Baseball concludes regular season in Stillwater

Sun Devil Baseball heads into its final week of the 2025 regular season this week with a quick turnaround as the team heads east to take on Oklahoma State in its final regular season Big 12 Conference series, getting underway on Thursday evening in Stil

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May 14, 2025

OFFICIAL NOTES

STILLWATER-- Sun Devil Baseball heads into its final week of the 2025 regular season this week with a quick turnaround as the team heads east to take on Oklahoma State in its final regular season Big 12 Conference series, getting underway on Thursday evening in Stillwater. Thursday and Friday's games will get underway at 4 p.m. AZT (6 p.m. locally) while the Saturday finale scheduled for 11 a.m. AZT (1 p..m. local). The Sun Devils defeated Grand Canyon, 17-7, in seven innings on Tuesday.

FOLLOW THE ACTION

All games this weekend will be available to be streamed online on ESPN+. Fans can check with their local cable or internet providers to see if they are on an ESPN+ plan or visit https://plus.espn.com/to sign up.
All contests will be available over the local airwaves with Tim Healey and Max Rossiter providing the highlights throughout the week. Due to the earlier start times in Arizona time while the team visits Stillwater, Thursday and Friday's games will be broadcast on KAZG 1440 AM. Tuesday's midweek against GCU and the series finale at Oklahoma State with be broadcast on KDUS 1060 AM. All the radio calls from games can also be streamed online at: kdus1060.com/sundevils
As always, fans are encouraged to follow the Sun Devil Baseball team on social media for any programming or schedule updates throughout the week on the Sun Devil Baseball Twitter account: @ASU_Baseball

#10THINGS (Twitter-Friendly Notes)

1. ASU has outscored opponents 686-409 over its last 71 regular season games - going 50-21 in the process.

2. ASU is batting an exceptional .397 (111-for-279) this season when the team has put the first ball of an at-bat into play.

3. ASU has 4 series wins this year when losing the series opener - most since '14 and notable as it had just one such series (Ore. St. '23) in 3 previous seasosns.

4. Among 38 Big 12 middle fielders with over 50 defensive assists, Matt King (.985) and Kyle Walker (.984) are tied for the second-best fielding %.

5. ASU has posted 29 games this season without an error and No. 15 fielding percentage nationally (.980, 1st in Big 12). It hasn't been in the Top-100 since 2021.

6. ASU and Iowa are only D1 teams to not lose a game by over 5 runs this year. Only two ASU teams in history have achieved that feat ('69 and '73).

7. Landon Hairston ranks 3rd among Power Four freshmen with his .368 average and 3rd with his .484 OBP.

8. ASU is one of just three schools in the nation with three different players with 70+ strikeouts (Vanderbilt and Florida State)

9. Tasked with replacing All-American catcher Ryan Campos, ASU's duo of Josiah Cromwick and Brody Briggs have 17 homers, 12 doubles and 56 RBIs.

10. Jackson leads the team with his 62 RBIs this season - notable as he hasn't played a single game higher than fifth in the batting order (once).

BY THE NUMBERS
37 - ASU has recorded 136 doubles this year and multiple doubles in 37 games. The 136 doubles are good for first country (and 5th at 2.57 per game) and first in the Big 12. The total is already sixth among ASU teams since the 1998 season and within 11 of the top 4. Eleven different Sun Devils have recorded at least four doubles this season and eight have already reached double digits in the category. Jacob Tobias and Kyle Walker rank 31st in the country with their 19 doubles and second in the Big 12. Brandon Compton and Matt King rank 8th in the league with 16 doubles. Tobias's 19 doubles already surpass his previous career best of 14 and his 52 career doubles are 18th among active D1 players. Matt King has posted 53 career doubles (16 this season) and his tally ranks 12th among alll active players.

20 - ASU has had two players record 20 steals in a season (Kyle Walker and Kien Vu, 21) for the first time since the 2011 season (Zach MacPhee, 26/Johnny Ruettiger, 23). The duo are are the first to hit the 20-bag mark, period, since Johnny Sewald had 21 in 2015. The Sun Devils are 31st in the nation with 110 stolen bases - an especially notable tally since the team hasn't ranked in the Top-120 in the category since it was 18th in the country with 99 in 2011. ASU's .803 average on stolen bases (.110-137) is the best for the program since at least the 1998 season. ASU needs 11 more stolen bases to climb into sixth in ASU history in the category and 21 to reach the Top-Five. Five different players have recorded double digit stolen bases and 14 players have multiple stolen bases on the season.

15 - Isaiah Jackson remains on quite the tear over the last couple weeks, having posted nine homers in the last 10 games to bring his total to a career-best 15 for the year. In that 10 game-stretch, Jackson has a .455 average and nine of his 15 hits have left the park. He has a team-best 23 RBIs in the stretch,10s more than any other player on the team. Jackson is second in the Big 12 with his 62 RBIs (and his 36 in Big 12 only games lead the league). The 62 RBIs are especially notable as he had just 59 TOTAL RBIs in the first two seasons of his ASU career. Jackson also has a career-best 11 doubles and two triples this season, to go along with his .311 average - also a career-high. Jackson has recorded at least one RBI in 31 of Arizona State 53 games this season. Jackson is one of two players in the Big 12 without an error this year.

10 - The Sun Devils have won 10 weekend series this season and posted a series record of 10-3 in those (7-2 Big 12). Shou;ld the team reach 11-3 this weekend, it would be tied for the third-best percentage at ASU since a pair of 12-1 seasons in 2009 and 2010. ASU is continues its upward trend in the conference win category, going from 16 in 2023 to 17 in 2024 to at least 18 this season. ASU is one of just 13 Power Four schools with 50+ conference wins in the last three seasons (51) and one of only 26 total among the Top-12 RPI conferences this season. The team is one of just four Power Four programs with 16+ conference wins in EACH of the last three seasons (Oregon, USC, Arkansas).ASU is one of just 15 Power Four/prospective multi-bid league programs to post double-digit weekend series wins this season.

