(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Regardless of the fact that nine members of last year’s team heard their name called in June’s MLB Draft, Sun Devil baseball is still in some reliable hands. Juniors Colby Woodmansee, Hever Bueno and Brian Serven were all ranked within the top 100 of D1Baseball.com’s annual top-300 prospects list. Woodmansee
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ASU Baseball: Exploring 2016 storylines with season two weeks away
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team has championship expectations going into every season, but the road to Omaha, Neb. and the 2016 College World Series will be treacherous for second-year head coach Tracy Smith. The tradition of Sun Devil success in the MLB Draft continued in 2015—a boost from a
ASU Baseball: Question marks aplenty in the Sun Devil outfield
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) It is not often that a team will lose its entire starting outfield from the previous year, but that is exactly what has happened to Arizona State. Both Trever Allen and Jake Peevyhouse graduated, while Johnny Sewald opted to sign with the Houston Astros after they drafted him
ASU Baseball: Fall ball wrap-up
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) How do you celebrate a top five ranking for your 2016 recruiting class? Getting back to work. Tracy Smith's ball club closes out its fall schedule this weekend with the culmination of the M&G World Series-now only two games of intrasquad matchups at Phoenix Muni. "I've personally never been a part
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils win regional opener over Clemson
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Arizona State rode seventh inning back-to-back home runs to a 7-4 victory over the Clemson Tigers to move into the winners bracket in the Fullerton regional. The Sun Devils’ bats were stymied by ACC pitcher of the year Matthew Crownover until the seventh inning, when Joey Bielek and Brian
ASU Baseball: Regular season ends on a sour note
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In the grand scheme of things, the regular season finale in regards to postseason hosting chances was in dormie mode. There was pride and third place in the Pac-12 on the line, but in the end, there was little to gain for the victor. Southern California (37-19, 18-12) defeated
ASU Baseball: Aboites keys Sun Devils’ midweek victory
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) A gem from Jordan Aboites led Arizona State to a 4-1 victory over the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Tuesday night, catapulting the Sun Devils to their 33rd win of the season. While the game served as a break from the typically rigorous Pac-12 play, ASU (33-19, 17-10) did not
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils win series with a walk-off single in extra innings
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) It took 11 innings, but Arizona State earned its sixth walk-off win of the season, a 6-5 victory to win the series on senior night against the Washington State Cougars. Andrew Snow delivered the decisive blow, an RBI single with one out in the 11th off of Cougars closer
ASU Baseball: Lilek turns in a brilliant outing, but Sun Devils come up short in extra innings
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) After a rain delay that lasted nearly two hours, No. 12 Arizona State (31-19, 16-10) came up short in a pitcher's duel against the Washington State Cougars (27-25, 10-16), losing 1-0 in 10 innings. ASU pitched impeccably well, but could not solve the Cougars' pitching, which had the Sun
ASU Baseball: Kellogg stifles Washington State, Sun Devils take series opener
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Throughout his three-year career at Arizona State, it’s been blatantly obvious that Ryan Kellogg’s importance cannot be quantified by numbers or peripherals. Sure, he’s well on his way to becoming just the second pitcher in school history to lead his team in wins, but low strikeout totals and a