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ASU Baseball: No. 22 Sun Devils drop series to No. 1 UCLA with lopsided 18-3 loss

by Bobby Kraus - May 4, 2019

(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

ASU Baseball: No. 15 Devils get revenge on UNLV, power past Rebels 9-2

by Gareth Kwok - April 23, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Two weeks ago from Tuesday night, Arizona State baseball suffered one of the worst losses head coach Tracy Smith had ever seen. On the road against UNLV, ASU blew a five-run lead in the ninth and allowed the Rebels to come back and win the game 10-9. The

ASU Baseball: No. 16 Sun Devils overcome sluggish start, top Seattle University in midweek matchup

by Bobby Kraus - April 16, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Despite the marathon that is a baseball season, whether it be the 162-plus game gauntlet of the Major League campaign or the 50-plus game trek to Omaha for the collegiate game, every game has to be approached with a playoff-like desire to win in order to give yourself

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils come up inches short to Oregon State, focusing on fundamentals moving forward

by Bobby Kraus - April 14, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The later and later you get into a baseball season, the more and more the clichés of the game start to rear their ugly heads. Throwing strikes, simplifying the moment, making the routine plays are ones that come to mind for the everyday fan. In the case of Arizona State

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils lose tightly contested game to No. 4 Oregon State

by Jacob Rudner - April 13, 2019

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Put a baseball game on a scale. The first inning has both ends lined up evenly with the weight on each side distributed perfectly. As the game progresses, the scale becomes more uneven. With each run, some weight is dropped on the side of one of the two

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Devils host defending National Champion, No. 4 Oregon State

by Jessica Carnivale - April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) No. 13 Arizona State baseball had a hot start to their season but now have found themselves in a bit of a slump. The team has lost four out of their last five games, leaving them with a 9-3 record in conference play and 26-5 overall. This skid caused

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils break down late, fall to UNLV

by Chase Drieberg - April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) A baseball season is often referred to as a horse race, rather than a sprint. This, due to the length of the season and the fact that short spurts of success won’t result in making the postseason. However, for much of Arizona State’s baseball season it has felt like a

ASU Baseball: No. 7 Sun Devils suffer their second-straight dismantling loss

by Jacob Rudner - April 6, 2019

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) On a 1-2 curveball diving sharply into the Dedeaux Field dirt, Hunter Bishop swung hard and missed harder. He walked back into the dugout, put his bat down and unleashed a frustrated punch into the stomach of the blue Powerade cooler nearest the bench’s side wall. Bishop’s punch

ASU Baseball: No. 7 Sun Devils come back down to Earth after Territorial Cup sweep in loss to Long Beach State

by Bobby Kraus - April 3, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The highest of highs can be followed by the lowest of lows seemingly overnight in baseball, or in the case of Arizona State (25-2) after two nights, as it suffered its second loss of the season in a midweek matchup against the Long Beach State Dirtbags (4-23) by

ASU Baseball: No. 7 Devils prepare for Tuesday tilt against Long Beach State

by Gareth Kwok - April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) A 5 hour 10 minute victory over the Arizona Wildcats on Sunday afternoon that head coach Tracy Smith referred to as an “ugly win” clinched Arizona State’s first Territorial Cup series sweep since 2009. After such a barnburner of a ballgame in the series finale, the Devils (25-1,