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ASU Baseball: A midweek practice with a major guest

by Dominic Cotroneo - March 29, 2016March 29, 2016

(Photo: Associated Press) Current Los Angeles Dodgers' broadcaster and former Arizona State outfielder Rick Monday visited Phoenix Muni and the ASU baseball program Tuesday afternoon. "You guys are lucky, the fences were deeper when we played here. 430 in center and 360 down the lines," Monday joked while speaking to the Sun

ASU Baseball: Pitching staff a big reason behind the Sun Devils success

by Jacob Janower - March 13, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/ WCSN) Coming into the 2016 season, most of the questions about ASU baseball surrounded the pitching staff. With a proven offense and multiple key pitchers leaving, Tracy Smith was going to be forced to mix and match to find the right pitchers both in his rotation and bullpen. After

ASU Baseball: Instant recap of the Sun Devils 4-3 win over UC Davis

by Jacob Janower - March 12, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State has had the flair for the dramatic in recent games. Tonight was no exception as the “Cardiac Devils” came out in full force. In the end, the Sun Devils grabbed their third walk-off of the season, with Brian Serven once again playing the role of hero.

ASU Baseball: With a flair for the dramatic, Sun Devils walk-off in extras

by Dominic Cotroneo - March 11, 2016March 11, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) For Arizona State (11-3), it was a Tale of Two Cities type of contest. It was the best of times for the first eight innings, it was the worst of times for the ninth inning. The age of wisdom and foolishness balanced each other out in a 6-5

ASU Baseball: Instant recap of Sun Devils’ 6-5 win over UC Davis

by Dominic Cotroneo - March 11, 2016

(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) The game could have been a lot uglier a lot faster for a team that doesn't mind to "win ugly." Considering ASU could only push one run across in the bottom of the first when, at one point, the bases were loaded with one out. The problem is it

ASU Baseball: Brian Serven named to Johnny Bench Award watch list

by Dominic Cotroneo - March 8, 2016March 8, 2016

(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) Junior catcher Brian Serven was named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list Tuesday, given to the nation's top collegiate catcher. Serven has caught 11 runners stealing so far this season, leading all power-five conference catchers. He also has a .325 batting average and .450 slugging percentage in ten

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils return to Muni for three-game series with Eastern Michigan

by Colton Dodgson - March 4, 2016March 4, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State (5-3) will return to Phoenix Muni this weekend for a three-game series against Eastern Michigan (4-5). The Sun Devils finished last weekend’s series with Long Beach State 1-2 and have lost three of their last four since sweeping Xavier to start the year. Eastern Michigan has lost four

ASU Baseball: Instant Recap of Sun Devils’ 11-5 loss to the Wolf Pack

by Dominic Cotroneo - February 23, 2016

(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) Arizona State started on the wrong foot and could never gain its footing back in an 11-5 loss to Nevada. Giving up four runs in the first inning then being promptly shut down 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning was a punch in the nose they

ASU Baseball: Plenty of preseason questions answered during the first weekend of the season

by Jacob Janower - February 21, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) David Greer and Andrew Snow shined in a 5-1 Arizona State win over Xavier to complete a four game sweep. With the win, the Sun Devils set the tone for what’s to come from a team facing expectations that are lower than what they have ever been. From the

ASU Baseball: Martinez’s strong outing gives the Sun Devils a win in game one of the doubleheader

by Jacob Janower - February 20, 2016February 20, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In game one of the doubleheader, the Arizona State Sun Devils edged the Xavier Musketeers 2-1, to put them at 2-0 on the young season. Scoring was uncommon for much of the game, yet ASU remained in control for the majority of the contest. Seth Martinez set the