSU 0#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/eWLIbA174s