ASU Baseball: Jordan Aboites overcomes poor night and Seth Martinez dazzles for a career-high nine strikeouts

(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) An inning removed from his shortest relief appearance of the season and an 0-for-3 night at the plate, Jordan Aboites needed a morale booster. The two-way second baseman-relief pitcher came through in a big way for both himself and his team, as his walk-off single in the ninth propelled

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils Play Host to Three Teams in the Phoenix Muni Classic

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) This Thursday begins the first annual Phoenix Muni Classic, which will bring Gonzaga, Bakersfield and Purdue to town to face off against Arizona State. The Sun Devils will face Bakersfield twice over the three-day tournament and the other two schools just once. ASU is coming off its first February series loss

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