BUILDING THE RESUME

ASU is 12-4 post-Tax Day, having won four consecutive Big 12 series in the process. The team is 7-2 in Big 12 series overall and 10-3 in all weekend series combined.
ASU is one of just 15 Power Four/prospective multi-bid league programs to post double-digit weekend series wins this season. With a series win over Oklahoma State this weekend, ASU will reach 11 weekend series wins, with an 11-3 mark that would be tied for the third-best percentage since the 2000 season behind only the the program's 12-1 outputs in 2009 and 2010.
While the sometimes headscratching metrics of the RPI system ranks ASU No. 41 this season, it should be noted that the more advanced barometers view the Sun Devils in a more positive light, coming in at No. 23 in Boyd's World ISR, No. 27 in the KPI, No. 33 in ELO, and No. 33 in D1Baseball's DSR.
The Sun Devils are second in the Big 12 with an outside chance at winning the regular season title heading into the final weekend of play, despite being projected to finish sixth in the league in the preseason. ASU remains a game up on third-place TCU and Kansas, owing the head-to-head tiebreaker over both.
ASU remains two games back of first place West Virginia. Because WVU will not play a full conference schedule this season due to cancellations, the Big 12 regular season championship will be decided by win percentage. The Sun Devils would need to sweep its series at Oklahoma State while WVU would need to be swept by Kansas in Morgantown in order for ASU to come out on top in that scenario.
ASU's 18 conference wins (with a chance for three more this weekend) are the program's most since going 18-12 in the Pac-12 in 2015. Should ASU reach the 20-win mark in conference play, it would mark just the eighth time in program history reaching 20 wins in conference play and only the third time from 1995 through the present.
The Sun Devils have proven themselves as one of the most competitive teams in the nation as ASU and Iowa are the only teams in the nation that have not lost a game by more than 5 runs this season (ASU, 6-11 @UNLV/Iowa, 7-12 vs. Washington State).
Of ASU's 18 losses this season, the team has brought the game-tying or winning run to the plate in the ninth inning or later in 10 games, while getting walked off on the road despite having a ninth inning lead in two others.
The Sun Devils' resilience has shown in winning four weekend series this season where they lost the series opener - the most since the 2014 season and notable as ASU had managed it just ONCE in the three most recent seasons (vs. Oregon State, 2023).
ASU is simply continuing its upward trend in the conference win category, going from 16 in 2023 to 17 in 2024 to at least 18 this season. ASU is one of just 13 Power Four schools with 50+ conference wins in the last three seasons (51) and one of only 26 total among the Top-12 RPI conferences this season. The team is one of just four Power Four programs with 16+ conference wins in EACH of the last three seasons (Oregon, USC, Arkansas).

LAST TIME OUT: HOUSTON/GCU

ASU is coming off a 17-7 run rule victory over crosstown rival Grand Canyon on Tuesday in a game that was tied aat 7-7 after the top of the seventh and over about 20 minutes later after a 10-run onslaught in the bottom of the seventh to force the mercy rule.
Twelve of ASU's 17 hits on the night went for extra bases (6 doubles, 6 homers).
The win was ASU's fifth run-rule victory in its last seven home victories of the season at Muni. ASU scored 167 runs in its final 14 home games of the season (11.9 per game) and went 12-2 in those games down the stretch.
The game marked the fifth time this season recording five or more homers. The six homers are tied for the third-most in a single game in program history.
The Sun Devils clinched their 10th series win of the season behind a pair of convincing victories over Houston on Saturday and Sunday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Among Power Four/multi-bid leagues, ASU tied as the 14th team this season to reach double digit weekend series wins, moving to 10-3 today. The 10 wins are the most since going 11-4 in 2021 and just the second time reaching double digits from 2017-p. A series win in the regular season finale would give ASU a tie for its third-highest winning percentage in weekend series' since 2000 (team went 12-1 in 2009 and 2010).
ASU reached 18 conference wins for the first time since 2015 (18-12 in the Pac-12).
ASU clinched its fourth weekend series this season when losing the opening game of the series - the most since the team also had four in 2014. ASU had won just one such series in three previous seasons.
ASU's one run allowed on Sunday was its lowest in a series finale this season (previous low was two against Oral Roberts. ASU's team ERA in series finales this season was 6.88 over 12 games.
The Sun Devils' 12-run victory over the Cougars marked a tie for the largest allowed by Houston this season (L, 12-0 vs. TCU). The TCU series was also the only other time this year that Houston lost two straight games by double-digit runs.
The Sunday victory was ASU's fourth run-rule win of the season.

ON DECK: OKLAHOMA STATE

Arizona State and Oklahoma State are no strangers to each other, having seen each other often in the last couple decades with the series. OSU owns an 18-17 advantage in the all-time series and has won the last six meetings. OSU is 11-5 against the Sun Devils under head coach Josh Holliday.
The series has been all Oklahoma State of late with OSU winning six-straight dating back to 2018.
Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday was an assistant coach for the Sun Devils from 2007-09.
The Pokes own a .256 team batting average and .459 slugging percentage and are averaging 6.5 runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads OSU with a .316 batting average, 11 doubles and 48 RBIs to go along with 12 home runs.
OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.36 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the nation's best in shutouts (5), strikeouts per nine innings (10.2) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.64).
OSU's strength of schedule ranks 16th nationally. In its first first 11 games this season, OSU faced No. 8 Clemson, No. 13 Texas, No. 1 Tennessee, No. 1 Texas A&M and No. 15 Mississippi State. The Cowboys went 2-3 in those games.
In the first 110 seasons of Cowboy Baseball, no OSU pitching staff recorded 600 strikeouts in a season, but the Pokes reached that mark in each of the last three seasons.

