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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils come back against by Stanford 6-3

by Hunter Hippel - May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball head coach Willie Bloomquist has found himself out of answers at multiple points during the 2022 season. The Sun Devils, at times, either showed up lifeless, or committed mistakes and errors that sometimes drew the adjective of “Little-league” out of Bloomquist’s mouth. Wednesday was not the

ASU Baseball: Pac-12 Tournament a new, hopeful start for the Sun Devils

by Hunter Hippel - May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) At some point during the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Baseball Tournament in Scottsdale this week, a pitcher from one of the teams present will be faced with a situation he doesn’t want to be in. There may be men on base against him, or a thunderous hitter at the

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils earn series win over Utah 6-3 behind Murphy’s play

by Tanner Tortorella - May 7, 2022May 7, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball was in a jam with the game knotted up in the top of the eighth inning on Friday night. Two Utah runners were on first and second base as a shallow hit to right field seemed destined to open the game in the Utes' favor. That's when

ASU Baseball: Another blown lead in 6th causes 7-5 loss to UCLA

by Tanner Tortorella - April 30, 2022April 30, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) The sixth inning has not been kind to Arizona State Baseball in its series against No. 13-ranked UCLA this weekend. On Friday night, the Bruins scored 13 runs in the frame to fuel a 17-run win against a bruised and embarrassed Sun Devils team. Then, less than 24 hours

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils even up series with 8-5 win over rival Wildcats

by Cole Bradley - April 23, 2022April 23, 2022

(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) Redshirt sophomore outfielder Joe Lampe stood at second base, his cleats driven into the dirt, ready to explode on contact. A deep ball to center field for an easy flyout seemed to kill those aspirations, but Lampe, regardless, tagged to get to third. However, Lampe wasn’t satisfied with just

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils honor Pedroia pregame, top USC 8-2 on Friday

by Cole Bradley - April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) TEMPE – Over its last three games coming into Friday, Arizona State Baseball has scored a lot. 45 times to be exact, and against a pair of Pac-12 adversaries in Stanford and USC. Three straight double-digit run scoring affairs gave way to game two of its weekend series against

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fall 8-0 to Stanford after disastrous 2nd inning

by Cole Bradley - April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball redshirt junior right-handed pitcher Kyle Luckham didn’t have the best Friday night. He had just been tagged for four runs on a pair of homers against the 14-10 Stanford Cardinal – who took two of three from No. 5-ranked Oregon State last weekend – in the

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils grab 8-3 win over Cal to open series

by Cole Bradley - April 1, 2022April 1, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) TEMPE – A Friday night series opener for Arizona State Baseball against California came with a medley of parallels. Both teams came into the contest with 11 wins, both boasted aces with a troublesome last three outings and both were having their fair share of inconsistencies in the bullpen

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fail to sweep, fall 6-4 to Washington in 11 innings

by Hunter Hippel - March 27, 2022March 28, 2022

(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) TEMPE – The struggles of Arizona State Baseball’s bullpen in 2022 are more than a known commodity. Because of that, it had been on junior starting pitchers Adam Tulloch and Kyle Luckham – with sophomore righty Tyler Meyer helping out too – to carry the Sun Devils onward and give

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils take series opener against Washington 12-5

by Cole Bradley - March 25, 2022March 28, 2022

(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) TEMPE – Arizona State Baseball channeled its newfound anger – following a 7-5 loss to Grand Canyon on Tuesday – into its series opener against Washington on Friday. ASU has battled stretches of inconsistency at the plate this year, and recently after getting trounced by No. 6 Oregon State