• Box Score

Arizona improved to 26-28 on the season, 8-14 in Pac-10 play. ASU fell to 40-13 and 15-7. The Sun Devil loss, combined with UCLA's 10-9 victory over Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., clinches at least a tie for the conference title for the Bruins. UCLA stands two games ahead of both ASU and Stanford with two contests remaining for each club.

The Cats scored three runs in the third inning to take the lead for good, then added six more in the fourth. Huff drove in three of those nine runs with a double and a single. ASU closed within 11-9 after five and a half innings, but Arizona put it away with three in the sixth and five more in the eighth. Meyer reached base four times in the contest, including three hits. Ernie Durazo scored three runs.

Sophomore right-hander Ben Diggins picked up his 10th win in what was likely his final Wildcat appearance on the mound. He is the first Arizona pitcher to earn 10 wins in a season since Scott Erickson in 1989. Senior righty Mike Crawford worked the final 3.2 innings to earn his second career save and his first of the year. Jon Switzer allowed nine runs (seven earned) over 3.1 innings to pick up just his second loss of the season.

Junior catcher Casey Myers homered twice and drove in four runs for the Sun Devils. Junior right fielder Jeff Duncan reached base five times and scored three runs.

The two teams will meet again Saturday at 7 p.m. at Sancet Field before wrapping up their respective regular seasons Sunday at 1.

#3 Arizona State    210 123 020 -  11  14  2
Arizona             023 603 05x -  19  19  2
Switzer, Waldrip (4), Friedberg (4), Johnson (6), Field (6), Milner (8) and
Myers; Diggins, Crawford (6) and Meyer. W-Diggins (10-4). L-Switzer (10-2).
Sv-Crawford (2). Hrs-ASU: Myers 2 (14); UA: DeRenne (6), O'Donnell (5).