SHORT KING

While shortstop Matt King was a new face to Sun Devil fans early this year, he has quickly established himself as a staple of the program's offense and one of the best hitters in the nation this year.
King is second in the Big 12 and ranks 43rd in the nation with his .386 batting average - sixth among players in a Power Four conference.
King's .402 in Big-12 only games is second in the league, and his 32 Big 12 only RBIs are third. His 52 overall RBIs are 9th in the Big 12.
He ranks eighth in the Big 12 with his 16 doubles this season. His 53 career doubles are 12th among avtive D1 players.
King has shown his clutch hitting ability in bringing a runner home from third with less than two outs a team-best 19-of-21 times (.905). His 33 hits with runners in scoring position are four more than any of his teammates. He is 25-for-63 with two outs - a .397 average that also leads the team.
The surge has elevated King to Top-150 in the country among all D1 players in offensive runs above replacement and oWAR at 36.7/2.75 - Top-75 among all Power Four players.
When King does get a hit this season, he gets them in droves. He has hits in 32 games and has recorded multiple hits in 24 of those. He has 12 games with 3 or more hits this season. The next closest Sun Devil has seven.
King had a hit in eight-straight at-bats over three games ended with a suspect called strike three in the ninth inning against CSUN. The eight-straight hits were tied for the third-most in school history and just one off the school record of 9, which hadn't been reached since 1982.
King was the Big 12 Player AND Newcomer of the Week following the BYU series. He was also named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week following the UNLV/Utah week as well as the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Brooks Wallace National Shortstop of the Week following the CSUN/Cincinnati weekend.
King has struck out once ever 11.1 at-bats this season, the second-best tally in the Big 12 and 54th nationally.
He has been equally efficient on the defensive side as well with just two errors and a .977 fielding percentage on 131 chances. Among 39 Big 12 players with at least 50 defensive assists, his .977 fielding percentage is ninth in the league and his two total errors are tied for the fifth-fewest among Big 12 middle infielders.
King's 212 career games are 22nd among active D1 players that have played their entire careers at the D1 level and his 171 total runs scored are 30th. His 253 hits are 11th, his 179 RBIs are 22nd, 44 HBPs are 34th and 21 sac flies are first.
King, a transfer from UTSA, was a three-year starter at short for the Roadrunners.
He posted a career-best .336 average at UTSA as a junior in 2024 with 41 RBIs to finish his Roadrunner career with a .304 average with a .449 OBP and 127 RBIs over 163 games played
King recorded 94 defensive assists as a junior and turned 15 double plays and finished the season with a 20+ game reached base streak en route to All-AAC First Team honors
He played in all 57 games in 2023, earning a start in 56 of them – all at shortstop… held a .318 batting average with 69 hits, 45 runs and 58 RBI… recorded 23 extra-base hits, including 11 doubles, six triples and six home runs… picked 22 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games

JACOB'S LADDER

Jacob Tobias was named an NCBWA Preseason All-American (2nd Team First Baseman) and D1Baseball's #6 First Baseman in the country.
Tobias is eighth in ASU history with his 42 home runs and ranks 40th among all activie D1 players with that tally. He needs just three more to move into a tie for fifth all-time in ASU history with Barry Bonds and Brett Wallace.
Among active career D1 players, Tobias is 12th in games played (218), 16th in ABs (810), 16th in hits (249), 16th in total bases (437) and 10th in RBIs (190)
He is fourth on the team with 44 RBIs this season and is reaching base at a .392 clip with a .308 average.
He is third on the team with 27 hits with with runners in scoring position this season. Nine times this season, Tobias has been responsible for the first RBI of the game. Seven times this season, he has recorded the game-winning RBI - two more than any other player.
His 19 doubles are second in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation and crush his previous season best of 14 from a year ago. His 52 career doubles rank 18th among active D1 players.
His 17 two-out RBIs are fourth on the team. He has also been ASU's most productive out, advancing runners with an out 28 times - seven more than any other Sun Devil.
Tobias bat .322 with a team-leading 58 RBIs last year, with 14 doubles and a team-leading 18 homers, the latter of which was good for second in the Pac-12 during the regular season. His .635 slugging percentage was sixth in the league in the regular season.
He slugged .626 in Pac-12 games, the ninth-best tally in the conference and earned Pac-12 First Team All-Conference recognition at first base
His 14 doubles gave him 33 for his ASU career while the 18 homers bumped his career tally to 35. The 35 homers are the seventh-most for a player in the career at ASU since the 1998 season
Tobias needs three homers to move into ASU's top-10 in homers all-time and 22 home runs would set the ASU school record
Tobias' 146 career RBIs are the 10th-most for an ASU player since the 1998 season and he needs 54 RBIs to reach 200 for his career and enter the Top-8 in ASU history and the first since Ike Davis (2006-08) to do so. His .553 career slugging percentage is also 19th at ASU in that time since 1998
The junior posted his first career five-hit game in the finale against Arizona and added a four-hit game against Utah. He added another five-hit game in just seven innings against Texas Tech
Tobias recorded 22 RBIs in his final six games of the season last year (six, eight, four, one, two, one).
He joined Spencer Torkelson as the only other Sun Devil in the last decade to record over 50 RBIs and over 10 homers in back-to-back seasons. His 58 RBIs last season were sixth in the Pac-12.

ENJOYING THE VU

Kien Vu has started looking like the Kien Vu that earned All-America honors last season in recent weeks.
Vu missed the majority of March and early April with an ankle injury, but maintains a .366 average on the season with nine homers and 10 doubles and a .608 slugging percentage.
He has also done a ton of damage on the basepaths, where he leads the team with 21 stolen bases (on 25 attempts). He broke ASU's single game school record with six stolen bases against Long Beach State on 4/30.
He is the first Sun Devil with 20 stolen bases in a season since Johnny Sewald (21) in 2015.
He ranks fourth in the Big 12 with the 21 bags and 79th nationally with his .49 stolen bases per game.
Vu is reaching base at a a .470 clip on the year and and is second on the team in advancing runners at a .640 clip (47-of-75).
Vu had arguably his best week of the season against UNLV and Gonzaga, where he posted a .500 average (7-of-14) with four home runs, three doubles, four walks and nine RBIs all in the leadoff spot for the Sun Devils.
Last season, Vu became the 133rd All-American in Sun Devil Baseball history after posting a .413 average over 47 games and 35 starts – the highest average in the Pac-12 and sixth in the country. He was second in the country in batting average on balls in play at .511
Vu was selected as a NCBWA Preseason All-American (2nd Team Outfielder), D1Baseball's #14 Outfielder, D1Baseball's #21 Big 12 2025 MLB Draft Prospect and an All-Big 12 Preseason Team (Outfielder).
In the month of Apri last year, Vu posted a .439 average to lead the Sun Devils, boasting a gaudy .848 slugging percentage that was 100 points higher than any of his teammates. He had seven homers, four doubles and a triple while driving in 26 runs - 12 more than any other Sun Devil for the month. His efforts garnered him finalist consideration for the NCBWA Hitter of the Month
His .793 slugging percentage (14 homers, 11 doubles, two triples) was easily tops on the team while he also led the squad with 12 stolen bases on 13 chances. He reached base at a .497 clip on the year
The .793 slugging percentage was 18th nationally and second in the Pac-12 and his .497 OBP was second in the league and 29th in the country... The .793 slugging percentage was the highest at ASU since the 1998 season
His 56 RBIs were second on the squad and eighth in the Pac-12 despite having over 20 fewer at-bats than the team's eight AB leaders and nearly 64 fewer AB's than the next closest player in front of him in the conference
He led the Pac-12 in league-only games with a .418 average and .916 slugging percentage and his 31 RBIs in Pac-12 games were fifth in the league.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Brandon Compton ranks 8th in the Big 12 with 37 walks this season, which has contributed to his .390 OBP over his .279 average.
Compton has homered in three straight games entering the weekend.
Compton has nine homers, 16 doubles and 49 RBIs on the season - ranking 8th in the Big 12 in doubles and tied for third on the team in RBIs.
Compton has posted a sneaky 10-for-11 tally on stolen bases this year.
Compton was named the Big 12 Player of the Week after an opening weekend in which he bat .461 on 6-of-13 hitting with nine RBIs (second in the league) and eight runs scored (first). He drew five walks while striking out just twice and had the go-ahead walk-off two-RBI double in ASU's Saturday win over Ohio State and the two-RBI go-ahead single in the fifth inning against Austin Peay.
Compton became the 37th Freshman All-American in program history after becoming the fourth Sun Devil to be named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year last year.
He went on to be named an All-Star in the Cape Cod League for Cotuit, where he bat .331 with six homers and 30 RBIs.
Compton was n amed an NCBWA Preseason All-American (1st Team Designated Hitter), 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List member, D1Baseball's #13 Outfielder and D1Baseball #29 2025 MLB Draft Prospect/#5 Big 12 entering the year.
He was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year after he led Pac-12 freshmen in homers (14), doubles (16), average (.354), slugging (.661), OBP (.427) and RBIs (51). He was 11th overall in doubles, 10th in homers, seventh in average, fifth in slugging, 11th in OBP and 14th in RBI.
He was 35th among all players nationally in batting average on balls in play (.438)
His .354 batting average was 10th among all D1 freshmen and third among Power Five Freshmen and his 14 homers were eighth among all freshmen nationally
The youngster was third on the team with his .354 average last season. His .375 mark (24-of-64) with runners in scoring position was second on the team.
27 of his 51 RBIs came with two outs, leading the team in the category and having five more than any other player.
Compton recorded three grand slams on the season, tied for the second most in program history and just one shy of the ASU single season record.
His 1.089 OPS was third on the squad and fourth in the Pac-12 while his .307 ISO Slugging (Slugging Minus Average) was fifth the Pac-12.
Compton was easily ASU's best hitter with two outs this season, recording a .438 average on 28-of-64 chances, leading the team in average and hits in the scenario.
He was responsible for the go-ahead grand slam in the series finale against Ohio State that proved to be the difference in the 10-8 ballgame. He also had a huge game-tying RBI single in the eighth inning of ASU's eventual walk-off win over Oregon. He had the go-ahead two-run homer against Utah Valley as well.

