TEMPE, Ariz. - The Wildcats came out swinging the bats big in the second game of the series with No. 16 Arizona State, setting off an early shootout with the Sun Devils, until the Wildcats' bats grew cold in the middle innings, allowing ASU to pull away en route to a 15-7 win.

Bethune-Cookman (0-2) demonstrated a solid approach from the first pitch, with Brandon Turner leading off with a walk, stealing second and reaching third on a pickoff error, quickly putting the Wildcats on the board as he crossed the plate on a drifting pulled Eros Modena double to left.

David Lee reached base on balls and was quickly cleared off by Matt Noble's two-run double to the center field fence, granting the Wildcats a 3-0 advantage.

Arizona State (2-0) came to the plate with the same mindset. Third baseman Michael Benjamin pushed the first pitch through the right side for a hard-hit single, setting the stage for ASU to tie on a pair of RBI singles and a sacrifice fly.

In the top of the second, Shaun McCarty reached and advanced on an error, scoring on another misfire from the ASU second baseman, James McDonald, which also allowed PJ Biocic on the bases. Biocic would score two batters later on a loop RBI single from David Lee, taking a 5-3 lead.

Trever Allen's two-run triple would again knot the score in the bottom of the second, but the Sun Devils gained the lead with Allen scoring on an infield groundout to push ASU on top 6-5.

The first two innings ran long, taking up 58 minutes of game time.

Making his first start of the season, Ali Simpson (0-1) takes the loss, opening a group of four newcomer B-CU pitchers to take mound on the day, namely Eric Sams, Lenny Martinez and Michael Austin.

Biocic led the Wildcats at the plate, batting 2-of-4 with two runs scored and one RBI. Noble went 2-of-5 with a pair of RBI.

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