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ASU Baseball: Hot start plenty for Devils in game one win

by Dominic Cotroneo - May 23, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) USC starter Kyle Davis came into Friday's match-up only allowing one home run in his 38 innings this season. ASU didn't get the memo. Thanks in large part to back-to-back home runs in the first inning by Colby Woodmansee and Joey Bielek, Arizona State (34-19, 18-10) kept things interesting

ASU Baseball: A comprehensive look at the “shutdown inning”

by Dominic Cotroneo - April 23, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) One of Tracy Smith's first dilemmas about his team was its lack of an identity. In the first few weeks, the skipper admitted he was still learning the kind of team he had. There isn't a doubt now the "Cardiac Devils" have found their angle: close games. There has been

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils earn second consecutive Pac-12 series win

by Jacob Janower - March 22, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) No. 7 Arizona State (15-7, 4-2 in the Pac-12) was able to come away with a series victory against No. 15 Oregon (15-8, 2-4 in the Pac-12) while making their first road trip of the season. The Sun Devils battled the rainy conditions in Eugene to come away with

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils pound out 13 hits and take game one over LBSU

by Jacob Garcia - March 6, 2015March 6, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) A year removed from a sluggish offensive season and an inability to string together quality and situational at-bats, the 2015 Arizona State bats continue to mash. The Sun Devils pounded out 13 hits on Friday night, and combined with the pitching tandem of Seth Martinez and Darin Gillies, earned

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils split doubleheader with Bakersfield, Purdue

by Jacob Janower - February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) Game 1 vs. Bakersfield Arizona State's success rate has been fairly average in close games this season, but one constant has been the struggles of the bullpen and defense. The day game of the doubleheader was no different. The wheels came off for ASU in the ninth after they came

ASU Baseball: Errors become Sun Devils’ downfall in loss to TCU

by Jacob Janower - February 22, 2015February 22, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) After a promising start, Arizona State was plagued by errors and baserunning mistakes in a 3-2 loss in the rubber match against the No. 1 TCU Horned Frogs. The Sun Devils, who entered the game ranked No.9, were in need of a bounce back start from Darin Gillies,