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ASU Baseball: No. 15 Sun Devils head to Washington for three-game series against Huskies

by Jessica Carnivale - April 26, 2019April 26, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team is on the road again this weekend, traveling to Seattle for a three-game series against the Washington Huskies, after winning their midweek game on Tuesday against University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The No. 15 Sun Devils wrapped up their non-conference home schedule in 2019 with

ASU Baseball: No. 15 Devils get revenge on UNLV, power past Rebels 9-2

by Gareth Kwok - April 23, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Two weeks ago from Tuesday night, Arizona State baseball suffered one of the worst losses head coach Tracy Smith had ever seen. On the road against UNLV, ASU blew a five-run lead in the ninth and allowed the Rebels to come back and win the game 10-9. The

ASU Baseball: No. 16 Sun Devils can’t complete sweep, drop series finale to Utah

by Jessica Carnivale - April 20, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team (30-8, 12-6 Pac-12) traveled north this weekend for a three-game series against the University of Utah (12-21, 4-14 Pac-12) The Sun Devils won their first Pac-12 series since sweeping Arizona March 29-31, taking two of three in Salt Lake City. The first game of

ASU Baseball: Tracy Smith has found his Swiss Army knife in Erik Tolman

by Jacob Rudner - April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Tactfully, the owner of the versatile tool removed it from the pocket in which it waited. Its blades sat sharpened, its pliers strong and its tweezers tucked away still useful but unnoticed at the top of the Swiss Army knife. The knife’s name is flexible: multitool, multi-blade even

ASU Baseball: No. 16 Sun Devils overcome sluggish start, top Seattle University in midweek matchup

by Bobby Kraus - April 16, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Despite the marathon that is a baseball season, whether it be the 162-plus game gauntlet of the Major League campaign or the 50-plus game trek to Omaha for the collegiate game, every game has to be approached with a playoff-like desire to win in order to give yourself

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils come up inches short to Oregon State, focusing on fundamentals moving forward

by Bobby Kraus - April 14, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The later and later you get into a baseball season, the more and more the clichés of the game start to rear their ugly heads. Throwing strikes, simplifying the moment, making the routine plays are ones that come to mind for the everyday fan. In the case of Arizona State

ASU Baseball: No. 13 Sun Devils lose tightly contested game to No. 4 Oregon State

by Jacob Rudner - April 13, 2019

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Put a baseball game on a scale. The first inning has both ends lined up evenly with the weight on each side distributed perfectly. As the game progresses, the scale becomes more uneven. With each run, some weight is dropped on the side of one of the two

ASU Baseball: Marsh throws complete game masterpiece as No.13 Devils take series opener over Beavers

by Gareth Kwok - April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) Alec Marsh stared into Sam Ferri’s catcher’s mitt in the top of the seventh inning with a 3-2 count. Digging into the batter’s box was Oregon State’s All-American catcher Adley Rutschman, the projected number one overall draft pick this June. A matchup countless numbers of college baseball fans

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils salvage series finale with USC, look to improve on sloppy weekend

by Jacob Rudner - April 7, 2019

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) LOS ANGELES -- A baseball game is like a mirror: a pane of glass clear enough, with reflections so strong, that a player or a team can look into it with a clear picture of the past staring right back at the looker. Each game a new peek

ASU Baseball: The Sun Devils resume conference play with three-game series against USC

by Jessica Carnivale - April 5, 2019

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team will travel 383 miles to University of Southern California for their second away series this season. Last weekend, the Sun Devils swept rival University of Arizona to improve their in-conference record to 8-1. After a grueling three-games series the team fell to Long Beach