ACTION JACKSON

Isaiah Jackson has steadily put up hits in all but 13 of Arizona State's 53 games this season and recorded new career highs in just about every offensive category.
Jackson has recorded an RBI in 31 of the teams' 53 games and has nine homers in the last 10 games.
He currently has a career-high .316 average with 27 extra-base hits (11 doubles, 2 triples, 15 homers).
The 15 homers are tied for 4th in the Big 12 and have nearly doubled his previous season high of 8 . His 11 doubles are a career high, as are his two triples.
He has 62 overall RBIs this season, 10 more than any other player on the team and easily surpassing his previous career high of 31. In fact, he had just 59 TOTAL RBIs in his career entering the year.
His 30 two-out RBIs are eight more than any other player on the roster.
Jackson leads the Big 12 with his 32 RBIs in conference-only games this season, three more than second place. His 62 total RBIs are tied for second in the league and 33rd in the nation - and ninth among Power Four conference players.
Jackson has been among ASU's best hitters with a runner in scoring position, posting a 29-for-72 (.403) mark in the category.
Jackson has reached on 21 of his 44 leadoff opportunities (.477) on the season, good for first on the team.
Jackson has no errors on 123 opportunities in the field this season - one of only two eligible Big 12 players with no errors on the season..
Jackson continued showing exceptional defensive skills a year ago, being named the the Pac-12 All-Defensive team for the second straight year while adding a career best 31 RBIs and eight homers. Jackson bat .263 on the year but reached base at a .345 clip thanks to 18 walks and five HBPs.
A year ago, Jackson was exceptional in the last 13 games of the regular season, batting .375 on 15-of-40 hitting.
Jackson was third on the team in productive outs, advancing runners with an out 17 times.
The sophomore recorded SportsCenter's No. 1 play against UCLA with his incredible leaping grab over the wall in right center field to rob a three-run homer from the Bruins, becoming a viral sensation overnight with several million views of the catch over multiple platforms.
Jackson's eight putouts in center field in the USC finale were tied with Hunter Bishop (2019) for the second-most for an ASU outfielder since 1998 behind Joe Lampe's nine in 2021. Coincidentally, all three of those games have taken place against USC.
Jackson homered in the first two games of the season, as did teammate Jacob Tobias, joining a small list of Sun Devils to do so since 1998, including Spencer Torkelson (2020), Riccio Torrez (2011) and Jason Kipnis (2008).

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

Ben Jacobs sits 2nd in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with his 12.98 K/9 percentage while his 100 total strikeouts are 3rd in the league and 12th in the country. His career 13.31 K/9 is 5th among active D1 pitchers.
Jacobs recorded double digit strikeouts in three straight starts (13, 11, 10) from April 17 to May 2 - the first Sun Devil to accomplish that feat since Mike Leake in 2009. He has nine or more strikeouts in four straight games.
Jacobs has five games this season with double digit strikeouts, including a new career-best 13 with 0 walks in his 6.0 inning victory over Texas Tech.
Jacobs has stranded 74.6 percent of his baserunners this season - the 11th-best total in the Big 12. His 4.72 xFIP tally in ninth in the Big 12.
Among pitchers with at least 150 changeups thrown this season, Jacobs' 52.3 whiff percentage is 15th in the nation.
Jacobs has gone at least 5.0 innings and allowed three or fewer runs in four starts of his last five starts
Jacobs has a 4.67 ERA overall but his 2.69 SIERA - which takes into consideration factors outside the pitcher's control. - is 4th-best in the Big 12 and 39th in the nation.
Jacobs won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after he threw a perfect game thorugh 17 batters in his Friday night victory against Gonzaga, striking out six with no walks and just one hit allowed in his 6.0 innings - ASU's first quality start of the year
He cleaned up on the Preseason honors as he was named a D1Baseball Preseason All-American (3rd Team Starting Pitcher), Perfect Game Preseason All-American (2nd Team Starting Pitcher), NCBWA Preseason All-American (2nd Team Starting Pitcher), 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List member, D1Baseball's #13 Starting Pitcher, D1Baseball's #28 2025 MLB Draft Prospect/#4 Big 12, All-Big 12 Preseason Team (Starting Pitcher) and Prospects Live No. 2 left-handed pitching prospect for the 2025 MLB Draft.
He was named the the U.S. Collegiate National Team in the summer, becoming the 43rd Sun Devil to accomplish the feat. He Recorded action on the mound in the International Friendship Series…Completed the series with a 2.08 ERA and seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work … Finished with a 1-0 overall record…Yielded just two hits in a weather-shortened 3-2 win over Chinese Taipei in Cary, N.C., on June 30.
Jacobs evolved into ASU's ace as last season progressed, earning Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors.
He also tossed 5.0 scoreless innings for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League with eight strikeouts over 5.0 innings
Jacobs finished his debut seasson with the Devils with a 4.75 ERA and a team-best seven wins on the season, striking out 102 over 66.1 innings with a sub-.250 average against.
The 102 strikeouts were 43rd nationally overall and 33rd following the end of the conference tournament season
His 13.84 K/9 was 11th nationally and tops in the Pac-12 and his seven wins were third in the league
Jacobs struck out a career-best 11 hitters in his Friday night win over USC, earning a quality start with a career-best 6.1 innings of work while allowing just a single run. He added a second quality start in 6.0 scoreless innings against Stanford with nine strikeouts.

