Tempe: ASU Slams Door Shut

By Jason Owens - June 04, 2007

Now that'll kill a rally. Just when Nebraska charged its way back in to this ball game, the Arizona State bats slammed the door shut. Petey Paramore and Matt Spencer got hits to start the eighth before Zach Herr hit Andrew Romine to load the bases and put an end to his day.

Matt Foust, a starter, came in to face C.J. Retherford, who didn't waste any time. He crushed Foust's first pitch over the left field wall for a 'don't mess with us in our own house, it's time for you to go home' grand slam.

Needless to say, the home ASU crowd and Sun Devil Fan No. 1 were stoked.

And it didn't stop there. The Devils got three more hits, two more runs and went through two more Nebraska pitchers before the bleeding stopped to the tune of a 15-7 ASU lead.

Now I have been more than impressed with Nebraska's hustle and resilience to make the championship round after struggling to start Regional play here in Tempe. They've done a great job and deserve to be commended for it.

But this game and this Regional are over. ASU is too good of a team and has too big of a lead too late in the game on its home field to even think of not winning.