(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Despite Barry Bonds not being in attendance like the time before, the Arizona State Sun Devils looked to get a midweek win over the UNLV Rebels on Tuesday night and succeeded in doing so, breaking a stretch of five straight losses behind a final score of 5-3. Having lost
Nicholas Badders
Nicholas Badders is a junior sports journalism student at the Cronkite School with aspirations of become a professional baseball play-by-play broadcaster. He has been involved with the Walter Cronkite Sports Network since he stepped foot on campus and has since risen to become the club’s President. Badders has experience covering soccer, men's and women's hockey and baseball. He has also photographed nearly every sport at ASU.
ASU Baseball: Canning’s big weekend not enough as Golden Bears sweep Devils
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With golden opportunities being few and far between for the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2017, a series against a California Golden Bears team similar in record seemed perfect for the squad. However as the Devils left Berkeley, poor pitching, struggles with hitting and a lack of competitiveness drove
ASU Baseball: Pitching Duel in the Desert Finishes in Favor of Devils
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) With Tracy Smith preaching the values of "good baseball" all season long, his squad delivered those values late in a back-and-forth duel in Tempe, securing their second Pac-12 win of the season by a score of 5-4. The starting pitching for both UCLA and Arizona State was strong through the first
ASU Baseball: Game 2 Instant Recap vs. UCLA
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) After struggling against the UCLA Bruins on Friday night, the Arizona State Sun Devils battled back and forth with their Pac-12 opponent all night long on Saturday, however the Devils came out on top, winning by a score of 5-4. Chaz Montoya started the game on the mound for ASU
ASU Baseball: Bonds’ Visit Leaves Lasting Impression on All
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With a special guest in the house, confidence was in the air on Tuesday, March 28th at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, as Barry Bonds returned to Arizona State in an evening that honored his time as a Sun Devil. On March 21st, Sun Devil Baseball announced that the debut of their
ASU Baseball: Quality Start From Lingos Spoiled by Cold Sun Devil Bats
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Two left-handed pitchers pitchers sporting the number 15 on their back squared off Thursday night in a contest that ended up resulting in a pitcher's duel. After sweeping Long Beach State to close out their non-conference slate, the Arizona State Sun Devils kicked off Pac-12 Conference play at home
ASU Baseball: Game 1 Instant Recap vs. No. 2 Oregon State
ASU Baseball: Zawada amicably parts ways with Sun Devil baseball
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) On Wednesday afternoon, Arizona State head coach Tracy Smith announced that senior Sebastian Zawada left the program at ASU in order to prepare for Independent Baseball or the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in June. “Basically, he decided that, in a very amicable way, decided that he wanted
ASU Baseball: Resiliency and Team Effort Proven Once Again, Sun Devils Sweep Long Beach State
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) For the third straight game, the Arizona State Baseball team came back from a first-inning deficit to win a game as they topped Long Beach State on Sunday afternoon 8-5 for a three-game sweep. After every starter got a hit on Saturday, eight different players recorded hits on Sunday. Resiliency and
ASU Baseball: Game 3 Instant Recap vs. Long Beach State
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In the third game of the three-game series, the Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Long Beach State Dirtbags, winning 8-5 to complete their second sweep of the season. The Dirtbags scored four runs in the first inning, giving them an early lead similar to that of Friday night. Ryan Lillard