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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils rally 7-6 on McLain walk-off in first Regional game

by Michael Baribault - June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball rallied back for its 14th comeback victory of the season against Fairfield on Friday night, as redshirt freshman infielder Sean McLain's bloop single into right field scored redshirt freshman two-way player Kai Murphy to walk it off 7-6 in the opening game of the NCAA

ASU Baseball: Long ball Ethan Long stays hot by calling game

by Michael Baribault - May 14, 2021May 15, 2021

(Photo Courtsey Sun Devil Athletics) Arizona State Baseball freshman infielder Ethan Long came up to the plate in a tie ballgame in the bottom of the ninth inning with runners on first and second base. A simple base-hit would have signaled the end of the Sun Devils' game against Oregon State

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils lose 7-6 heartbreaker in ninth inning to close out Utah series

by Michael Baribault - April 25, 2021April 25, 2021

After scoring four runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a 6-4 lead, Arizona State Baseball faltered down the stretch on Sunday, losing the final game of its series with Utah 7-6 in walk-off fashion. Trailing 4-2 with one out in the final frame, the Sun Devils rattled off

ASU Baseball: Fall dominant, offense scores early in 9-0 win over Washington State

by Hunter Hippel - March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Sunday was perhaps a long time coming for Arizona State Baseball and pitcher Justin Fall. Prior to the 2020 season, the redshirt junior left-handed JUCO transfer from New Jersey was a tantalizing figure. The hype was there, and appeared to be real. Fall’s ceiling was high, aligning with

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fueled by bullpen and timely offense en route to a 4-3 win over Utah.

by Cole Bradley - March 5, 2021March 6, 2021

(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball got struck with some misfortune. On Thursday, it was announced that both redshirt freshman left-handed pitcher Cooper Benson and junior right-hander Boyd Vander Kooi would miss the remainder of the season due to Tommy John surgery. The demoralizing losses of the Sun Devils' Friday-night ace and veteran

ASU Baseball: Thornton shines as No. 13 Sun Devils defeat Boston College 8-4

by Gareth Kwok - February 22, 2020February 22, 2020

(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Through two starts at ASU, starting pitcher Tyler Thornton is becoming what the team and fans were hoping for from the National Freshman of the Year in 2019. The sophomore transfer from Saint Mary’s threw his second consecutive quality start, pitching six innings while allowing six hits, two earned

ASU Baseball: Team USA Baseball Exhibition Notebook

by Gareth Kwok - October 26, 2019October 28, 2019

(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