University of Washington
1-0, 1-0
Arizona State
0-1, 0-1
No. 1 Huskies Down No. 5 ASU With Three Homers
May 06, 2000 | Softball
May 6, 2000
TEMPE, Ariz. - Freshman Jaime Clark pounded two homers to drive in four runs, and senior Jennifer Spediacci struck out nine and retired the final 15 batters in order, leading No. 1 Washington to a 6-0 win over No. 5 Arizona State on Saturday. The Huskies (53-6, 13-3) and the Sun Devils (39-15, 7-10) will meet again on Sunday at 1 p.m.
UW came alive offensively in the fourth inning, using five hits to score four runs. Rosie Leutzinger and Kelly Hauxhurst both singled before Clark's first dinger easily cleared the center field wall 220 feet away. Kim DePaul then singled and was sacrificed to second by Melissa Downs, and Spediacci hit her second triple of the season to send DePaul home.
Clark homered again in her next at-bat in the fifth frame for her 20th of the season, and Jenny Topping added her 22nd of the year in the seventh to finish the scoring
Spediacci improved to 29-3 on the year in her 14th shutout of the year, while ASU's Erica Beach fell to 12-8.
May 6, 2000
No. 1 Washington 6, No. 5 Arizona State
Washington 004 010 1 6 10 0 Arizona State 000 000 0 0 2 1Jennifer Spediacci and Jenny Topping, Erica Beach and Andrea Rodgers. WP-Spediacci (29-3). LP-Beach (12-8). LOB-UW 7, ASU 5. 2B-UW: Leutzinger. 3B-UW: Spediacci. HR-UW: Clark 2, Topping.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Spediacci, Jennifer (1-0)
L: Beach (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Leutzinger, Rosie 1
3B: Spediacci, Jennifer 1
HR: Clark, Jaime 2 ; Topping, Jenny 1
RBI: Clark, Jaime 4 ; Topping, Jenny 1 ; Spediacci, Jennifer 1
SH: Downs, Melissa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Leutzinger, Rosie 1 ; Hauxhurst, Kelly 1 ; Clark, Jaime 2 ; Topping, Jenny 1 ; DePaul, Kim 1
CS: Bork, Jessica 1
Batting:
SH: Wardein 1
Base Running:
SB: Thompson 1 ; Brun 1
