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February 24, 2005

Chris Karpman
ASUDevils.com

ASU dropped its sixth straight game for the first time since the 1998 season as it took an 11-5 drubbing at the hands of No. 11 Arizona at Kindall Field in Tucson Wednesday afternoon despite two solo home runs by senior Jeff Larish.

The loss dropped the Sun Devils to 6-9 on the season, and they are 1-7 against ranked opponents and 0-2 against the Wildcats this year in non-conference action. Arizona is 10-1 on the season.

Junior college transfer Tony Barnette started for the Sun Devils and lasted just 1.2 innings, giving up six hits and five runs to take the loss in a game where the visiting team never led. It was Barnette's first loss in an ASU uniform and he fell to 1-1 on the season.

Wildcat relief pitcher Eric Berger earned his second win despite giving up three runs on two hits and two walks in just 2.2 innings of work.

It was a fast start for the home team as they scored three runs in the first inning off Barnette and added two more in the second to get out to an early 5-0 lead they would not relinquish.

Starter David Coulon lasted four innings for Arizona, striking out six and walking three while giving up one run and four hits.

Larish hit his solo home runs in back-to-back innings, the fourth and fifth, but Arizona actually stretched the lead over that stage of the game as it put two runs on the board in the fourth and one of its own in the fifth.

By the time they added three additional runs in the eighth inning, it was for the most part just an exclamation mark.

In addition to Larish's two home run performance, second baseman Joe Persichina and catcher Tuffy Gosewisch each went 2-for-4 for the Sun Devils.

ASU will be back in action this weekend with a home series at Packard Stadium against No. 8 Baylor.



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