WALK THIS WAY

Kyle Walker has assumed duties at second base this season after a very productive undergraduate campaign at Grambling.
The veteran ranks 61st among all D1 players with his 3.21 WAR this season - 27th among Power Four players.
He had his team-best 19-game hitting streak snapped in the finale against Arizona, which remains the longest for a Sun Devil this season.. He had multiple hits in 11 games during that streak.
Walker remains second on the team in average at .370 - a notable achievement as he was batting .083 on Feb. 28 and still below the Mendoza line as of March 7.
Since moving into the leadoff spot in the second game against TCU on March 15 (where he has played every game since), Walker is batting .403 on 58-of-144 hitting with a .500 OBP and team-leading 52 runs scored.
Since moving to the leadoff spot on March 15th against TCU, Kyle Walker has recorded a hit to start the game in 14 games. To take that a step further, there have been eight times he has recorded a hit on the very FIRST PITCH of the game.
Walker's .493 career OBP is third among active D1 players that have played their whole careers at the D1 level and his .376 career average is 12th among those active players. He also ranks 8th among active D1 players in runs scored (188).
Walker has struck out just once ever 8.8 at-bats this season, marking him the 6th-toughest player in the Big 12 to strike out.
Walker leads the team with 105 defensive assists this year while fielding an exceptional .983. The 105 assists are good for 16th in the Big 12.
Among 39 Big 12 players with at least 50 defensive assists this season, Walker's .985 fielding percentage ranks second. Walker's 8.15 defensive runs saved this season rank 41st among all D1 players.
He has successfully advanced runners at a .608 clip (59-of-97).
Walker participated in the 2024 MLB Draft Combine and represented the U.S. Collegiate National Team during the summer, competing in the International Friendship Series against Chinese Taipei in Cary, N.C.
As a redshirt sophomore in 2024, led Grambling State with a career-best .381 batting average, 11 home runs, 77 hits, and 71 runs scored.He recorded 114 defensive assists and turned 26 double plays in 2024
Walker concluded his two-year career at Grambling State with a .376 batting average, .500 on-base percentage, 13 home runs, 135 hits, 70 RBIs, and 121 runs scored
Walker began his Grambling State career in 2023 after redshirting his freshman year at Louisiana Tech, starting at second base and batted .372 with 2 home runs, 58 hits, and 50 runs scored in his debut season at Grambling.

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK

Senior Jack Martinez has giving ASU much-needed longevity in his three starts this season, tossing a team-best 71.0 innings.
While Martinez has a 4.44 ERA, his 2.37 SIERA - which accounts for runs not in the pitcher's control - is third-lowest in the Big 12 and 20th-lowest in the nation. His 4.58 xFIP sixth-best in the Big 12
Among D1 pitchers with 250+ changeups thrown this year, His 47.4 whiff percentage is 14th in the country and his 70.9 strike percentage on the pitch is third.
He is leading the Big 12 with 97 strikeouts - good for 9th in the nation - and his 13.03 K/9 is second in the league and 11th in the country. Five times this season has Martinez recorded double-digit strikeouts, including three of his last five starts.
He needs just 6 strikeouts to move into ASU's Top-10 strikeout leaders for a single season since 1998 a - a list that has remained untouched since Seth Blair recorded 108 in 2010 to sit seventh.
His 3.73 strikeout to walk ratio is 7th in the Big 12 his 1.15 WHIP is 5th in the league.
He was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after the Gonzaga series where he posted a no-hitter through 6.2 innings en route to a 10 strikeout, two walk, one hit performance with no runs allowed.
Martinez posted a 4.40 ERA for Louisiana in 2024 as helped the Ragin' Cajuns to the Sun Belt Conference regular season title and a spot in the NCAA Baseball Tournament where it advanced to the Regional Final against eventual College World Series runner-up Texas A&M
He went a combined 10-1 on the mound in 38 career appearances at Division III Trinity University (Texas) and was named first-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, first-team D3baseball.com All-Region and second-team ABCA Second Team All-Region
He led a stellar pitching staff with a 2.12 earned run average in 2023, finishing the year with a 6-0 record and six saves as he recorded a team-best 81 strikeouts in 51.0 innings of work, holding opponents to a .163 batting average. He finished third among DIII players in strikeouts per nine innings (14.29).

NO LUMP OF COLE

Cole Carlon has been ASU's most reliable option out of its bullpen this season and put together one of the top reliever resume's in the country in thge process.
Among D1 pitchers with at least 500+ pitches this season, Carlon's 42.3 whiff percentage is first in the nation. His 55.7 whiff percentage on his slider is sixth among pitchers that have throw it at least 150 times.
Carlon has allowed just 12 hits in his last 28.0 innings of work and 48 of those 85 outs come via strikeout to just nine walks.
Carlion has a 2.58 ERA this season with a 2-0 record and three saves and only a paltry .139 batting average against over 45.1 innings.
He has 73 strikeouts on the season, third on the Sun Devils, eighth in the Big 12 and 104th in the nation.
Of the 142 players in D1 baseball to record 70 strikeouts this season, Carlon has accomplished the feat in the second fewest innings of work (Vanderbilt's Connor Fennell, 75 in 42.1 innings).
Carlon had a streak of consecutive batters retired ended at 28 after his two-out walk in the sixth in the Saturday game against Cincinnati. UC's leadoff double in the ninth ended Carlon's streak of 13.0 straight innings with no hits dating back to March 21 vs. #22 Kansas over six appearances.
He recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts over 4.1 innings of work in the Sunday victory over Arizona. That number marked the second most for a Sun Devil reliever since 2021 (Tie: Tyler Thornton- 11 vs. Rhode Island 4/30/21; Hunter Omlid- 11 vs. Utah Valley 3/19/24). At one point, Carlon retired seven straight batters on strikeouts, which is tied for the fourth-most consecutive strikeouts by a Sun Devil in program history.

