(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Tactfully, the owner of the versatile tool removed it from the pocket in which it waited. Its blades sat sharpened, its pliers strong and its tweezers tucked away still useful but unnoticed at the top of the Swiss Army knife. The knife’s name is flexible: multitool, multi-blade even
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ASU Baseball: Marsh throws complete game masterpiece as No.13 Devils take series opener over Beavers
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Alec Marsh stared into Sam Ferri’s catcher’s mitt in the top of the seventh inning with a 3-2 count. Digging into the batter’s box was Oregon State’s All-American catcher Adley Rutschman, the projected number one overall draft pick this June. A matchup countless numbers of college baseball fans
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils salvage series finale with USC, look to improve on sloppy weekend
ASU Baseball: The Sun Devils resume conference play with three-game series against USC
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team will travel 383 miles to University of Southern California for their second away series this season. Last weekend, the Sun Devils swept rival University of Arizona to improve their in-conference record to 8-1. After a grueling three-games series the team fell to Long Beach
ASU Baseball: Devils win epic back-and-forth battle to sweep Arizona, improve to 25-1
(Photo: Bobby Kraus/WCSN) Five hours and 10 minutes following the first pitch of Sunday's series finale, Arizona State (25-1, 8-1 Pac-12) finished off the sweep of arch-rival Arizona (13-14, 2-7 Pac-12) in one of the most improbable fashions imaginable, by the football-impersonating score of 17-16. Alika Williams brought the lengthy game to
ASU Baseball: Five-run first inning propels Devils to another win over Arizona
(Photo: Bobby Kraus/WCSN) Sometimes, all you need is a few offensive innings to get a victory. In Saturday's case for Arizona State baseball, the bats only came alive for two innings, but that was enough to secure them the victory. Arizona State improved to 24-1 (7-1 Pac-12) on Saturday night at Phoenix
ASU Baseball: Spencer Torkelson and Alec Marsh key in victory over rival Arizona
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With the count 3-1, and the bright lights of Phoenix Municipal Stadium beaming down onto the outfield grass as intensely as the rivalry match being played, Spencer Torkelson stood in the right-handed batter's box waiting for the next pitch to come. Randy Labaut, the left-handed Arizona Wildcat starter, was tenderly
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils continue to roll in thrashing of Ducks, improving to 21-0
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) 952 miles. That is the distance from Phoenix to Eugene, Oregon. The sight of the first Arizona State road conference series. As well as, the next team standing in the way of continuing a perfect start to the season for the Devils. ASU’s offense has been so potent thus far,
ASU Baseball: Bishop’s two bombs propel Devils to 15-9 slugfest win over Cal Baptist
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) There are home runs in baseball. And then, there are Hunter Bishop’s home runs. It’s the same result, but the difference is how far they fly. Led by his two-homer, four-RBI performance on Wednesday night, Bishop increased his team-leading home run total to 12 this season as Arizona State
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils Stay Undefeated, Win their First Conference Game
(Photo: Bobby Kraus/WCSN) The Washington State Cougars' (6-11, 0-1 Pac-12) nine-hole hitter Kodie Kolden stared intently back to the mound where Alec Marsh stood waiting for the sign. Marsh nodded, came set and threw. Kolden would only see the one pitch, a center-cut four-seam fastball darted into the zone at 92 miles per