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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils prepare for 2021 with revamped, small-ball offense

by Jonah Krell - February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) With Arizona State Baseball losing several offensive weapons after the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, head coach Tracy Smith and the Sun Devils will be doing their best “Moneyball” impression in 2021. The program has been known in recent years to be a powerful, home-run centric team, but in the

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devil offense awakens to defeat Boston College, 10-4

by Gabe Swartz - February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

(Photo: Nick Badders/WCSN) There hadn’t been many hard hit balls off Arizona State bats in the first five games. For a team that entered Friday night with a 2-3 record and a paltry 2.4 runs scored per game, line drives were few and far between. After the 13th-ranked Sun Devils struggled Tuesday

ASU Baseball: Utility freshman Sean McLain ready for Sun Devil debut

by Hunter Hippel - February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Sean McLain's first taste of action at Phoenix Municipal Stadium was supposed to come on dirt. Whether it be in the batter box making his first plate appearance as an Arizona State Sun Devil or in the infield at shortstop, the freshman may not have been expected by many

ASU Baseball: Team USA Baseball Exhibition Notebook

by Gareth Kwok - October 26, 2019October 28, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Arizona State baseball played the USA Baseball Olympic Team at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Friday night in the final game of ASU’s fall baseball schedule. Here are notes and takeaways from the exhibition matchup as Team USA used a four-run seventh inning to beat the Devils 7-3. Junior

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils squander lead in the ninth against No. 4 Stanford, but take glass half-full approach in preparation for postseason

by Bobby Kraus - May 25, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) On a day when Arizona State baseball (37-17, 16-13 Pac-12) crossed the T's and dotted the I's on the 2019 regular season opposite the No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (41-11, 22-7 Pac-12), with Saturday afternoon's matchup at Phoenix Municipal Stadium seemingly having little impact on either team's postseason standing,

ASU Baseball: Never-say-die attitude at the forefront again for Sun Devils in walk-off win over No. 4 Stanford

by Bobby Kraus - May 23, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Building a winning culture doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, building brick-by-brick, to establish an eternal mindset of competitive spirit and belief that anything is attainable. It's been a long and sometimes treacherous path to this point, but it seems like Tracy Smith might finally be starting to establish

ASU Baseball GALLERY: No. 22 Devils come from behind to take down No. 1 UCLA 8-7

by Karli Matthias - May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

All photos taken by Karli Matthias on May 5 at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. Contact @karlimatthias or knmatthi@asu.edu for high-resolution images.

ASU Baseball: No. 15 Sun Devils drop series in Seattle against Washington

by Bobby Kraus - April 28, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) In their return to Pac-12 play this weekend, the Arizona State baseball team continued their up-and-down performance that has been ongoing throughout the entirety of April, as they dropped two of three this weekend on the road against the Washington Huskies. The series got off to an inauspicious start

ASU Baseball: No. 15 Devils get revenge on UNLV, power past Rebels 9-2

by Gareth Kwok - April 23, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Two weeks ago from Tuesday night, Arizona State baseball suffered one of the worst losses head coach Tracy Smith had ever seen. On the road against UNLV, ASU blew a five-run lead in the ninth and allowed the Rebels to come back and win the game 10-9. The

ASU Baseball: No. 16 Sun Devils overcome sluggish start, top Seattle University in midweek matchup

by Bobby Kraus - April 16, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Despite the marathon that is a baseball season, whether it be the 162-plus game gauntlet of the Major League campaign or the 50-plus game trek to Omaha for the collegiate game, every game has to be approached with a playoff-like desire to win in order to give yourself