GRABBING THE BULL-PEN BY THE HORNS

The Sun Devil bullpen has made a habit of escaping jams under Willie Bloomquist, stranding 1,802 baserunners over 223 games, an average of 8.1 stranded opponent runners per game. ASU stranded 453 in 55 games last season and 388 in 53 games this season.
ASU has three players with a bullpen ERA of 3.00 or less with 10.0+ innings pitched (Cole Carlon, Easton Barrett, Jaden Alba) - a feat that hasn't been achieved through 53 games at ASU since the 2013 team (Ryan Burr, Matt Dunbar, Josh McAlister).
This season is the first time ASU has posted two midweek shutouts since 2012, when the team beat Utah Valley (9-0) and Cal State Fullerton (1-0) on March 13 and March 27. It is the first time the team had back-to-back midweek shutouts since March 26-27, 1996 vs. Portland State (10-0, 12-0). It is the first time a team has back-to-back midweek shutouts over two separate teams since Feb. 5 and Feb. 20, 1990 vs. Chapman and Lubbock Christian (4-0, 4-0). These totals are all notable as ASU used five pitchers in each of those victories (2-0 at UCLA, 7-0 vs. UNLV).
Lucas Kelly has allowed just nine runs in 23.2 innings over 19 appearances with 30 strikeouts and just a .260 average against to go with his 3.42 ERA. He easily leads the team with six holds this season.
Freshmen Easton Barrett and Max Arlich have quietly put up a 1.69 ERA and 1.80 ERA coming out of the bullpen this year over 15.2 combined innings with 17 strikeouts.
Derek Schaefer has been ASU's fireman when its needed it this season, allowing just three of his 14 inherited runners on the season to score.

PITCH AND CATCH

While there is still a ton of season ahead, early returns on new Sun Devil pitching coach Jeremy Accardo have paid immediate dividends while the defenders behind him have done their part to reward the staff for throwing strikes and taking care of balls in play.
ASU has six pitchers with 10.0+ innings pitched and a sub-4.50 ERA. Last year at this time, the team had just a single player that met that criteria.
ASU's overall team WHIP sits 66th nationally at 1.45. While not eye popping, It is notable as the team has not finished in the Top-100 in the category since 2012 (6th, 1.17). In fact, ASU has been outside the Top-200 five different times since then and outside the Top-150 eight times.
ASU has five games this season where it has walked just a single batter, compared to having just three such games total a season ago.
The team's strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.52 ranks 31st in the nation as well. The Sun Devils have not ranked in the Top-100 in that category in a non-COVID season since the 2015 campaign where ASU checked in at 79th in the nation with a ratio of 2.20.
ASU is first in the Big 12 with a 11.3 K/9 average this season, good for 7th nationally. The Sun Devils have struck out double digit batters in 33 of 53 games on the season.
ASU is one of just three schools in the nation with three different pitchers with 70+ strikeouts (Vanderbilt and Florida State)
ASU has struck out 578 batters this season, the fourth-most in the country and the only school in the Top 6 in the nation NOT in the SEC. At the team's current clip, it will challenge the 2009 Sun Devil squad for the second-most in the aluminum bat era (a tally that sits at 608) while the school record 675 set by the 1975 team remains in sight with a postseason run.
ASU has given up the 93th most home runs this season (54) which, while not outstanding, is still a marked improvement from last year's squad, which ranked 23rd with 88 allowed.
The Sun Devils have posted 29 games this season without an error and have quietly put up a .980 fielding percentage on the year - good for first in the Big 12 and 15th in the country. ASU ranked outside the Top-100 in each of the last three seasons in the category.
The 29 games without an error easily surpass ASU's total for the season a year ago of 21.
ASU had a seven-game streak without an error at one point this year - which was its longest since a nine-game stretch in the 2015 season.
The Sun Devil pitchers have been amongst the most improved in the area, with just four errors credited against them this season (10.8 percent) - notable as ASU pitchers were responsible for 12 of ASU's 60 errors last season (20.0 percent).

WHAT'S THE CATCH?

The Sun Devils looked hard-pressed to replace one of the program's most prolific offensive players in history as All-American catcher Ryan Campos is now departed as an early round draft pick to the Cardinals organization, leaving a gap at the catcher position that was manned by the .369 career hitter the last three seasons but Josiah Cromwick and Brody Briggs have answered the call.
After a prolific offensive Fall and early Spring in team scrimmages, Josiah Cromwick has shown he can do it with the lights on as well, leading the Sun Devils with 11 home runs this season, good for 11th in the Big 12 despite not seeing every day action in the lineup.
Cromwick has 31 total hits on the season and 20 of those have gone for extra bases, recording 12 homers and 8 doubles.
ASU went with Cromwick as the backstop to get the opening night start. Granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, Cromwick was arguable t he team's best player through Fall and Preseason camp this year, recording 20 home runs in live AB scrimmages. Cromwick was a Top-25 catcher in the nation out of high school and started 67 games for the Oregon Ducks prior to transferring to ASU last year.
Brody Briggs has posted a .278 average on the year. His seven RBIs on the first two home runs of his career in the rubber match victory over TCU are the most for a Sun Devil this season.
Briggs has shown defensively as well, with 27 defensive assists on the year and leading the team in throwing out nine runners this season - tied for fifth in the Big 12 despite seeingle significantly fewer chances than the players ahead of him.
The duo has combined for 17 home runs and 12 doubles this season with 53 RBIs - easily helping offset the offensive loss from Ryan Campos, who started nearly every game at catcher last year.

THINGS ARE GETTING A BIT HAIR-Y

Freshman Landon Hairston has shown a mature approach at the plate despite the freshman tag and has quickly become a staple in the Sun Devil lineup.
The youngster is making quite a case for Freshman All-America accolades as he now sits 6th in the Big 12 with his .368 average - good for 10th among all freshmen nationally and 3rd among freshmen in a Power Four conference.
His .485 OBP is third in the league and is seventh among all freshmen in the nation and 2nd among Power Four freshmen.
Hairston has 16 extra base hits in his last 21 games (11 doubles, 1 triple, four homers) after he had just one through his first 27 games as a Sun Devil.
Hairston has shown his ability to make in-game late inning adjustments as he is batting .352 (24-68) in innings 6-9 this season.
Hairston has become an every day fixture in the outfield for ASU despite coming to the program as a corner infielder and is 64-for-65 on defensive chances with one error and team-best three outfield assists.

