PULLMAN, Wash. – Sun Devil Baseball jumped on the Cougars early for five runs in the first inning and never looked back in an 18-3 series-clinching win against Washington State on Saturday at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman, Wash.

Arizona State's 18 runs are the program's most since April 28, 2010, and led to the team's largest margin of victory in a Pac-12 game since 2012, and the largest in a road conference contest since 2005.

Right-hander Eder Erives (3-0) struck out a career-best 11 to pick up the win in his first career start. He scattered two runs on five hits and did not issue a walk across seven innings, and retired 12 straight midway through his outing.

Four underclassmen paced the Sun Devils (16-10, 3-6) offensively, headlined by second baseman Andrew Snow, who notched a career-best four RBI on a pair of hits.  Right fielder Gage Canning and center fielder Andrew Shaps each added three RBI, a career-high mark for Shaps, third baseman Jeremy McCuin notched a career-best two hits and two RBI, and left fielder Tyler Williams, who started all three games in Pullman in left field, registered a hit in each game of the series and scored a career-high three runs on Saturday.

The Devils sent eight batters to the plate and racked up four hits in their five-run opening frame. Catcher Brian Serven began the scoring with a two-run double off the wall that brought home Snow and shortstop Colby Woodmansee, who walked and singled, respectively. Shaps and Canning drove in the next three with a RBI single and two-run base hit, respectively.

Erives allowed a pair of doubles and a run in the first inning, and a two-out single in the second before he retired 12 straight into the sixth.

ASU piled on seven runs in the top of the fifth to break the game open, 12-1. Williams drew a bases-loaded walk with no outs to register the first run of the frame and the Devils followed with two hits, two walks, a groundout and a fielder's choice.

The Devils scored six runs across the final third of the game, including one in the seventh, two in the eighth and three in the ninth.

Right-hander Jordan Aboites tossed a perfect eighth inning with one strikeout and left-hander Connor Higgins, in his second appearance of the series, closed out the ninth.

Notes: Woodmansee tallied his team-leading 12th multi-hit game of the season…the Devils did not commit an error for the eighth game this season and the first time in consecutive games…Reagan Todd made his first career plate appearance in the eighth inning and became the third Sun Devil this season with an at-bat and a pitching appearance…ASU drew a season-high 15 walks…the win marked the most runs scored in a road conference game since a 22-4 win at Washington State on April 7, 2002, and largest margin of victory in a road conference contest since a 17-1 win at USC on March 25, 2005…the win marked the most runs scored in a Pac-12 game since a 23-9 win against Arizona on March 22, 2009, and largest margin of victory in a conference game since a 17-1 win against Utah on May 5, 2012…Chris Beall tallied his first Pac-12 RBI of the season with a single in the ninth.

Up Next
The Devils host Washington for a three-game Pac-12 series April 8-10 at Phoenix Muni. First pitch on Friday, April 8 is set for 7 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday slated for a 3:30 p.m. and 12 p.m. start, respectively (all times AZ/PT). All three games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks and broadcast on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 with Tim Healey and Max Rossiter on the call.

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