(Photo: Austin Hurst/WCSN) PHOENIX - Senior right-handed pitcher Jack Martinez walked off the mound in the fourth inning to his final pitch being called a strike. It was a call that the umpire made many times throughout the night as the Arizona State pitching staff made their impact felt against the
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ASU Baseball: Benson, Vander Kooi out for year with Tommy John Surgery
Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN Arizona State Baseball Head Coach Tracy Smith announced Thursday that redshirt freshman left-handed pitcher Cooper Benson and redshirt junior right-handed pitcher Boyd Vander Kooi will both undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. "We feel bad for the kids, they're tremendous workers and have put a lot of time in," Smith
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: Workman’s two home runs push No. 10 Sun Devils to sweep Fresno State
(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Justin Fall may not have had his best stuff or the best start Sunday afternoon. That's been the case more than often than not in the young season for the Arizona State junior left-hander, as the highly-touted southpaw doesn't have the numbers most expected him to and has
ASU Baseball: Hot bats return to Tempe following road sweep
(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) On their journey to a miraculous College World Series title in 2008, the Fresno State Bulldogs eliminated then No. 4 Arizona State in the NCAA Super Regionals. The Bulldogs dropped the first game of the postseason series before taking the final two contests to punch their ticket to
ASU Baseball: Vander Kooi shines but isn’t enough in 2-1 loss
(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Boyd Vander Kooi's start to his sophomore season in 2019 did not go how he wanted it to. The right-hander took the mound in Arizona State baseball's second game of the season against Notre Dame last February and struggled. He last 3.2 innings and gave up five earned runs. The
ASU Baseball: Five Sun Devils selected in 2018 MLB Draft
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Five Arizona State Sun Devils, two ASU recruits and four former Sun Devils heard their named called over the course of the three-day MLB Draft in 2018, a significant increase after only one Devil was taken in 2018. Junior outfielder Gage Canning was the first Sun Devil off the
ASU Baseball: Pitching, defense continue to fall short as Devils lose to Pacific
ASU Baseball: Instant Recap of Game 1 vs. Pacific
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) In a messy, high-scoring affair at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Sunday, the Arizona State Sun Devils fell to the Pacific Tigers 12-7. Both teams got their offenses going early. Through four frames, the sides combined for 15 runs and 17 hits. Neither starter pitcher made it through two full
