TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State scored four times in the first inning and then put the game away with three more runs in the sixth, as the 10th-ranked Sun Devils defeated Nebraska 7-1 on Sunday at Farrington Stadium.
The Sun Devils led 4-0 after one inning and had the bases loaded with no outs in both the second and the fourth innings. But the Huskers turned a pair of double plays in both of those innings to keep Arizona State from extending its lead. Freshman Brooke Thomason then pulled the Huskers within 4-1 with a leadoff home run in the fifth before Nebraska had the tying runs on base with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth.
But the Sun Devils escaped that jam then scored three times in the sixth to improve to 24-2 on the season. Hillary Bach moved to 11-0 on the year by firing a four-hitter and allowing only one run on four hits in a complete-game effort.
Sophomore right-hander Ashley Hagemann (6-8) took the loss for Nebraska (13-13). Hagemann was hurt by four Husker errors, but she was also helped out as NU turned three double plays.
Nebraska.................000 010 0—1 4 4
Arizona State.................400 003 X—7 11 2
W: Bach (11-0). L: Hagemann (6-8). 3B: Banda (1). HR: Thomason(5); Boyd.
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