Arizona State baseball advances to Big 12 tournament semifinals
It was a record-breaking night at the Big 12 baseball tournament as Arizona State beat Cincinnati to advance to the semifinals on Friday, May 22.
Landon Hairston can breathe now. He’s been chasing the school record for most home runs in a single season this year. Hairston hit a late-season snag (by his standards), putting some pressure on the sophomore, Queen Creek Casteel product.
Hairston awoke from the slump in the regular-season finale, tying the record of 27 set by Mitch Jones in 2000. Then, in the bottom of the fourth inning against Cincinnati in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament in Surprise on April 21, Hairston launched a 349-foot home run to take a 7-1 lead and break the school record in the process . Hairston’s home run highlighted a game filled with them, as No.
3 Arizona State routed No. 6 Cincinnati 10-2 to advance to the Big 12 semifinals. The win set up a semifinal game between the Sun Devils (37-18) and No.
2 West Virginia in the semifinals on Friday, May 22, at 8 p. m. MST, at Surprise Stadium, with the winner advancing to the Big 12 tournament championship on Saturday, May 23.
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