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Tag: Arizona State Baseball
ASU Baseball: Instant Recap-Game Two Miami (OH)
Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN Arizona State hosted the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks for a belated Opening Day doubleheader on Saturday. They lost game one, 4-2, but bounced back in game two with a final score of 7-3. Eli Lingos took the mound for the Sun Devils Saturday evening. He was able to remain steady
ASU Baseball: Breaking down the Sun Devil starters
Friday night, Sun Devil Baseball’s 2018 campaign will be underway, with the lights shining bright on Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Devils kick off their season with a four-game series against head coach Tracy Smith’s former team (player: 1985-1988, HC 1997-2005), the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks. Below is the full breakdown of the
ASU Baseball: A look into the Sun Devil infield
Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN “We've got four shortstops out there,” head coach Tracy Smith said during the first official practice of 2018. That is the simplest way to sum up the Arizona State infield this year. Having an infield made up entirely of natural shortstops is a defensive dream for a baseball team. It’s
ASU Baseball: First impressions after first practice
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team has officially had their first practice of the spring. The Sun Devils followed up practice with a scrimmage game, but before that, head coach Tracy Smith talked to the media regarding how he’s feeling about his team three weeks before Opening Day against
ASU Baseball: 10 Takeaways from Media Day
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) It was all smiles at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Friday morning, where the Arizona State baseball team held their annual Media Day. Throughout the morning, the Sun Devils made their way through several different stations where they got to sport their uniforms for the first time in 2018. The
ASU Baseball: Maroon and Gold World Series fall report
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team concluded fall practice last weekend, with Game 5 of the Maroon and Gold World Series taking place on October 21. Tracy Smith's staff split the roster into two teams, maroon and gold for a series of five intrasquad scrimmages over the course of 12 days. The typical
ASU Baseball: Smith announces 2018 non-conference schedule
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After Arizona State’s baseball team sustained perhaps its worst season in program history in 2017, on Thursday Oct. 5 head coach Tracy Smith released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season. The announced schedule features 20 homes games, including four series against NCAA tournament teams from 2016. A year
ASU Baseball: Mike Cather hired as Sun Devils’ new pitching coach
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils hired former major league player and minor league coach Mike Cather as the program's new pitching coach on Tuesday, the program announced in a press release. Cather, 46, has been a minor league pitching coach for four different MLB organizations since 2006. Most recently,
ASU Baseball: Devils swept by Wildcats, ensure first losing season since 1985
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) 1985. The only season in the history of the Arizona State baseball program that the Sun Devils had finished the season with more losses than wins. Now, 2017 can be added to that list as with their loss to the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, ASU ensured that they will finish