HEADED TO THE GAP

ASU leads the nation with its 136 doubles this year and has recorded multiple doubles in 37 games (and 5th at 2.57 per game)
11 players have recorded at least three doubles this season and eight have already reached double digits in the category.
Jacob Tobias and Kyle Walker ranks 31st in the country with their 19 doubles and second in the Big 12. Brandon Compton and Matt King are tied for eighth in the league with 16.
The Sun Devils were tops in the Pac-12 and sixth in the country with 143 doubles last year in 58 games and the 2.47 doubles per game were fourth in the nation. The total was 15 more than any other team in the Pac-12 even without making the postseason.
15 different Sun Devils had multiple doubles last season - the most of any school in the Pac-12.
Ryan Campos was the Pac-12 leader with 25 doubles this year - a tally good for 7th nationally. Nick McLain was sixth with 18, Brandon Compton was 12th with 16. Jacob Tobias had 14, Harris Williams had 13 and Ethan Mendoza and Kien Vu had 11, giving ASU a Pac-12 leading seven players that have reached double digits in the category.
ASU had multiple doubles in 39 games last season and at least one double in 51 of 63 games. The team's 143 double were fifth out of all ASU team's since 1998 in the category.
ASU got a slow start in the doubles category in 2023 but came alive in the second half of the year. After having just 13 in the first 11 of the season, ASU finished with 108 to find itself in the Top-100 prior to the NCAA Tourney after being ranked as low as 232 through the first month of the season.
The team recorded a double in 45 of 55 games overall that year with multiple doubles in 26 of those. Luke Keaschall finished seventh second in the entire country with 25 doubles .
The Sun Devils recorded 134 doubles in 2022, good for 19th in the nation and third in the Pac-12. The 127 doubles during the regular season were the most for a Sun Devil team in the REGULAR SEASON in the BBCOR era (since 2011) and tied for the fifth-most in a regular season since 1998.
ASU had at least one double in all but six games in 2022 and multiple doubles in 36 of 58 games.

CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL

Arizona State has 82 home runs this season, a total that is third in the Big 12 and 25th in the country.
11 players have recorded home runs for ASU this year, with 10 posting at least four.
ASU only had runners on base on 7 of its first 21 homers of the season but has had runners on 38 of its last 61 homers with the 14 exceptions being leadoff home runs or the back half of back-to-back homers.
ASU is 18-3 when hitting two or more homers in a game.
Five times this season ASU has recorded five or more homers. That includes a school record 8 homers against BYU and 6 in two other games that is tied for third.
The Sun Devils set a school record with eight home runs in the finale of the BYU series, surpassing its previous record of seven against Arizona on March 4, 2000. ASU got that in the first two innings of the game alone as eight of the team's first 10 hits all left the ballpark.
ASU's 15 home runs in the BYU series (8 Saturday, 6 Friday and 1 Thursday) were a school record for a three-game series.
After not having a game with back-to-back homers all season, ASU did it four times in the BYU series and THREE times in a single inning on Saturday. Isaiah Jackson and Brody Briggs (x2) AND Matt King and Jacob Tobias all did it in the second inning after Tobias and Nu'u Contrades did it in the first yesterday.
There's only been one instance in MLB databank of two players going back-to-back jacks TWICE in the SAME inning like Jackson and Briggs did in that BYU game - when the Mariners Mike Cameron and Bret Boone did it on May 2, 2002.
Notable though, ASU swept the road series against Utah WITHOUT hitting a home run - the first time the team had accomplished that feat in a road series sweep since the start of the 1999 season (3-0 at Hawai'i, 4-0 at Hawai'i-Hilo) and the first time overall in a series sweep since 2017 against Northwestern in Week One.
The Sun Devils had 102 homers last year, good for 30th nationally and surpassing the program's BBCOR record of 94 from the 2019 season. ASU became just the eighth Sun Devil team in the program's illustrious history to reach 100 home runs and the first to do it since having 101 in 1990. The 2024 Sun Devils were the fastest to reach triple digits in the category in program history, doing so in 56 games.
ASU had five Sun Devils reach doublle digit homers (Ryan Campos, Kien Vu, Brandon Compton, Jacob Tobias and Nick McLain), marking the first time at ASU since 1993 that five players accomplished the feat (Todd Cady, Doug Newstrom, Antone Williamson, Paul Lo Duca, Jacob Cruz). It was the first season that even four had reached the tally since 1994.
11 different Sun Devils had multiple homers - second-best in the Pac-12 - and 13 homered overall, which was also the second-most in the league.
The 2024 Sun Devils were the first ASU team to have 13 players homer since the 2008 squad also had 13.
ASU homered once in each of the three games against Oregon State, notable as the Beavers had allowed just 10 homers all season entering the weekend and just five total at Goss Stadium.
ASU had six homers in its road series against UCLA, the most allowed by UCLA in a three-game series this year. ASU had four in each of its first two games against USC, the most the Trojans had allowed in a game all year. ASU had five in a game against UC San Diego, the most it had allowed and had four in two of its games against UW, also the most the Huskies had allowed. With the team's five-homer game against Stanford - the most the Cardinal had allowed at the Sunken Diamond since 2000 - ASU had five-straight series in which it has recorded at least one game with the most home runs allowed by that opponent last season.
The Sun Devils had eight homers in the Oregon series. Unfortunately, all came of the solo variety.
The Sun Devils continued looking for the big hit with runners on base as ASU had 49 solo homers on its 102 last season. Of the team's 49 solo homers, however, 23 were of the leadoff variety and didn't give anyone a chance to be on base while five others came as part of back-to-back homers and thus, the same principle.
The big homers with men on base, however, increased in the last month. Five of ASU's six homers against UCLA were two-run shots and 5 of 10 against USC were multi-run bombs, as were five of its seven against UC San Diego. Seven of the ten homers against Washington were multi-run shots. Four of the 11 homers against Stanford were three-run bombs while another was a two-run shot.
The Sun Devils hit 19 more homers during the 2023 season (83) than it did the prior year. 12 different players logged a home run last season for ASU and 10 had multiple home runs. In 2023, ASU had eight different players with at least six homers - more than any other team in the Pac-12.
The Sun Devils had seven players with at least seven homers that year - at the time two more than any other team at ASU had had since at least the 1998 season. ASU had five players with at least seven homers in 2022, tied for the second-most at ASU since 1998. The Sun Devils had seven players with at least seven homers last season as well.
ASU's 83 homers in 2023 were 56th in the country prior to the NCAA Tournament.
The better news was ASU finally started the get pumps with runners on base. 37 of the team's last 66 Sun Devil home runs that year came with runners on base after 14 of the first 17 that season were solo shots. Of the 26 solo shots, 17 were leadoff homers and thus not given the opportunity to happen with runners on base.
The timing of the home runs improved immensely over the second half of the 2022 season as well. On 24 of the final 37 homers on the year, ASU had at least one runner on base. That was notable as ASU had runners on base just eight times on the teams first 27 homers.
Of the nine position players with at least 30 starts in 2022, all nine had multiple home runs. ASU had ten total players with multiple homers.

