(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) It wouldn’t be too far fetched to consider the pitching staff to be the strength of Arizona State Baseball heading into the 2021 season. With second-year pitching coach Jason Kelly at the helm and loads of depth, the Sun Devils' staff has turned heads this offseason, and it’s
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ASU Baseball: Maroon and Gold World Series Wrap Up
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The color commentator on the broadcast of the ‘Maroon and Gold World Series’ — Arizona State baseball’s fall intrasquad scrimmage competition — head baseball coach Tracy Smith said he always looks for an opportunity to send his fall ball championship series to a decisive Game 5. When he said
ASU Baseball: No. 12 Sun Devils walk-off the Aggies late in unexpected fashion
ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils complete sweep over Boston College after an 8-4 win
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Coming into the second weekend of the season, the Sun Devils failed to do what they did all last season-- hit. No. 13 ASU (5-3) had a combined average of .172 coming into their second series of the year against the Boston College Eagles (3-4). Meanwhile, the pitching staff
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils falter with runners in scoring position, fall to Oklahoma State, 2-1
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Through five games, opposing teams have made clear one thing to No. 13 Arizona State (2-3)-- Spencer Torkelson will not beat them. Once again Tuesday night, Oklahoma State employed the same strategy taken by the Villanova Wildcats just three days earlier at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Rather than give one
ASU Baseball: Tyler Thornton impresses, No. 9 Sun Devils win series against Villanova
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Following a Saturday showing which saw the Sun Devils produce just one run over the course of their losses to Villanova and No. 13 Michigan, No. 9 Arizona State (2-2) bounced back Sunday afternoon with a 6-4 victory over Villanova (1-2). A double to right center by Hunter Jump
ASU Baseball: Team USA Baseball Exhibition Notebook
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Arizona State baseball played the USA Baseball Olympic Team at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Friday night in the final game of ASU’s fall baseball schedule. Here are notes and takeaways from the exhibition matchup as Team USA used a four-run seventh inning to beat the Devils 7-3. Junior
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils squander lead in the ninth against No. 4 Stanford, but take glass half-full approach in preparation for postseason
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) On a day when Arizona State baseball (37-17, 16-13 Pac-12) crossed the T's and dotted the I's on the 2019 regular season opposite the No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (41-11, 22-7 Pac-12), with Saturday afternoon's matchup at Phoenix Municipal Stadium seemingly having little impact on either team's postseason standing,
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils split rain-shortened series against California
Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN It wasn't an ideal trip to northern California for the Arizona State baseball team (36-15, 15-11 Pac-12), as Mother Nature forced a failed attempt for a doubleheader on Sunday at Evans Diamond against the California Golden Bears (30-18, 15-11 Pac-12). As a result, the Sun Devils will return
