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(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) After an impressive road series win against No. 8 Oregon State and a resounding win against archrival Arizona, the Arizona State Sun Devils (15-11, 5-4) took two out of three from the defending national champion and No. 14 UCLA Bruins (16-10, 6-3). The series win was the first

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State baseball is firing on all cylinders. The Sun Devils (13-10, 5-1) have won three in a row, including two straight wins against No. 4 Oregon State and an eight-run trouncing of in-state rival Arizona. The team has outscored opponents 24-11 in its last three games. Their reward? A

(Photo: Courtney Pedroza/WCSN) Wednesday afternoon’s meeting between Arizona State and their in-state rival University of Arizona provided a bit of deja vu for both clubs. Entering the day, the last time the Sun Devils scored 10 runs in an inning was on April 29, 2009 against none other than the Wildcats. They

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Offense reigned supreme Wednesday night as the Arizona State Sun Devils (10-9) fell to the Wichita State Shockers (12-7), 12-9. The offense was immediate on both sides, as the Shockers scored one in the top of the first and ASU got three across the plate in the bottom of

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) For the second straight series, the Arizona State Sun Devils (9-8, 1-2) captured a series-opening win. Yet as was the case with the three-game series against Tennessee, the Sun Devils dropped the final two games against Washington, giving the Huskies their first series win in Tempe since 2004. As

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The tough losses seem to keep mounting for the Arizona State Sun Devils (9-8) a month into the season. Sunday afternoon’s 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Washington Huskies may have been the toughest. The Sun Devils battled back from two down in the bottom of the ninth

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State head coach Tim Esmay preaches good at-bats and mental toughness to his players day-in and day-out. On this day, his team had neither in a 9-3 loss to Washington. A six-run eighth inning for the Huskies broke a 3-3 tie and the Sun Devils could never recover

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Of all the different position combinations Coach Tim Esmay has employed with this Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team, the one Wednesday night was the most unique. Jordan Aboites, the every day shortstop for ASU while Drew Stankiewicz is sidelined with an ailing wrist, threw 2.1 innings in relief,