Sun Devil Baseball Weekly Preview (3/18)

March 18, 2013

Current Overall Record: 12-4-1, 1-2

Last Week: 2-2
March 13 - No. 13 Arizona State 4, New Mexico 3 (11)
March 15 - Washington State 15, No. 13 Arizona State 4
March 16 - No. 13 Arizona State 4, Washington 1
March 17 - Washington State 11, No. 13 Arizona State 8

This Week:
Sun Devil Baseball Viewing Guide
March 19, 4:30 p.m. PT | No. 20 Arizona State at Texas Tech| Lubbock, Texas (Rip Griffin Park) | WATCH: Live Stream | LISTEN: Live Stream | STATS
March 22, 5:35 p.m. PT | No. 20 Arizona State at No. 3 Oregon State | Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Stadium) | WATCH: The Fan AM 1060 | STATS
March 23, 2:05 p.m. PT | No. 20 Arizona State vs. No. 3 Oregon State | Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Stadium) | WATCH: The Fan AM 1060 | STATS
March 24, 12:05 p.m. PT | No. 20 Arizona State vs. No. 3 Oregon State | Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Stadium) | TV: The Fan AM 1060 | STATS

In The Polls:
Perfect Game: 19
Baseball America: 20
Collegiate Baseball: 22

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2013 ASU Baseball Media Guide

Leading Off
The Sun Devils play a non-conference game on the road Tuesday against Texas Tech before heading to Corvallis, Ore., for a three-game tilt with No. 3 Oregon State Friday-Sunday.

Can't Make It?
Tuesday's game against Texas Tech in Lubbock will be televised on Fox College Sports or Fox Sports Southwest, and a live stream of the game will also be available online through the All-Access player on texastech.com. All three conference games against Oregon State will be carried on The Fan AM 1060, and Sunday's series finale against the Beavers will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Fans can also follow the team on Twitter at @ASU_Baseball for live scoring and updates from the weekend, and check thesundevils.com for stats, notes and more.

Sun Devil Star of the Week

Ryan Kellogg

Kellogg did not allow a hit after the third inning en route to his fourth victory of the season, and gave up just one earned run, struck out two and walked three in seven innings Retired 10 of 11 batters in the middle innings to shut down the Cougars' vaunted offense and secure the Sun Devils' first conference win Also made a few great defensive plays, including a tag at home plate to turn the double play with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning to keep the Cougars off the board. Maintained his conference-low 0.93 ERA (among starting pitchers) with the outing and ranks among the top of the Pac-12 with his four wins in five appearances Has allowed just one earned run in his past 15 innings pitched dating back to the sixth inning against Arkansas on March 2

3/13-3/17 Recap
ASU is the only team in the Pac-12 to have three players rank in the top 10 in slugging percentage (7. Trever Allen - .563; 8. James McDonald - .561; 7. 9. Michael Benjamin- .533)...Benjamin collected a hit in all four games to extend his team-leading hitting streak to 16 games...Allen led the way with five RBI on six hits over the week, including a 4-for-5, four-RBI performance in Sunday's series finale against WSU...freshman right-hander Ryan Burr collected his third save of the season after striking out the side in the ninth inning on Saturday in a 4-1 win over WSU...center fielder Kasey Coffman hit his second 11th-inning walk-off single of the year in a 4-3 win over New Mexico on Wednesday...right-hander Mark Lambson made his first appearance since June 2011 and allowed just one earned run in six innings over two appearances...right-hander Zak Miller made his first start of the season against New Mexico and did not allow an earned run in three innings...the Devils' pitching staff held New Mexico to just three runs, all unearned, after the Lobos had scored in double figures in six straight games...ASU averaged nearly 3,000 fans per game last week at Packard Stadium, including a season-high 3,467 on Friday night.