(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) After winning three of its previous four games, Arizona State Baseball was swept this weekend in the Bay Area, losing to Stanford 16-10 on Sunday afternoon.The Sun Devils held a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning, but a five-run frame for Stanford gave the
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils upset No. 11 Arizona 10-6 in midweek contest
(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) After a historic comeback on Sunday against the University of California, Arizona State Baseball held a mid-week tilt against No. 11-ranked Arizona on Tuesday night. The Sun Devils followed their comeback with a gritty and emotional 10-6 win over the rival Wildcats. While the game was technically a non-conference matchup,
ASU Baseball: Walks, strikeouts plague Sun Devils in 14-7 loss to Cal
(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) In right field, Arizona State Baseball hangs a banner to immortalize the program's rich history of all its NCAA national championships. Five years stay printed on it: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977 and 1981. But there lays an open spot on the poster next to those dates that California sophomore
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils split doubleheader highlighted by 17-10 win
(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball split a doubleheader on Saturday, winning 17-10 against San Francisco in its first game of the day and falling to Missouri 6-4 in the second game. Below are recaps of each contest from reporters Michael Baribault and Tia Reid. Game 1 By Michael Baribault ASU's bats were hot
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fall to UC Irvine in series opener 4-3
(Photo: Brendan Belfield/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball came into its series opening matchup with UC Irvine sporting a 7.64 bullpen earned run average after 12 games of nightmarish performances on the mound. Overall, the starting pitching has been good, but on Tuesday night, it seemed to be flipped. Because when ASU sophomore right-hander
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils swept by BYU in dominating fashion, 19-3
(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball entered Saturday's game against BYU defeated before the first pitch. This feeling started Thursday night, as BYU scored three runs in the final two innings to steal the first game of the series. It intensified on Friday, with ASU up two runs in the ninth inning
ASU Baseball: Observations from Sun Devils’ fall scrimmage against Long Beach State
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball has progressed through its fall camp seemingly smoothly thus far. On Saturday, the Sun Devils got to face off against another squad for the first time in the Willie Bloomquist era, as ASU played a 16-inning exhibition against the Long Beach State Dirtbags. LBSU outscored the Sun
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils rally 7-6 on McLain walk-off in first Regional game
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball rallied back for its 14th comeback victory of the season against Fairfield on Friday night, as redshirt freshman infielder Sean McLain's bloop single into right field scored redshirt freshman two-way player Kai Murphy to walk it off 7-6 in the opening game of the NCAA
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fall to Grand Canyon 4-1 Wednesday, split mid-week series
(Photo: Rebecca Striffler/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball (20-12, 8-7 Pac-12) used 12 pitchers during Wednesday night's game at Grand Canyon but couldn't string together enough hits as it fell to the Lopes 4-1 to split the mid-week series. "Pitching was a challenge going into the mid-week, and we wanted to make sure guys
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils win back and forth contest against Stanford 9-5
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) The bottom of the seventh inning almost felt like the last gasp. With Arizona State Baseball down 5-3 against No. 20-ranked Stanford entering the frame, offense that had seemingly been hard to come by throughout the night manifested. ASU freshman pinch hitter Blake Pivaroff singled up the middle, and redshirt