Losing six of seven home games was not the way the ASU softball team envisioned starting the Pac-10 season. Facing an eight-game road trip, ASU will try to regroup. The No. 21 Sun Devils will face No.

Sparked by consistent pitching and timely hitting, the ASU softball team resembled a finely tuned machine five games into the season. The machine lost some of its steam Wednesday night in the first ...