(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Every time Tyler Thornton takes the hill, head coach Tracy Smith can be assured that he is receiving a guaranteed solid six innings from the sophomore. It’s been a small sample size of three starts to the season, but Thornton has made his case of why he is the Sun
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ASU Baseball: Team USA Baseball Exhibition Notebook
(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
(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: Mental errors, strong pitching performance doom Sun Devils in game two against No. 4 Stanford
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) One night after some late-inning heroics led Arizona State baseball (37-16, 16-12 Pac-12) to a ninth-inning come-from-behind win over the No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (40-11, 21-7 Pac-12), the biggest spark at Phoenix Municipal Stadium came from the post-game fireworks show rather than the Sun Devil bats. Cardinal starter Will
ASU Baseball: Never-say-die attitude at the forefront again for Sun Devils in walk-off win over No. 4 Stanford
(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
ASU Baseball: No. 22 Sun Devils use four-run first, three-run eighth to avoid sweep against No. 1 UCLA
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Sun Devil baseball head coach Tracy Smith vowed that his team would be able to flush Saturday's 18-3 loss to No. 1 UCLA and come out ready to compete in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Despite playing "terribly" according to Smith, committing four errors and managing only two
ASU Baseball: No. 22 Sun Devils drop series to No. 1 UCLA with lopsided 18-3 loss
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Despite their torrid start to the 2019 season, charging through their opposition with an offensive onslaught and pitching prowess that left the stat sheet looking like a video game at times, the Arizona State baseball team is realizing just how much it will take to return to the
