STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 9 Cardinal edged Arizona State 1-0 this afternoon, sweeping the Sun Devils to move to 31-6 on the season and 11-1 in Pac-12 play. Senior Regan Krause and sophomore NiJaree Canady combined for the shutout, with Krause picking up her third win of the week.
The Cardinal earned a third Pac-12 series sweep of the season behind the dominant pitching staff, which finished the series with three shutouts. In 19 innings against the Sun Devils, Stanford allowed no runs on 10 hits with 21 strikeouts.
The Cardinal scored the lone run early, with grad student Kaitlyn Lim drawing a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second to go up 1-0. Stanford drew 10 walks last night, scoring two runs on bases-loaded walks.
Stanford's pitching only needed the one score to win. Krause entered with 7 straight scoreless innings across 2 starts, and extended the run of form to 11-straight shutout innings.
In her three starts this week, Krause allowed just one run on nine hits in 14 innings. The senior struck out 13, and picked up three wins.
Canady entered in the fifth inning, earning her Pac-12 leading fourth save of the season. The sophomore extended her own scoreless streak to 29.2 innings after throwing a complete game shutout on Friday.
Stanford is back quickly, hosting Fresno State for a Wednesday game at 4:00 p.m. PT. Tickets are available at tickets.GoStanford.com.