House Of Sparky

Richard Martinez/ House of Sparky Good baseball As the ball jumped off Jayden Kieran’s bat, it looked as though Utah would take the lead on a bases-clearing double. Arizona State’s Joe Lampe had other plans. Lampe raced over from his centerfield perch, left his feet, and made a spectacular inning-ending grab to preserve the two-run lead in the seventh inning. It was … [Read more...] about ASU Baseball: Strong pitching, stellar defense lead ASU to victory over Utah

Courtesy of Katie MacCrory/Sun Devil Athletics Wins all around Gymnastics Cairo Leonard-Baker prepared for her final floor routine at home. The pressure was on. Arizona State needed its senior to have a typical Cario Leonard-Baker performance to surpass Arizona on Saturday, and she nailed it. A 9.900 finale on floor pushed Arizona State to a 196.100-196.075 win over … [Read more...] about Saturday Olympic Sport Roundup

Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY Sports That was a tough one Any chance for the Arizona State Sun Devils (10-13, 7-10 Pac-12) to build momentum into the Pac-12 Tournament was flushed away by the Utah Utes (11-12, 8-11) on Saturday. Offense and defense, nothing was pretty for the Sun Devils in their 98-59 loss in Salt Lake City. The two teams battled for most of the first … [Read more...] about ASU Basketball: Utah blows past Sun Devils in regular season finale

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Regular season finale The Arizona State Sun Devils (10-12, 7-9 Pac-12) close out the regular season on Saturday at the Utah Utes (10-12, 7-11) with tipoff at 12:00 p.m. MT. Watch: FS1 (Play-by-play: Jim Kozimor, Color: Dan Belloumini) Listen: Sun Devil Radio Network or ESPN 620 AM. (Play-by-play: Tim Healey. Color: Kevin Dodd.) Read: … [Read more...] about ASU Basketball: How to Follow, Game Thread: Arizona State vs. Utah

Richard Martinez/ House of Sparky “Good baseball” Arizona State’s (6-2) bullpen and late-game hitting helped put them over the top in their 4-3 victory over Utah (1-6) in the first of their three-game series this weekend. Coming into Friday night, Tyler Thornton made it through at least the fifth inning in all six of his starts for the Sun Devils. That stat changed … [Read more...] about ASU Baseball: Sun Devils pick up first Friday win riding their bullpen

Photo courtesy: Ric Kruszynski/Ohio State Athletics Dub in Columbus Arizona State (7-16-3) capped off its 2020-21 season on a high note, defeating Ohio State 5-0 on Friday evening in Columbus. After a tough loss on Thursday, the Devils bounced back with a jump in their step and they came out firing in the first period. ASU lit the lamp three times in the opening frame, … [Read more...] about ASU Hockey: Sun Devils end season on high note, shutout Ohio State

Courtesy of Will Edmonds/Sun Devil Athletics Tennis does well Men’s Tennis It was another nail-bitter for No. 21 Arizona State (11-1) but it kept the winning streak alive against No. 28 Oklahoma (6-5) on Friday. Nathan Ponwith had all the weight on his shoulders to secure the final point in the 4-3 win after her battled to the end against Oklahoma’s Jake Van Emburgh. … [Read more...] about Friday Olympic Sport Roundup

Brady Vernon/House of Sparky A lot of runs No. 11 Arizona State Sun Devil softball (13-1) scored a combined 31 runs on Friday on their way to a pair of wins over Montana and Incarnate Word in El Paso, Texas. Game One Montana (2-9) hang around the 11th-ranked Arizona State for most of its contest, but a nine-run six inning propelled the Sun Devils to a 17-5 victory. … [Read more...] about ASU Softball: No. 11 Sun Devils power to two wins to open Orange and Blue classic

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Win for the Buffs Arizona State was soaring after three consecutive victories over the Washington schools, but they came back to earth Thursday night after a 75-61 loss to No. 24 Colorado. This game was billed as one of the last times that PAC-12 greats McKinley Wright IV of Colorado and Remy Martin of ASU would face each other in … [Read more...] about ASU Basketball: Colorado pulls past Arizona State