Canning lifts ASU baseball over Cal State Bakersfield
Gage Canning slammed a two-run homer off the roof of the batting cage beyond the right field wall Saturday night in ASU baseball’s 4-2 win over Cal State Bakersfield.
ASU (18-19) clinched the non-conference series ahead of Sunday’s 12:30 p.m. finale. The Sun Devils have won six of their last seven games.
ASU softball comes up short against Utah
Utah scored four runs in the seventh inning, and a Sun Devils rally in the bottom of the inning fell just short as ASU softball (27-13) lost 7-6 on Saturday in Tempe. Trailing by three in the bottom of the seventh, Margaret Stahm got ASU within a run with a two-run homer, but the Devils could not get another run across. races he’s entered.
Daniel Suarez was third to give the JGR cars two spots in the top three. Xfinity Series leader Elliott Sadler was fourth.
Power claims fourth pole at Barber Motorsports Park
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Will Power is the front-runner at Barber Motorsports Park once again.
Power claimed the pole for the fourth time at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Saturday in a qualifying session dominated by Team Penske. Power’s fast lap of 1:06.9614 gave him 46 career starts up front. Teammates Helio Castroneves and defending champion Simon Pagenaud lined up right behind.
Current Team Penske drivers have won five of the seven IndyCar races at Barber Motorsports Park and claimed the pole seven times in eight years.
They’re followed by Ganassi’s Autosport’s Ryan HunterReay and James Hinchcliffe
Siniakova, Vandeweghe win; Czechs tie U.S. in Fed Cup semis
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. Katerina Siniakova beat Shelby Rogers in straight sets to bring the defending champion Czech Republic even with the United States at 1-1 in the Fed Cup semifinals.
CoCo Vandeweghe defeated Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-4 in the first match Saturday, giving the U.S. an early 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Vandeweghe, who is ranked No. 24, raced to a one-set lead against the 19-year-old Vondrousova in 27 minutes en route to her seventh straight Fed Cup win.
In the second match, Siniakova outlasted Rogers 6-3, 6-3. Siniakova, who is ranked 38th, converted all five break points.