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(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils have lacked two things during their losses in 2014: timely hitting and strong pitching from their bullpen. They had both on Tuesday night as three scoreless innings of relief and four two-out runs helped lead ASU to their 20th win of the season

(Photo: ASU Athletics) Head coach Tim Esmay was not too pleased about his team’s showings in the series finale against USC and in its midweek matchup against Arizona. But as they have shown time and time again this season, this Sun Devils baseball squad (19-14, 9-6) knows how to respond. Even though

(Photo: ASU Athletics) The Arizona State Sun Devils already had their fourth-straight Pac-12 Conference series win locked up, this time over the California Golden Bears. On Sunday afternoon, they turned their focus to securing their first series sweep of the season. The Golden Bears had other ideas. Nick Halamandaris struck for a go-ahead

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The pitching woes of the Arizona State baseball team had flown under the radar. After all, the team had won seven of eight and four-in-a-row, so there was not much room for complaint. Yet as the Sun Devils dropped their two next games to USC and Arizona, the issue

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The No. 25 Arizona State Sun Devils (17-13) baseball team suffered a 10-9 loss to the Arizona Wildcats (15-19) in the final Territorial Cup Matchup at Packard Stadium. Despite riding a great deal of recent offensive success and a wave of pregame excitement, a lack of timeliness was

(Photo: ASU Athletics) Had the Arizona State baseball team (17-11, 7-4) looked as dominant as the late 1970's Sun Devil teams on Saturday night, it would have been convenient. After all, the Sun Devils sported 1970 throwback jerseys, and for much of the game, looked like the 1977 team that wore

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils struck early on Friday night, scoring three runs in the game’s first three innings, and fought off a late comeback to defeat the USC Trojans, 5-3, to earn their sixth win in seven games. The victory improves the maroon-and-gold to 6-4 in Pac-12 Conference

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) This weekend, the Arizona State Sun Devils (15-11) host the USC Trojans (14-13) in PAC-12 Conference play. The Sun Devils are coming off a series win against UCLA, their second consecutive road series victory against a ranked opponent in as many weeks, while USC is coming off a

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Sometimes, the success of the team is correlated with the success of one player. After all, the Los Angeles Dodgers rode the frenzy of success that Yasiel Puig had all the way to the National League Championship Series. A similar phenomenon appears to be underway for Arizona State