Cardinal grab road series against Sun Devils
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on April 18, 2021
Stanford baseball (22-7, 8-4 Pac-12) won its weekend series against Arizona State (19-11, 8-7 Pac-12) on Sunday. Although the Cardinal still have yet to secure a sweep for the sixth consecutive weekend, victories on Saturday and Sunday helped keep the Cardinal in the number three spot in the conference, behind Oregon and Oregon State.
The action started on Friday in the third inning, when the Cardinal scored three runs thanks to a solo homer from freshman left fielder Tommy Troy and a two-run shot from senior right fielder Christian Robinson. However, the lead did not last long. The Sun Devils were able to return the favor in the bottom of the inning with three runs of their own. The Cardinal scored runs in the fifth and sixth innings thanks to an RBI from Robinson and a solo homer from sophomore first baseman Brett Barrera, giving the Cardinal a 5-3 lead heading into the seventh. A
Cardinal surge to 20-6
Stanford baseball relied on its pitching to secure a midweek victory on Wednesday. Arizona State is next on the Cardinal s agenda. (Photo: GLEN MITCHELL/isiphotos.com)
on April 14, 2021
Stanford baseball (20-6, 6-3 Pac-12), with solid pitching and just enough clutch hitting, was able to secure the win Wednesday against the University of the Pacific (8-20, 0-9 WCC), but squandered a few opportunities to break the game wide open.
The 2-0 midweek victory comes after a busy weekend during which the Cardinal took two out of three of its games against UCLA, winning the series but failing to secure the sweep for the fifth weekend in a row.