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2012 Sun Devil Baseball Five -Time NCAA Champions (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) ASU Media Relations 2012 Record 3-0 (P) 480-965-6594 Home Record: 3-0 (F) 480-965-5408 Away/Neutral Record: 0-0 Baseball Contact: Thomas Lenneberg 2012 Pac-10: 0-0 E-Mail: [email protected] Head Coach: Tim Esmay Website: www.TheSunDevils.com (3rd Season) On The Air 2012 Schedule & Results February 24-26 Friday and Sunday DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Friday, February 24- 6:30 p.m. 2/17 Western Michigan W, 10-0 UC Riverside vs. #12 Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) games can be heard 2/18 Western Michigan W, 13-0 2/19 Western Michigan W, 17-2 on TheSunDevils. 2/24 UC Riverside 6:30 p.m. Saturday, February 25 - 1 p.m. 2/25 UC Riverside 1 p.m. UC Riverside vs. #12 Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) com/allaccess/. 2/26 UC Riverside 12:30 p.m. 3/1 Saint Louis (at Surprise) 4 p.m. Friday’s game will 3/2 Northern Illinois (at Surprise) 4 p.m. Sunday, February 26 - 12:30 p.m. 3/3 Winthrop (at Surprise) 4 p.m. UC Riverside vs. #12 Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) also be webcast on 3/4 Saint Mary’s (at Surprise) 4 p.m.^ 3/6 Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. FoxSportsArizona.com. 3/9 at Long Beach State 6:30 p.m. *All Games Times Are Local To Site 3/10 at Long Beach State 5:30 p.m. 3/11 at Long Beach State 1 p.m. 3/13 Utah Valley 6:30 p.m. 3/14 Utah Valley 6:30 p.m. Leading Off: 3/16 at UCLA* 6 p.m. Following a three-game season-opening series sweep of Western Michigan, Sun Devil 3/17 at UCLA* 2 p.m. 3/18 at UCLA* 1 p.m. baseball continues its home stand by hosting the UC Riverside Highlanders for three games 3/21 UNLV 6:30 p.m. at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Devils and Highlanders will begin 3/23 #20 Cal* 6:30 p.m. 3/24 #20 Cal* 6:30 p.m. the series on Friday night, followed by a day game on Saturday before wrapping up the 3/25 #20 Cal* 12:30 p.m. weekend with a 12:30 p.m. contest on Sunday. 3/27 #19 Cal State Fullerton 6:30 p.m. 3/28 #19 Cal State Fullerton 6:30 p.m. 3/30 at #24 Oregon* 6 p.m. Devils vs. UC Riverside: 3/31 at #24 Oregon* 2 p.m. 4/1 at #24 Oregon* 12 p.m. ASU is 34-5 all-time against University of California-Riverside, with the last meeting 4/5 #21 Oregon State* 6:30 p.m. coming in the final contest of the Coca-Cola Classic at Surprise Stadium on March 6, 2011. 4/6 #21 Oregon State* 6:30 p.m. 4/7 #21 Oregon State* 12:30 p.m. The Sun Devils won that game 5-4 behind a bases-loaded walk-off single by Riccio Torrez 4/9 at New Mexico 6 p.m. in the 11th inning. 4/10 at New Mexico 6 p.m. 4/13 USC* 6:30 p.m. 4/14 USC* 6:30 p.m. Leading The Pac: 4/15 USC* 12:30 p.m. 4/17 #22 Arizona 6:30 p.m. The Sun Devils lead the Pac-12 in five offensive categories, including batting average (.413), 4/20 at #3 Stanford 5:30 p.m. slugging percentage (.625), on-base percentage (.518), runs scored (40) and RBI (37). They 4/21 at #3 Stanford 1 p.m. 4/22 at #3 Stanford 1 p.m. are also tops in the conference in four pitching categories, including ERA (0.33), opposing 4/27 at Washington State* 5:30 p.m. batting average (.168), hits allowed (16) and runs allowed (2). On the individual side, Abe 4/28 at Washington State* 2:00 p.m. 4/29 at Washington State* 12 p.m. Ruiz paces the Pac-12 in slugging percentage (1.400) and total bases (14), and Andrew 5/4 Utah* 6:30 p.m. Aplin, Joey DeMichele and Ruiz are tops in runs scored (7). Ruiz’s two home runs are also 5/5 Utah* 6:30 p.m. 5/6 Utah* 12:30 p.m. tied for the most in the conference. 5/11 at Gonzaga 6 p.m. 5/12 at Gonzaga 3 p.m. 5/13 at Gonzaga 1 p.m. Making Them Earn It: 5/16 #22 Arizona 6:30 p.m. Nine Sun Devil pitchers did not give up an earned run in a combined 26 innings during the 5/18 Washington* 6:30 p.m. 5/19 Washington* 6:30 p.m. weekend. Brady Rodgers, Trevor Williams, Alex Blackford, Adam McCreery, Darin 5/20 Washington* 12:30 p.m. Gillies, Matthew Dunbar, Robert Ravago, Jake Barrett and Brandon Bonilla each 5/25 at #22 Arizona* 6 p.m. 5/26 at #22 Arizona* 6 p.m. pitched at least one inning and struck out a total of 33 batters, good for second in the Pac-12. 