Softball Welcomes GCU for Rare Midweek Tilt

TEMPE – Sun Devil softball is back at Farrington Stadium this week for four games, starting with a Tuesday evening matchup with Grand Canyon. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The game will be available on the ASU Live Stream and the Pac-12 Now app.

ABOUT THE SUN DEVILS
Arizona State enters the midweek contest at 15-9 on the season after going 1-2 last weekend at No. 5 Washington to begin Pac-12 action. The Sun Devils have a 14-7 record at home and they have won four games via run rule and posted three shutouts. The team is coming off a 3-1 performance last weekend at the ASU Invitational.

ASU will enter Tuesday third in the Pac-12 with a .327 batting average and second in the conference with a .538 slugging percentage. They also lead the conference with 78 extra-base hits and 51 stolen bases.

In the circle, ASU pitchers bring a 3.89 ERA and 1.56 WHIP into the week. The Sun Devils are fifth in the league with 6.04 strikeouts per seven innings with the opposition batting .289.

EARLY OFFENSE
ASU has used the early innings of games to get the offense going this season. Through the season's first month, the team has scored 88 runs in the first three innings of play. That accounts for 59 percent of the total runs scored.

The third inning is the most prolific for the team, with 37 runs scored . That total is nearly 25 percent of the team's total runs and the Sun Devils have outscored the opposition 37-11 in the inning.

TAKE TWO (OR THREE)
Doubles have been aplenty for the Sun Devils this season. ASU has recorded 44 doubles this season, the most in the Pac-12 and 11th-most in the NCAA. They have at least one double in 20 of the 24 games played with multiple doubles in a game 10 times.

ASU has also tallied 11 triples during the year to lead the conference. Tulsa. The Sun Devils have recorded multiple triples in a same game three times.