Oregon State
Arizona St
Softball Shut Out By Sun Devils
April 30, 2000 | Softball
April 30, 2000
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Arizona State's Kirsten Voak tossed a three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to lead the No. 4 Sun Devils to a 6-0 victory over the No. 12 Oregon State softball team at Ropes-Fetrow Field on Sunday.
Voak struck out the first three Beaver batters and held OSU hitless until Shelly Prochaska lifted a base hit to centerfield in the fourth inning.
Meanwhile, the Sun Devils got their offense started early in the game. ASU (39-13, 7-8 Pac-10) capitalized on three hits, a walk and a hit by pitch to score three runs in the top of the first inning. ASU added three more runs in the fifth inning off two hits, a walk and another hit by pitch to extend the lead to 6-0.
"ASU came out with a lot more heart today," said OSU coach Kirk Walker. "It was not a great first inning for us. (We need to find a way to) come back from this lack of quality performance."
The Beavers (34-14-1, 4-8 Pac-10) left three runners on base and never really threatened to score. OSU had two runners on with just one out in the second inning, but ASU shortstop Kara Brun stopped Parisa Plant's line drive and turned the double play as Michelle Chariton failed to get back to second base before the throw.
After that inning, no other OSU batters got past first base. Prochaska extended her hitting streak to nine games with her single in the fourth inning, and Tarrah Beyster had a single in the seventh inning. Michelle Notaro had a pinch hit single in the sixth inning for OSU's only other hit.
"You have to create your own offense. They did that and took advantage of it, and we didn't," Walker said. "It's all about how you play. At this point, the wins and losses aren't going to matter. It's got to be about us and our quality of play."
Brun and Nichole Thompson both went 2-for-4 and scored twice for ASU, while Brun also had two RBI. Sun Devil catcher Sara Kahler was 1-for-2 with three RBI.
Voak improved to 27-6 with the win, while OSU's Crystal Draper dropped to 12-5 on the season. Draper threw four-plus innings, giving up four runs on five hits with two strikeouts. Beyster came in on relief in the fifth inning after Jamie Hlebechuk was hit by Draper's pitch. Beyster allowed two hits and two runs while striking out two batters.
Game Results
Arizona State 300 030 0 - 6 7 0 Oregon State 000 000 0 - 0 3 0
Voak and Kahler. Draper, Beyster (5) and T. Feldt. WP- Voak (27-6). LP- Draper (12-5).
