No. 13 ASU hosts BYU in tourney tune-up

No. 13 Arizona State hosts BYU Tuesday night in what the Cougars hope to use as a springboard to this week’s West Coast Conference Tournament.

BYU, 30-19 overall and 15-9 in the WCC, finishes the regular season at ASU, 34-17-1, 15-12,  in a game starting at 6:30 p.m. PT. ASU lost 7-6 to rival Arizona on Sunday.

“We’re going to see some good pitching from them,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “We wanted some live at bats to keep us sharp on Tuesday and be competitive in the tournament. We want to go in there and win. We want to keep our pitching staff fresh. I like the fact we are playing. We scheduled the game in hopes we would be going to our tournament.”

BYU will be starting lefty Mark Anderson (4-1, 4.43) on the mound against the Sun Devils.

“We have to beat ASU and finish first or second in the tournament to have a chance to go on to the NCAA tournament. We have to have a good showing. All season long it’s been inning-by-inning for us and that will be our same approach.”

Following the game at ASU, the No. 3-seeded Cougars will fly to California for a Thursday evening game against No. 2-seed San Diego in the first round of the WCC Tournament at Stockton, Calif.

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