(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: 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: 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: Lack of offense plagues Sun Devils in 6-1 loss to Washington
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) Following a game that featured a two-hour and 3o-minute rain delay, Tracy Smith acknowledged that today’s series finale wasn’t a run-of-the-mill sort of contest. Arizona State (17-12, 4-8) dropped its home series with Washington (16-11, 7-5) following today’s 6-1 loss at Phoenix Muni. The rain, in Smith’s eyes, still should
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils can’t weather storm in 6-1 loss to Washington
ASU Baseball: Left field remains a question mark for Sun Devils
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State came into the season with holes at all three outfield positions, and after six weeks one of those holes has yet to be filled permanently. Daniel Williams, Tyler Williams, Brian Serven, Coltin Gerhart, Ryan Lillard and David Greer have all started in left field at some point
ASU Baseball: Stage is set for a new crop of sophomore standouts
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In the words of head coach Tracy Smith, the best thing about freshman is they become sophomores. The freshman on the team might be able to attest to that fact more so than anybody. In the past, players such as Colby Woodmansee, Brian Serven and David Greer all took the
ASU Baseball: Exhibition game with Dbacks provides value for Sun Devils
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) As part of a newly-adopted six-year exhibition series between Arizona’s Division I universities and the Arizona Diamondbacks, the ASU baseball team visited Salt River Fields on Tuesday to square off against the Chip Hale-led squad. Though the Sun Devils were stifled offensively by the Diamondbacks and dropped the contest