SALT LAKE CITY -- Johnny Sewald's two-out RBI single highlighted Arizona State's two-run ninth-inning rally, and Joey Bielek drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the No. 6 Sun Devils defeated Utah 6-5 in the series finale at Smith's Ballpark on Saturday.
The Sun Devils (21-8, 9-3) won their fourth straight Pac-12 series, including their second on the road, to move into a virtual tie for second place in the conference. They improved to 10-4 in one-run games and 4-0 in extra-innings games this season, and have won six games when trailing after six innings.
ASU trailed by two runs heading into the ninth inning, but used three singles and a wild pitch to tie the game at 5. Right-hander Ryan Burr (5-0) took over in the bottom of the ninth and stranded the winning run on third base with a groundout.
Third baseman David Greer hit a one-out triple in the top of the 10th and Bielek knocked a single through the left side two batters later to give ASU its first lead since the opening inning. Burr set the Utes down in order in the bottom of the 10th, including a strikeout for the final out.
Sewald had three hits and a RBI, finishing the series with eight hits. Greer added two hits and two RBI; he has at least one hit in 17 of the past 18 games he's started at third base. Bielek went 3-for-5 and notched his second game-winning RBI in the eighth inning or later this season.
Burr gave up one hit and one walk, and struck out two, in two innings. Starting left-hander Brett Lilek struck out six and allowed just two hits but was responsible for four runs, including two earned, in 4 2/3 innings.
The Devils took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run double by Greer. Utah responded with a run in the bottom of the second on a RBI groundout by right fielder Josh Rose.
Rose drove a two-out triple to right-center field in the bottom of the fourth inning to score Wyler Smith and AJ Young to give Utah its first lead of the game, 3-2.
ASU second baseman Andrew Snow tied the game in the top of the fifth after he doubled, moved to third on a single and scored on a wild pitch.
Utah retook the lead in the bottom half when second baseman Kody Davis scored an unearned run on a throwing error on a stolen base. Right-handed reliever Ryan Hingst took over for Lilek with runners on first and second and two outs, and induced a short chopper up the middle to end the inning. He bookended a perfect sixth inning with strikeouts and did not allow a hit in 1 2/3 innings. Right-hander Darin Gillies conceded one run on one hit and struck out two in 1 2/3 innings.
Bielek and pinch hitter Jordan Aboites each singled with one out in the ninth. Snow struck out before Sewald's two-out single, which brought the Devils within one. Utah reliever Tanner Thomas replaced Hunter Rodriguez and promptly threw a wild pitch to bring pinch runner David Graybill home from third.
