Fatigue is to be expected after a five-hour marathon of a game that Arizona State played this past Sunday against Arizona. A blowout loss to a previously 3-23 team, though, is a poor look for a top-10 team, no matter the circumstances.
“It doesn’t matter who you play,” ASU head coach Tracy Smith said. “If you don’t play well and take care of business, you’re going to lose.”
It didn’t take long for the night to get ugly. Freshman Dom Cacchione started his first collegiate game and promptly walked his first two hitters. He was then pulled, getting just one out and allowing four earned runs.