Softball short stuff: Fowler, Escobedo likely to face each other for last time next weekend

For probably the final time in their fabulous pitching careers, Arizona’s Kenzie Fowler and ASU’s Dallas Escobedo will likely face one another in a three-game series at ASU next weekend. They are probably the two leading pitchers in Arizona prep history, but a succession of injuries dimmed Fowler’s career. In 41ª innings this year, Fowler has walked 42. When she was a first-team All-American as an Arizona freshman in 2010, she walked just 148 in 284.1 innings. But the Canyon del Oro grad has a strong perspective. She told ESPN last week that she no longer feels the burden of “having to pitch a no-hitter every game. … If I can pitch two innings a game, if that’s what helps the team, I’m going to do that.” Well said. 

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