5/27 at #22 Arizona* 12 p.m. (Ranking listed is based off NCBWA) Player of the Week: *Pac-12 Game Senior first baseman Abe Ruiz was named the first-ever Pac-12 Player of the Week for Feb. ^Game will begin 45 minutes following MLB Game 13-19, marking the fifth straight season a Sun Devil has earned Player of theWeek honors following opening weekend. Ruiz established new career game highs in RBI, hits, home runs In The Polls and runs in the first game of the season, and is tops in the Pac-12 in slugging percentage and NCBWA: #12 tied for the lead in total bases and runs scored. It is the first career Player of theWeek honor Baseball America: #13 for Ruiz and the 100th by an ASU player, most in Pac-12 history. USA Today/Coaches: N/A Collegiate Baseball: #13 2012 Arizona State Sun Devil Baseball • vs. UC Riverside Head Coach Tim Esmay A Career Weekend: Twelve Sun Devils made their first career appearances in an ASU uniform over the Tim Esmay is in his third season as head weekend, including seven true freshman, two redshirt freshmen and three junior- baseball coach at Arizona State after taking college transfers. Six players recorded their first career hits and RBI, includingTrever over his alma mater in 2010 and leading them Allen, Tucker Esmay, Beau Maggi, Drew Stankiewicz, Rouric Bridgewater and to a Pac-10 title and a berth in the College Nathaniel Causey, while Max Rossiter garnered his first career hit and RBI as a World Series. The 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Sun Devil. James McDonald collected his first career RBI and stolen base,Kasey Year, Esmay is in his 12th overall season as Coffman scored his first career run and stole his first career base, andAbe Ruiz set a coach at Arizona State. He spent 2005 to new career highs in RBI, hits and runs scored. Brandon Bonilla, Adam McCreery, 2009 as an assistant coach, including the Darin Gillies and Matthew Dunbar each recorded their first career strikeout at ASU, last three as the assistant head coach. He and McCreery and Trevor Williams each earned their first career wins as starters. played two seasons as an infielder under Jim Brock in 1986 and 1987. Esmay was Young Guns: the head baseball coach at the University Freshmen pitchers Brandon Bonilla, Adam McCreery and Darin Gillies combined of Utah from 1997 to 2004, winning a WAC for 12 strikeouts across eight scoreless innings over the weekend. McCreery started title and WAC Coach of the Year honors in the second game and earned the win after giving up just two hits with five strikeouts 1997. In eight seasons at Utah he compiled in four innings. Gillies, who relieved McCreery and went three innings, also allowed a 213-235-1 record. Following his playing just two hits and recorded five strikeouts, including a string of four consecutive K’s days, Esmay served as an assistant coach against the first four batters he faced.Bonilla pitched the eighth inning of the first at Arizona State under Jim Brock from 1988 game and permitted one hit to go with a pair of strikeouts. to 1990, then again in Brock’s final season of 1994. Not Only Can They Catch, But They Can Hit Too: ASU catchers Max Rossiter, Nathaniel Causey and Beau Maggi went a combined Esmay’s Numbers 10-for-16 from the plate with nine RBI and six runs scored over the weekend. Div. I Record (years) ..................... 308-263-1 (11) Newcomer Rossiter collected six hits, three RBI and four runs scored in two starts, Record at ASU (years) ............................95-28 (2) freshman Causey capped off a four-run seventh inning for the Devils with a two- ASU Coaching Staff run triple in the third game of the series and finished the game with four RBI, while Asst. Coach ...................................... Ken Knutson redshirt sophomore Maggi manned the plate for the second game and collected thee Asst. Coach ...................................... Travis Jewett hits and two RBI. Asst. Coach ...................................Mike Benjamin Western Michigan Recap: ASU Media Relations Arizona State improved to 42-11-1 all-time in season openers, beating Western Media Relations Phone .................(480) 965-6594 Michigan 10-0 on Opening Night. Abe Ruiz led the way for the Devils with a pair Baseball SID ...........................Thomas Lenneberg of two homers and six RBIs, and starter Brady Rodgers picked up the win after E-Mail Address [email protected] allowing just four hits and no runs to go along with eight strikeouts in six innings.