Long Balls and Lauppe Help Softball Clinch Series

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Kelsey Hall TEMPE – A three-run second inning was the difference as Sun Devil Softball defeated Baylor 4-2 on Friday night. The victory clinched the final regular season home series for Arizona State.

ASU (33-15, 13-7 Big 12) was in a 2-0 hole after Baylor (21-23, 7-10) scored twice in the top of the first. The Sun Devils erased that deficit in the second, starting when smashed a solo homer to start the frame. followed with a walk before blasted the first pitch she saw over the wall to give the Sun Devils a 3-2 lead.

After the rough first inning, settled in and took over in the circle. She retired 12 straight hitters from the end of the first inning into the fifth inning. When Baylor…