COMING IN HOT

The Sun Devils have put up 68 innings this season where the team has scored at least three runs, 32 with four or more and 21 with 5 or more.
ASU has outscored opponents 686-409 over its last 71 regular season games - going 50-21 in the process.
Big innings have been the theme of ASU's season as the team has now scored in 192 halves of an inning on the year and have plated two or more runs in 123 of those (.640).
ASU has scored 241 runs in its 27 conference games this season (8.9 per game) - tops in the league - and 34 more than any other team in the conference.
The team is batting .333 in Big 12 games - tops in the league by 19 points.
ASU ranks 12th nationally and 1st in the Big 12 with a .322 batting average this season and is 11th in the country and first in the league with a .540 slugging percentage. ASU is first in the Big 12 and 32nd nationally with 8.8 runs per game.
Seven time in the Willie Bloomquist tenure - and twice this season - the Sun Devils have recorded 20 or more hits (since 2022). The team had just eight from 2008-21 and only three from 2011-21).
Both of ASU's 20-hit games this season have come on the road and three of the seven total under Bloomquist. Of the team's 36 games with 20+ hits from 2000-2021, only eight came on the road.
The Sun Devils have scored 20 or more runs five times in 3+ seasons under head coach Willie Bloomquist. That total is notable as the team had just five such games TOTAL from 2009-2021.
Last season, ASU has posted 68 3+ run innings and 41 4+ run innings. 21 times last season, ASU scored five or more runs in an inning.
The Sun Devils thrived in the big innings in 2023 as well, 12 times recording five or more runs in an inning. The team recorded 51 innings with three or more runs scored.
The game marked the 27th time this season that ASU has reached double digit hits in a game. It is the 5th game in which the team has finished with 16 or more hits. recorded 10 or more hits in 39 of 58 games last season and in nine-straight games to conclude the regular season and 16 of the last 17 in the regular season . ASU's 652 total hits last season were tops in the Pac-12 and 14th nationally.
The Sun Devils' offensive surge at the end of last year boosted its team slugging percentage to .541 on the year, good for tops in the Pac-12 and 15th nationally. The batting average was .313 for the year, tops in the Pac-12 and 12th nationally.
Last season, the Sun Devils were second in the Pac-12 in averaging 8.3 runs per game and 29th nationally.
The Sun Devils have outscored opponents 72-33 in the first innings of games this year and are 22-6 when scoring in the first.
ASU has outscored opponents by 34 in both the second (49-15) and sixth inning (62-28) of games.

HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS

After going 1-7 in one-run games in 2022, ASU went 7-3 and 8-5 in one run efforts in 2023 and 2024. ASU's eight wins in one run games last year were the most since the team had nine in the 2017 season.
ASU is 6-7 in one-run games this season and is 10-10 in games decided by two runs or less after going 11-13 in such games last year.
The team has posted the game-winning RBI/run in the sixth inning or later in 12 of the team's wins so far.
The Sun Devils have not lost a game by more than 5 runs this season (@UNLV), a notable - if frustrating - statistic as there have been just two other seasons in program history where ASU had not lost a game by 5 or more runs: the 1969 National Champions and the 1973 CWS team that lost just 8 total games.
ASU and Iowa are the only teams in the country that have not lost by more than 5 runs this season.
The walk-off win against UNLV in the regular season finale a year ago was ASU's sixth last season as a result of a ninth or extra-inning lead change, with walk-offs against Oregon, GCU and UW (10th inning) and UNLV and ninth-inning go-ahead runs on the road against Arizona and UNLV. ASU has two walk-offs this season.
ASU won four games last year when trailing after eight innings and five games when trailing OR tied after 8. The team had five wins when trailing or tied after eight in 2016 and nine in 2015. ASU's four games in which it trailed after eight innings are the most since the team had five such victories in 2006.
ASU has trailed at one point in 56 of its last 85 victories dating back to to 2023 - including 20 of its wins this season.
In three seasons under Willie Bloomquist, the Sun Devils have shown that no opponent lead is safe, showing off plenty of grit in erasing multi-run deficits. ASU has nine wins in each of the last two seasons when trailing by at least three runs at some point in the game. ASU has won three such games this season.
In 2022, the seven-run deficit overcome by the Sun Devils to defeat and take the series from Cal was the most since March 3, 2000 against Arizona. ASU doubled down at that in 2023 with the victories over North Dakota State and GCU, overcoming a 7-0 deficit in both (and 9-2 in entering the eighth against GCU) for victories in both.
ASU came from behind 13-6 in the regular season finale against UNLV to walk it off in the ninth - the fourth seven-run comeback in the Bloomquist era.
ASU has won 11 games in which it has trailed by at least five runs at some point in the game under Willie Bloomquist.

DO I KNOW YOU?

The Sun Devils welcome an incredible 22 new faces to the roster in 2025. The class features Perfect Game's No. 17 freshman group in the country - its second-straight Top-25 class.
The roster will feature 6 freshman arms, a notable tally considering the 2022 team didn't have a single freshman arm on the roster. Additionally, ASU added six transfer arms, including expected Saturday starter Jack Martinez (Louisiana) and potential closer Will Koger (Louisville)
The team will feature two new middle infielders for the third consecutive season after having at least one returner up the middle from 2018-22, this year in the form of Matt King (UTSA) at short and Kyle Walker (Grambling) at second.
In addition to the guys playing on the field, the team also welcomed a slew of new faces on the coaching and support staff, highlighted by new pitching coach Jeremy Accardo, new hitting coach Jason Ellison and new pitching analytics coordinator Jared Matheson.

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