Baseball Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
March 5, 1998 9:00 p.m.
Friday, March 6, 1998
Baseball Briefs
Unranked UCLA (8-11, 3-5 in Six-Pac) hosts the No. 8 Sun Devils
(13-5, 3-2) for three games this weekend. The competition does not
seem to be getting any easier.
ASU will be sending two of the best left-handers in the nation
to the mound: juniors Ryan Mills (3-2, 3.29 ERA) and Phill Lowery
(3-2, 3.86). Both pitchers are coming off losses to Stanford at
Tempe last weekend but hope to rebound against the Bruins.
UCLA will counter with right-handers John Phillips (0-1, 11.25)
and Chad Cislak (2-3, 7.45) for those two games. Sunday the Bruins
will send an unnamed pitcher to the mound against the Sun Devils’
spot starter Richy Leon (1-0, 1.08), who has the second-lowest ERA
on the ASU pitching staff and also plays the infield.
The pitching comparison doesn’t get much better for the Bruins,
who have the highest team ERA (7.58) in the Pac-10 Southern
Division. Arizona State has the third-best staff in the league at
3.93. Their ace closer Chuck Crumpton boasts the No.1 ERA (0.93) in
the division. No UCLA pitchers appear in the Top 10.
Arizona State has the upper hand in terms of pitching, but the
Bruins have an advantage in offense. UCLA is fourth in the Six-Pac
in team batting with an overall average of .296 while ASU is fifth
with .291.
Compiled by Kristina Wilcox, Daily Bruin Staff.
