No. 1 seed Arizona State outlasts Arkansas on Marrero’s hit in 12th inning

Marrero lifts ASU over Arkansas in 12 innings

TEMPE, Ariz. — Deven Marrero’s one-out RBI single in the 12th inning lifted No. 1 national seed Arizona State over Arkansas in the Tempe super regional on Saturday night.

Kole Calhoun led off with his fifth walk. Riccio Torrez was hit by a pitch. Marrero hit the first pitch he saw from Brett Eibner.

Mitchell Lambson (8-2) struck out seven in five innings of one-hit relief.

Trailing 6-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Arizona State tied it when Andrew Aplin scored on Zack MacPhee’s two-out dribbler.

Bo Bigham, who had four hits, and Matt Vinson both drove in two runs for Arkansas. Vinson homered to put the Razorbacks ahead 6-4. Calhoun answered in the bottom of the sixth with his fourth homer in four postseason games for Arizona State (51-8).