(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Last season, the underlying theme with Arizona State Baseball's roster was youth. The Sun Devils boasted one of the youngest lineups in the nation, with 24 freshmen scattered throughout. This fall and incoming spring provides a much different narrative, particularly within the pitching staff. Under an entirely new coaching staff,
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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 clobbered by UCLA 21-9 in night to forget
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Home plate wasn't quite Arizona State Baseball's best friend on Thursday night. While three batters were already hit by ASU's pitching staff early on, the first game of a pivotal three-game set with UCLA unraveled at the dish in the third inning. By that time it was already 4-0, with
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils top Utah 5-4 behind Long’s late home run
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) After splitting its mid-week series with cross-town rival Grand Canyon, Arizona State Baseball kicked off its four-game road weekend series with a Friday night bout against Utah. After using a dozen pitchers in the final game against GCU, the Sun Devils were still looking to salvage any stamina for
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 out-slug GCU, top Lopes on late home run by Major 13-10
(Photo: Brendan OKeeffe/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball hit one of its lower points of the 2021 season over the weekend. After dropping their highly anticipated series against then No. 20-ranked Stanford, which included a pair of blunderous late-inning losses, the Sun Devils headed into one of the toughest parts of their regular season
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils’ costly ninth inning results in 13-5 defeat, series loss to Stanford
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Sunday’s game between Arizona State Baseball and Stanford was shaping up to be another back-and-forth duel to decide the series. After both teams went scoreless in the first inning, there would be a run scored in each of the next three frames for a total of five runs. The x-factor
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
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils’ pitching clobbered in series finale at Washington
Photo: (Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Arizona State Baseball team failed to complete the sweep of Washington on Sunday afternoon, falling in Seattle 13-6. The first few innings were a breeze thanks to solid pitching by ASU freshman right-handed pitcher Joe Hauser and Washington's redshirt freshman right-handed pitcher Adam Bloebaum. Things started to go downhill
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils score early and often in 10-0 victory over Washington State
(Photo: Rebecca Striffler/WCSN) A four-run first inning and a six-and-two-thirds inning shutout performance by freshman right-handed pitcher Brock Peery sparked Arizona State Baseball to a 10-0 victory on Friday night against Washington State. "It was one of the most complete performances of the season," ASU Head Coach Tracy Smith said. "Defensively we