Tag: baseball

Sun Devils fall down concerning path with loss to Utah

by Rees Goodall -

(Photo: Connor Gleason/WCSN) PHOENIX – A familiarity heuristic is a psychological term for a rule-of-thumb saying that people search for familiarity when faced with unknown and testing circumstances, though such familiarity is typically a distraction from a larger issue.  When Arizona State baseball saw redshirt sophomore catcher Brody Briggs and head coach

Three Takeaways: ASU Baseball Captures Second Consecutive Big 12 Series Win against Kansas State

by Jacob Fredericks, Keenan Vaughan and Aidan Hammond -

(Photo: Madison Sorenson/WCSN) Hairston’s eighth-inning blast propels ASU to series-opening victory. - Jacob Fredericks As the Sun Devils opened their first conference away series, they found themselves in a similar situation to their opening conference game against then-No. 17 TCU. In that game, while ASU was down 5-4 in the ninth inning,

ASU Baseball: Team USA Baseball Exhibition Notebook

by Gareth Kwok -

(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 -

(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

by Bobby Kraus -

(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

by Bobby Kraus -

(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