TEMPE, Ariz. -- Drew Stankiewicz and Dalton DiNatale hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning, but the 13th-ranked Arizona State baseball team lost 8-3 to BYU in its final regular-season home game of the season Friday night at Packard Stadium.
The Sun Devils (34-18-1, 15-12) fell behind by seven runs after the fifth inning before hitting back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh to cut their deficit to 7-3.
BYU (31-19) took the lead on a three-run homer in the top of the third inning and added a pair of runs in each of the proceeding innings to secure a 7-0 lead.
ASU third baseman Michael Benjamin singled in the eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He now has put together three separate double-digit hitting streaks this season, including a team-best 16-game hitting streak earlier in the year.
Stankiewicz hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, and DiNatale followed with a solo home run on the next pitch to bring ASU within four.
Starting right-hander Billy Young (0-2) retired the first eight batters he faced before giving up a single, a walk and a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the third. He took his second loss of the season after conceding five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Left-hander Adam McCreery took the mound with one out in the fourth and struck out a career-high six while allowing two runs on a pair of hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Right-hander Darin Gillies struck out two in a perfect eighth inning, and freshman shortstop/right-hander Jordan Aboites made his pitching debut in the ninth. Aboites walked the first three batters he faced before inducing a fly ball, a swinging strikeout and a groundout to strand a pair of runners on base.
BYU starter Mark Anderson (5-1) allowed one hit in five innings to earn the win.
ASU finishes the regular season with a three-game series at Washington this weekend.
