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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils’ pitching clobbered in series finale at Washington

by Michael Baribault - April 11, 2021April 11, 2021

Photo: (Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Arizona State Baseball team failed to complete the sweep of Washington on Sunday afternoon, falling in Seattle 13-6. The first few innings were a breeze thanks to solid pitching by ASU freshman right-handed pitcher Joe Hauser and Washington's redshirt freshman right-handed pitcher Adam Bloebaum. Things started to go downhill

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils start series with Oklahoma State swinging

by Olivia Huskey - March 3, 2018

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After a rough 16-4 loss to the Long Beach State Dirtbags Wednesday, the Arizona State Sun Devils's batting order decided they wanted to be the ones scoring in Friday’s 9-1 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Devils’ lineup went 14-35 at the plate and eight of the nine

ASU Baseball: Vander Kooi picks up the win, Sun Devils salvage series finale

by Olivia Huskey - February 25, 2018February 25, 2018

Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN Boyd Vander Kooi was the star of the show on Sunday. The freshman right handed pitcher got his second start of the season and to say it was a quality start is an understatement. He got the win today as Arizona State won the game 2-1, preventing a

ASU Baseball: Sun Devil bats wake up in victory over RedHawks

by Olivia Huskey - February 17, 2018

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) While the Arizona State bats may have been shut down for most of game one against the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, that wasn’t the case in game two. The team had 13 hits, including three home runs and three triples en route to a 7-3 victory. The long balls were

ASU Baseball: A look into the Sun Devil infield

by Olivia Huskey - February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN “We've got four shortstops out there,” head coach Tracy Smith said during the first official practice of 2018. That is the simplest way to sum up the Arizona State infield this year. Having an infield made up entirely of natural shortstops is a defensive dream for a baseball team. It’s

ASU Baseball: Errors become Sun Devils’ downfall in loss to TCU

by Jacob Janower - February 22, 2015February 22, 2015

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) After a promising start, Arizona State was plagued by errors and baserunning mistakes in a 3-2 loss in the rubber match against the No. 1 TCU Horned Frogs. The Sun Devils, who entered the game ranked No.9, were in need of a bounce back start from Darin Gillies,