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UA baseball team finds the secret to winning on the road
Whew! The Wildcats baseball team is breathing easier today after getting their first road win of the season. The Cats beat Washington in Seattle yesterday, 7-2, for the series opener. The win was important, not just because it came on the road, but because it also broke a four-game losing streak. And last week’s series [...] -
ASU baseball has two of the nation’s best in its dugout
One of Tim Esmay’s biggest gifts this year came in a little package. And it does a little bit of everything. The first-year head baseball coach at Arizona State inherited a 5’8″ second baseman when he took over the program this year. That player, Zack MacPhee was just selected as the ‘best player’ among D-I [...] -
Recruits lining up as former ASU player coaches & wins
Tim Esmay was an ASU baseball player before he was the school’s head coach. That helps with local recruiting. But it’s winning that brings in the bigger fish in the deeper water. And the fishing doesn’t get any easier than it is right now. Since the Sun Devils got off to their record-setting start this [...] -
A wild, high-scoring finale to the Coach Bob Invitational
The score in this tournament championship game looked more like one you’d see on a basketball scoreboard, not at a baseball game. Thirty-nine high school baseball teams from nine states showed up for the Coach Bob National Invitational. And when the dust cleared, two local teams were left standing to play for the championship. And, [...] -
ASU baseball packs the house as it sets best-start record
There’s nothing like winning to put fannies in the stadium seats. Throw in the drama of a drive to break a 49-year-old record, and you have a full house. Arizona State drew a sell-out crowd for each of the three baseball games against California this weekend. There hasn’t been a sell-out at the 4,371-seat Packard [...] -
Softball or baseball? Some AZ colleges are good at both
Hey, let’s have a little love for the little guys. Or maybe just give them some ink. When you’re hittin’ and pitchin’ in the same market as highly successful baseball and softball programs like those at Arizona State and University of Arizona, it’s not easy to get much notice. Even when you’re putting two good [...] -
Lotsa teams, lotsa hits made Lancer Baseball Classic a hit
Catalina Foothills High School mercy-ruled its opponent in the opening round of the Tucson Conquistadores Lancer Baseball Classic and appeared on a fast track to the tournament championship. But its Sonoran Region archrival, Canyon del Oro, stepped in the way once again – and then went on to win the prestigious event. Twenty-two teams showed [...] -
Texas team rides in to claim Highland Invitational baseball title
James Farris struck out 13 batters and gave up just one single. But it wasn’t quite enough to get Highland High School to the championship game of its own baseball Invitational. Desert Ridge HS rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out the 7-2 win over the Hawks and advance [...] -
Yavapai, CAC on collision course for No. 1 in ACCAC baseball
A major collision on the base paths is about to occur down in Coolidge. Today’s doubleheader between No. 9 Yavapai College (Prescott) and the Central Arizona College Vaqueros will determine first place in the ACCAC. Both teams are coming off doubleheader sweeps of their last opponents and are entering the game at CAC with a [...] -
ASU baseball one of just two teams still undefeated in Pac-10
And then there were two. That’s how many undefeated baseball teams remain in the Pac-10. And Arizona State is one of them. Going into the weekend, there were three undefeated teams still standing, but Washington State dropped the last game of a three-game series to Utah, 4-1, and then it was just No. 4 ASU [...]
