(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) A year removed from a sluggish offensive season and an inability to string together quality and situational at-bats, the 2015 Arizona State bats continue to mash. The Sun Devils pounded out 13 hits on Friday night, and combined with the pitching tandem of Seth Martinez and Darin Gillies, earned
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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
ASU Baseball: Ybarra shoulders the load, 3-run blast gives Sun Devils a 7-6 win
ASU Baseball: Five-run seventh sparks Sun Devil win
ASU Baseball: Woodmansee’s game-winning double and Burr’s history-making evening propel Sun Devils to 7-4 win
(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) Colby Woodmansee hit .200 a season ago, and despite his defensive wonders at shortstop, was benched in the latter half of the season because of his offensive struggles. In 2015, he’s not only been a transformed hitter, but arguably the Sun Devils' best hitter. Woodmansee went 3-for-4 with two singles and
ASU Baseball: Examining the projected use of the wealth of freshman bullpen depth
(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) The now-No. 9 Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team may have taken two of three from formerly-No. 5 Oklahoma State this weekend, but an interesting, counter-intuitive, stat revealed itself. ASU’s starting pitchers combined for 12 innings pitched, while the bullpen accumulated 16 innings of work over the three-game series. This reliance
ASU Baseball: Series win for the Sun Devils and history for Burr
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) Early runs and great relief pitching propelled Arizona State to a 5-3 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday, giving the team its second straight win of the season, as well as a series win. After Sun Devil starter Ryan Kellogg departed after five innings, allowing three runs on
ASU Baseball: Head coach Tracy Smith reveals the process that led him to Tempe
ASU Baseball: Heavy competition for the Sunday starter job
(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) Brett Lilek is set to start on Fridays. Ryan Kellogg is Tracy Smith’s starter on Saturdays. However, the pitcher who will toe the rubber on Sundays remains a mystery. The Sunday starter is the final starter in the regular three-man rotation, and the spot is usually filled by upperclassmen
ASU Baseball: Coltin Gerhart shows potential in early-season practices
(Photo: Kimmy Davis/WCSN) Coltin Gerhart does something many people cannot do--he plays quarterback at a Division I university. The task requires an abundance of talent and dedication, and it would be more than enough for most people. But Gerhart doesn't just stick to football. The freshman is also an outfielder on the Arizona State