(Photo: Maya Diaz/WCSN) PHOENIX – As the dark night sky donned overhead Phoenix Municipal Stadium, the crowd of 3,690 was treated to the sight of a kindling star. The second-best opening night crowd in stadium history wasn’t gazing at stars thousands of miles away, rather one stood just 60-feet-and-six-inches away from
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PREVIEW: Armed with an Extension, Willie Bloomquist’s Sun Devils Set for Season-Long Gauntlet
(Photo: Maya Diaz/WCSN) WCSN writer Keenan Vaughn also contributed to this article. As the fifth-winningest program in collegiate baseball history, Arizona State’s standard has been well-established. Between five College World Series Championships and 3,033 wins, the benchmark on the diamond has remained consistently high, but it hasn’t always been met in recent
‘We Have Tremendous History That’ll Never Go Away.’ How ASU’s Past Success May Lead to a winning future
ASU Baseball: UNLV Instant Recap
Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN The Arizona State Sun Devils welcomed the UNLV Runnin' Rebels on Tuesday evening, looking to build on their three-game winning streak. The Sun Devils would not be able to get their win streak to four, losing to UNLV 10-3. Alec Marsh got the start for the Sun Devils, boasting
ASU Baseball: Smith announces 2018 non-conference schedule
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After Arizona State’s baseball team sustained perhaps its worst season in program history in 2017, on Thursday Oct. 5 head coach Tracy Smith released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season. The announced schedule features 20 homes games, including four series against NCAA tournament teams from 2016. A year
ASU Baseball: Devils swept by Wildcats, ensure first losing season since 1985
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) 1985. The only season in the history of the Arizona State baseball program that the Sun Devils had finished the season with more losses than wins. Now, 2017 can be added to that list as with their loss to the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, ASU ensured that they will finish
ASU Baseball: Basepath blunders hurt Devils as Cal State Bakersfield avoids sweep
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) Fight and comebacks have been a story of the Arizona State Sun Devils season all year long. Having been under .500 since their series against Oregon State, ASU won its first two games against Cal State Bakersfield, putting them in a position to potentially even up their record
ASU Baseball: Erives’ excellence, boom of bats sends Sun Devils in right direction in win over UNLV
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team left Berkeley’s Evans Diamond on Sunday with their head coach in the belief that his team was quitting early on and lacking the competitiveness needed to win. Having lost eight of their last 11 games, the Devils returned to Phoenix Municipal Stadium
ASU Baseball: Instant Recap vs. UNLV
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Despite Barry Bonds not being in attendance like the time before, the Arizona State Sun Devils looked to get a midweek win over the UNLV Rebels on Tuesday night and succeeded in doing so, breaking a stretch of five straight losses behind a final score of 5-3. Having lost
ASU Baseball: Pitching Duel in the Desert Finishes in Favor of Devils
(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) With Tracy Smith preaching the values of "good baseball" all season long, his squad delivered those values late in a back-and-forth duel in Tempe, securing their second Pac-12 win of the season by a score of 5-4. The starting pitching for both UCLA and Arizona State was strong through the first