(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) While Arizona State’s 4-3 record is better than it appears on paper, the team has yet to maximize its full potential. That is largely due to a missing piece, junior center fielder Andrew Shaps, having served a five game suspension to open the season. He missed the entire series
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ASU Baseball: Bats Explode, Devils Knock off No. 1 Team in Country in Series Opener
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) After being dominated by Oklahoma State in an 18-4 loss on Tuesday afternoon, the Sun Devils of Arizona State traveled to Fort Worth, Texas for their only road series of the non-conference slate against Texas Christian. In the series opener, ASU topped the No. 1 team in the country with
ASU Baseball: Rain Delay Not Enough To Deter Devils, Arizona State Sweeps Northwestern
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) In the words of winning pitcher James Ryan, "Weird is definitely one way to say it," when asked to describe the weekend. The Arizona State Sun Devils opened the season with a doubleheader that saw two crazy games, then expected to play a full game on Saturday and have Sunday off. While the
ASU Baseball: Rain Delay Not Enough To Deter Devils, Arizona State Sweeps Northwestern
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) After a doubleheader sweep on Friday and rain-postponed game three, Arizona State pulled out the series sweep over Northwestern, winning 6-2 after late-inning heroics. The 2 and 1/3 innings played on Saturday saw one run scored for each team before the rain began to pour, resulting in a 1
ASU Baseball: Lingos, Sun Devils Handle Northwestern Wildcats in Season Opener
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State narrowly avoided succumbing to a nerve-wracking ninth inning, pulling out a 3-1 victory over Northwestern in game one of the Opening Day doubleheader. It was an ideal day for baseball at Phoenix Municipal Stadium with the sun shining through a few clouds creating a temperature of 74
ASU Baseball: How Arizona State put together the number one recruiting class in the country
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State University baseball program landed the number one recruiting class in the nation with the 2016 class. Often in collegiate sports, the phrase “number one recruiting class” is thrown around. Yet, the actual process of recruiting these players is often overlooked. It took a lot of behind the
ASU Baseball: Seth Martinez steady, offense rises to occasion in 3-2 win over USC
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In Friday night’s series opener against USC, ASU starter Seth Martinez admitted he didn’t have his best stuff. Of his 114 pitches, just 59 found the strike zone and his four walks weren’t exactly sharp either – albeit his five strikeouts softened the blow. Nevertheless, his steady nature played
ASU Baseball: Freshman class finds success with common mindset
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) Nearly every freshman class is linked together, having gone through the same recruiting process and experiencing Division I baseball from the lens of a newcomer. But the 2016 freshman class at Arizona State feels as if it has a special bond between them--one that makes up only part
ASU Baseball: Martinez steady again in 6-4 victory over Cal
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils get first conference series win
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State (16-10, 3-6 Pac-12) clinched its first Pac-12 series win of the season by taking the third and final game of their road matchup with the Washington State Cougars (9-16, 2-7 Pac-12) by the score of 18-3. After dropping the middle game of the series on Friday night