ASU's Torrez named Pac-10 player of the week

Arizona State junior third baseman Riccio Torrez was named the Pac-10 player of the week, the conference announced Tuesday. This marks the fourth consecutive season a Sun Devil has earned player of the week honors following opening weekend. Zack MacPhee won last season, Jason Kipnis did it in 2009 and Brett Wallace did it in 2008.

Torrez was the offensive catalyst for the Sun Devils in their three-game sweep of New Mexico over the weekend. The Phoenix native drove in seven runs in the three games, including three home runs. He drove in a career-high five runs on opening night thanks to his first career multihomer game. After the two homers on Friday, Torrez added an inside-the-park home run in the first game of Sunday