ASU's Landon Hairston ties Sun Devils' single-season home run record

Landon Hairston, among the leading hitters in college baseball, slugged his record-tying 27th home run of the year, and Arizona State won its final game of the regular season, 8-3 at Houston Saturday, May 16. The two-run blast by Hairston , who tied Mitch Jones (2000) for the most home runs in a single season in ASU history, pushed the Sun Devils’ lead to 6-1 in the sixth inning. Jaden Alba started in place of Kole Klecker, and delivered 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run with seven strikeouts.

The offense clicked in the fourth inning when Austen Roellig knocked in a run, and continued in the fifth on a sac fly from Nu'u Contrades. In the sixth inning, P. J.

Moutzouridis preceded Hairston's blast with a two-run single. ASU (36-18, 19-11 Big 12) won all five Big 12 road series, the first time the Sun Devils accomplished that feat since a 4-0 mark in 1982. The Sun Devils play next at the Big 12 Tournament, held May 20-23 at Surprise Stadium.

The No. 3-seeded Sun Devils have a double-bye, so they won't play until Thursday, May 21, against the No. 6 seed Cincinnati with a first pitch scheduled for 8 p.