ASU Baseball: TCU series preview

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The No. 9 Arizona State Sun Devils will face off against the No. 1 Texas Christian Horned Frogs this weekend in one of the most anticipated series in this college baseball season. Led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, TCU is coming off a 2014 College World Series appearance, the

ASU Baseball: Woodmansee’s game-winning double and Burr’s history-making evening propel Sun Devils to 7-4 win

(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) Colby Woodmansee hit .200 a season ago, and despite his defensive wonders at shortstop, was benched in the latter half of the season because of his offensive struggles. In 2015, he’s not only been a transformed hitter, but arguably the Sun Devils' best hitter. Woodmansee went 3-for-4 with two singles and

ASU Baseball: Examining the projected use of the wealth of freshman bullpen depth

 (Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) The now-No. 9 Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team may have taken two of three from formerly-No. 5 Oklahoma State this weekend, but an interesting, counter-intuitive, stat revealed itself. ASU’s starting pitchers combined for 12 innings pitched, while the bullpen accumulated 16 innings of work over the three-game series. This reliance

ASU Baseball: Sun Devil comeback is not enough

(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN)Arizona State was unable to get the series sweep over Oklahoma State, falling to the Cowboys, 9-8. The Cowboys' offense exploded in the third inning, tallying six runs off Sun Devil starter Darin Gillies and reliever Eder Erives. ASU, however, showed resiliency and spent the majority of the game clawing