(Photo: Paige Cook/WCSN) Nearly a month into his tenure at the helm of Arizona State Baseball, head coach Willie Bloomquist was tasked with filling gaping holes within the Sun Devils' starting rotation – one that lost Cooper Benson, Tyler Thornton, Justin Fall and Erik Tolman to the 2021 MLB Draft. He
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils confident in experience on the mound
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Last season, the underlying theme with Arizona State Baseball's roster was youth. The Sun Devils boasted one of the youngest lineups in the nation, with 24 freshmen scattered throughout. This fall and incoming spring provides a much different narrative, particularly within the pitching staff. Under an entirely new coaching staff,
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils rally 7-6 on McLain walk-off in first Regional game
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball rallied back for its 14th comeback victory of the season against Fairfield on Friday night, as redshirt freshman infielder Sean McLain's bloop single into right field scored redshirt freshman two-way player Kai Murphy to walk it off 7-6 in the opening game of the NCAA
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils clobbered by UCLA 21-9 in night to forget
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Home plate wasn't quite Arizona State Baseball's best friend on Thursday night. While three batters were already hit by ASU's pitching staff early on, the first game of a pivotal three-game set with UCLA unraveled at the dish in the third inning. By that time it was already 4-0, with
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils win eleventh series of the season at USC, continue to heat up ahead of postseason
(Photo: Brendan OKeeffe/WCSN) Fresh off a crucial series victory over Oregon State, Arizona State Baseball got some well-deserved recognition in the national rankings earlier this week. The Sun Devils checked in No. 25 in D1Baseball's poll before heading to Los Angeles to face the USC Trojans in their final road series of
ASU Baseball: Long ball Ethan Long stays hot by calling game
ASU Baseball: Four-run third inning from Cal sinks Sun Devils in series opener
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Cal's (24-19) four-run third inning was enough to propel the Golden Bears past Arizona State Baseball (25-15) for a 7-2 victory in the first of a three-game series played in Berkeley. ASU received two solid innings from freshman right-handed pitcher Joe Hauser to open the game. He faced six
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils top Utah 5-4 behind Long’s late home run
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) After splitting its mid-week series with cross-town rival Grand Canyon, Arizona State Baseball kicked off its four-game road weekend series with a Friday night bout against Utah. After using a dozen pitchers in the final game against GCU, the Sun Devils were still looking to salvage any stamina for
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils face Pac-12 leader Stanford in three-game home set
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball (18-9, 7-5) heads into an inevitably tough series with current Pac-12 Conference leader and No. 20-ranked Stanford (20-6, 6-3) on Friday, with first pitch kicking off a three-game home series for the Sun Devils. Thus far in 2021, the Sun Devils have used a combination of
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils outlast Washington in 16-inning marathon 3-2
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball redshirt sophomore right-hander Tyler Thornton’s scoreless six-inning performance was overshadowed on Friday night. The Sun Devils' game against Washington lasted 16 innings, and ASU was up 2-0 until the seventh inning when the bullpen took to the mound. The Sun Devils lost control of the game