ASU baseball still has hope in inconsistent season
Following Tuesday's 8-0 loss to rival Arizona, head coach Tracy Smith reflected on ASU's season to this point, calling it a "rollercoaster" with every twist and turn imaginable.
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Following Tuesday's 8-0 loss to rival Arizona, head coach Tracy Smith reflected on ASU's season to this point, calling it a "rollercoaster" with every twist and turn imaginable.
Arizona right-hander Kevin Ginkel pitched a perfect game into the seventh and stymied ASU with a complete-game shutout on Tuesday night, ending the Sun Devils' three-game winning streak.
ASU baseball had a solid weekend against Cal, but they fell back into bad habits coming into a midweek game against UNLV on Tuesday.
When his bullpen was thinned down even more after an 11-inning loss to No. 15 Cal on Saturday, ASU baseball head coach Tracy Smith was thinking of who he could throw on the mound for Sunday's rubber match. He said the staff noticed its opponent wasn't statistically as good against lefties, so that narrowed his options down to five players.
Junior right-hander Seth Martinez has been stellar all year for ASU baseball, but entered the series with just a 4-3 record despite his 1.79 ERA. The missing piece amidst his consistent performance was the run support, which he finally received in Friday night's win.
When considering ASU baseball's struggles to find consistent pitching and offense, Tuesday night was the best of both worlds.
Monday marked the beginning of the final week of spring football, providing time for a bit of evaluation and a lot of experimentation.
ASU baseball has lacked consistency throughout the first part of Pac-12 play, winning just one of its four conference series. That lone series win was over Washington State, which is at the bottom of the standings after this past weekend.
ASU baseball and Washington were scoreless through the first 3 1/3 innings of Sunday's rubber match before the expected rainfall hit Phoenix Muni. After a 2-hour, 25-minute delay, the Sun Devils mustered just one run on two hits en route to a 6-1 loss.
ASU baseball was down 3-2 against Washington heading to the bottom of the seventh inning and looked to be on the verge of losing yet another Pac-12 series. Then, it got the timely big hit it has often struggled to get this season.
It took a few weeks, but ASU baseball finally got its first Pac-12 series victory of the season.
ASU baseball sophomore right-hander Ryan Hingst took the mound for his first start of the year on Friday, March 25. Nine innings, 30 batters and 121 pitches later, he had recorded the 10th no-hitter in program history, and the first since Ryan Kellogg's in 2013.
Following a solid showing in spring practice and fall camp in 2015, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jalen Harvey's season was cut short because of an injury suffered during a scrimmage play on the final day of Camp Tontozona.
Once again, ASU baseball found itself in a rubber match with its first Pac-12 series win on the line. After faltering against Utah at home last weekend, the Sun Devils routed Washington State 18-3 on Saturday to take the series in Pullman, Washington.
ASU baseball ended the non-conference slate on an eight-game winning streak, and it was beginning to make a strong case for Top 25 considerations after the 2016 season was dubbed a rebuilding year by many national pundits.
Once just a speedster, redshirt senior Gump Hayes is looking to become ASU football's most notable token of versatility.
ASU baseball erased an early four-run deficit with five unanswered runs, but the game's biggest rally was yet to come. Leading by a run heading to the eighth inning, the Sun Devils allowed 10 runs in the final two frames.
ASU baseball went from eight straight wins to four straight losses in this past week.
Eight steps forward, four steps back. After closing non-conference play with eight consecutive wins, ASU baseball dropped a midweek home game 6-3 to San Diego and has now lost four straight.
ASU football's secondary finished last season with 4,392 passing yards allowed, which was dead last in the nation. Additionally, the Sun Devils gave up 35 passing touchdowns and allowed a staggering 14.94 yards per completion.
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