No. 5 OSU Keeps Sole Possession Of First Place In Pac-10
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On a hot Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 2,544, the Beavers trailed
“I can’t tell you how impressed I am at how our guys came out here after the way we lost the first two games, stand in the 102-degree heat and win this game after nothing was going right for us early,” OSU head coach Pat Casey said. “To see Gundy (closer Kevin Gunderson) come out and do that against a team that’s playing as well as anybody in the country is just unbelievable. This is a tough place to play ... I told (assistant coach) Dan Spencer before the game that I thought the team that won this game today could really have a shot at winning the championship in this league.
Less than a day after taking the loss in the Beavers’ 6-3 defeat on Saturday night, Gunderson earned the win to even his season record at 2-2. In 2 2/3 innings, Gunderson allowed one run on two hits and no walks, striking out two and he retired the Sun Devils in order in the ninth.
“Gundy doing that is a credit to his character,” Casey said. “I tried to tell him Saturday night that the sun doesn’t shine one the same dog every day. He’s done it every stinking time out, and sometimes it’s going to happen that way.”
Darwin Barney, batting in the leadoff spot for the first time this season, was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs batted in as the Beavers collected 14 hits. Chris Kunda was 2-for-5 with a double and one RBI, John Wallace was 2-for-5 with one RBI and Bill Rowe was 2-for-4 for the Beavers, who avoided having their first three-game losing streak of the season.
The Beavers managed an 8-7 lead with a run in the top of the eighth inning off ASU closer Zechry Zinicola. Canham drew a leadoff walk then took second with one out when ASU catcher Preston Paramore’s throw on a pickoff try went into rightfield; Barney then singled to right-centerfield to drive home Canham.
ASU tied it at 8-8 in the bottom of the against Gunderson inning. Romine led off with a single up the middle, was sacrificed to second and took third on Colin Curtis’ infield single, scoring on Eric Sogard’s sacrifice fly.
The Beavers pulled within 7-4 in the top of the fourth as Canham doubled to left with one out and then scored on Barney’s two-out double down the rightfield line.
Arizona State tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third, getting a leadoff single by Retherford and a two-run homer to right-centerfield by Wallace for a 7-3 lead.
OSU had moved to a 3-0 lead by the middle of the second inning and had chased
In the second, Rowe led with a single, then with two out Kunda, Barney and Wallace delivered successive singles with Kunda and Wallace driving in runs before Sun Devil reliever Pat Bresnehan retired the side. The Beavers had been denied a chance for an even bigger inning in the second. With runners at the corners and none out, Canham grounded to short; ASU retired Graham at second base but Canham beat the relay to first and Rowe crossed the plate. However, Graham was called for interference so Canham was declared out and Rowe had to return to third base.
Shea McFeely joined OSU’s all-time top 10 for career hits with a two-out single up the middle in the first inning. It was the 180th hit of McFeely’s career, matching Kevin Hooker’s total from 1991-95.
NO. 5
Stutes, Paterson (2), Kunz (5), Gunderson (7) and Canham. Urlaub, Bresnehan (2), Zinicola (8) and Paramore. W-Gunderson (2-2). L-Zinicola (2-2). 2B-Barney (OSU), Canham (OSU), Kunda (OSU), Curtis (ASU), Wallace (ASU). HR-Davis (ASU), Wallace (ASU).
HITS: Oregon State 14 (Barney 3x5, Wallace 2x5, Gillespie 1x3, McFeely 1x5, Wagner 1x1, Rowe 2x4, Graham 1x5, Canham 1x4, Kunda 2x5), Arizona State 10 (Sontag 1x3, Curtis 2x5, Davis 1x4, Retherford 1x5, Wallace 2x4, Paramore 1x3, Romine 2x3). RUNS BATTED IN:
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Barney, Darwin ss.......... 5 1 3 2 Sontag, Ryan lf............ 3 0 1 2
Wallace, John rf........... 5 0 2 1 Curtis, Colin cf........... 5 0 2 1
Gillespie, Cole lf......... 3 1 1 1 Sogard, Eric rf............ 4 0 0 1
McFeely, Shea 3b........... 5 0 1 0 Davis, Ike 1b.............. 4 1 1 1
Lissman, Mike dh........... 2 0 0 0 Retherford, C.J. 3b........ 5 1 1 0
Wagner, Geoff ph/dh....... 1 1 1 0 Wallace, Brett dh.......... 4 2 2 2
Lechelt, Lonnie pr........ 0 0 0 0 Paramore,
Santschi, Scott ph........ 1 0 0 0 Dhaenens, Seth 2b.......... 3 1 0 0
Rowe, Bill 1b.............. 4 2 2 0 Romine, Andrew ss.......... 3 2 2 1
Graham, Tyler cf........... 5 1 1 1 Urlaub, Jeff p............. 0 0 0 0
Canham, Mitch c............ 4 2 1 0 Bresnehan, Pat p.......... 0 0 0 0
Kunda, Chris 2b............ 5 1 2 1 Zinicola, Zechry p........ 0 0 0 0
Stutes, Mike p............. 0 0 0 0
Kunz, Eddie p............. 0 0 0 0
Gunderson, Kevin p........ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 40 9 14 6 Totals..................... 34 8 10 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Arizona State....... 052 000 010 - 8 10 4
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E - Gillespie; Retherford; Paramore; Dhaenens; Romine. DP -
Davis; Wallace. HBP - Wallace; Paramore. SH - Rowe; Sontag; Romine. SF - Gillespie;
Sogard. SB - Gillespie; Graham.
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Stutes, Mike .............. 1.1 4 5 5 2 1
Paterson, Joe ............. 2.2 4 2 2 1 1
Kunz, Eddie ............... 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Gunderson, Kevin W,2-2.... 2.2 2 1 1 0 2
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Urlaub, Jeff .............. 1.2 7 3 3 1 0
Bresnehan, Pat ............ 5.1 5 4 1 1 6
Zinicola, Zechry L,2-2.... 2.0 2 2 0 2 3
WP - Stutes. HBP - by Kunz (Paramore); by Kunz (Wallace).
Umpires - HP: Heath Jones 1B: Ken Eldridge 3B: Phil Benson
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