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2010 Sun Devil Baseball Back-To- Back-To- Back Pac-10 Champions ASU Media Relations 2010 Record 38-5 (P) 480-965-6592 Home Record: 26-2 (F) 480-965-5408 Away/Neutral Record: 12-3 Baseball Contact: Randy Policar 2010 Pac-10: 14-4 E-Mail: [email protected] Head Coach: Tim Esmay Website: www.TheSunDevils.com (1st Season) 2010 Schedule & Results Arizona On The Air DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME Tuesday, May 4 - 6:30 p.m. 2/19 Northern Illinois W, 8-0 #20 Arizona at #2 Arizona State (Tempe, Ariz.) The Arizona game can be 2/20 Northern Illinois W, 10-5 heard on The Fan AM 1060. 2/20 Northern Illinois W, 26-1 (7) *All Games Times Are Local To Site 2/21 Northern Illinois Ccd. 2/26 Towson W, 15-1 Leading Off: 2/27 Towson W, 9-1 2/27 Towson W, 11-6 After a perfect 5-0 weekend, including a three-game sweep of #4 UCLA in Los Angeles, 2/28 Towson W, 5-4 Arizona State returns home for a non-conference midweek showdown with Arizona at 3/2 Meiji University (Exh.) W, 9-1 3/4 Cal Poly (at Surprise) W, 12-9 Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. Following the game with the Wildcats, 3/5 #10 Oregon State (at Surprise) W, 6-4 ASU will take the weekend off for Final Exams. 3/6 UC Riverside (at Surprise) W, 16-2 3/7 FIU (at Surprise) W, 4-1 (7)^ 3/9 Grand Canyon W, 4-2 Devils vs. Arizona: 3/12 Auburn W, 9-8 3/13 Auburn W, 16-7 Since Arizona State began varsity baseball in 1959, the Devils and Wildcats have met 293 3/14 Auburn W, 8-3 times, with ASU holding a 178-115 edge in the all-time series. Arizona won the previous 3/16 at #29 Cal State Fullerton W, 6-5 3/17 at #29 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-6 meeting this season 4-2 in Tempe on April 20. 3/19 Houston W, 10-1 3/20 Houston W, 6-0 3/21 Houston W, 6-5 Rare Feat at Jackie Robinson: 3/26 Cal* W, 12-5 The Sun Devils three-game sweep of the Bruins at Jackie Robinson Stadium marked the 3/27 Cal* W, 6-1 3/28 Cal* W, 3-2 fi rst time since 2005 that UCLA was swept in a three-game series at home. Arizona State 4/1 at Oregon* W, 1-0 had not swept a series in Los Angeles from the Bruins since 1994, the late Dr. Jim Brock’s 4/2 at Oregon* L, 5-6 (12) 4/3 at Oregon* W, 7-3 fi nal season as head coach at Arizona State. Current Sun Devil skipper Tim Esmay was an 4/5 San Diego W, 15-0 assistant coach on the 1994 team. 4/6 San Diego W, 11-6 4/9 at Washington State* L, 5-6 4/10 at Washington State* W, 11-7 Player of the Week: 4/11 at Washington State* L, 5-9 4/16 USC* W, 5-4 Riccio Torrez has been named the Pac-10 Player of the Week, the fi rst weekly honor of his 4/17 USC* W, 5-3 career. Torrez becomes the fi fth winner of a Pac-10 Weekly Award from ASU this season, 4/18 USC* W, 14-6 4/20 #15 Arizona L, 2-4 joining Zack MacPhee (twice), Drew Maggi and Jake Borup (Pitcher of the Week). 4/23 Washington* W, 10-2 Torrez hit .542 with eight RBI and eight runs scored during the fi ve games over the past 4/24 Washington* L, 4-9 4/25 Washington* W, 10-4 week. 4/27 San Francisco W, 11-5 4/28 San Francisco W, 21-3 4/30 at #4 UCLA* W, 5-1 Historical Start To A Season: 5/1 at #4 UCLA* W, 6-1 The 24 straight wins to open the 2010 campaign is the best start in school history. The 5/2 at #4 UCLA* W, 12-3 5/4 #20 Arizona 6:30 p.m. previous record was set by the 1961 team, who began the year 21-0. The 24-game winning 5/10 BYU 6:30 p.m. streak also set the mark for the second longest winning streak in school history. The school 5/11 BYU 6:30 p.m. 5/15 at #20 Arizona* 6 p.m. record for longest winning streak is 32, set in 1972. 5/16 at #20 Arizona* 6 p.m. 5/17 at #20 Arizona* 6 p.m. 5/21 Oregon State* 6:30 p.m. Historical Start To A Coaching Career: 5/22 Oregon State* 6:30 p.m. With Arizona State’s 24-game winning streak to start the 2010 season, Head Coach Tim 5/23 Oregon State* 12:30 p.m. 5/27 at Stanford* 1 p.m. Esmay set a new standard for wins to start a career as Arizona State’s head baseball coach. 5/28 at Stanford* 2 p.m. Jim Brock held the previous record for best start by a fi rst year coach, going 12-0 to begin 5/29 at Stanford* 1 p.m. (Ranking listed is highest) his ASU coaching career in 1972. Pat Murphy won the fi rst fi ve games of his fi rst season *Pac-10 Game, ^Game called due to rain in 1995. Bobby Winkles began his career 0-1-1 in 1959, the fi rst year of varsity baseball at Arizona State. In The Polls NCBWA: #3 Baseball America: #3 USA Today/Coaches: #2 Rivals.com: #3 Collegiate Baseball: #2 2010 Arizona State Sun Devil Baseball • Arizona Head Coach Tim Esmay San Francisco/atUCLA Recap: The Sun Devil bats came alive in the brief two-game series with San Francisco, as Former Sun Devil player and assistant ASU scored 32 runs in their 16 offensive innings...On Tuesday, Riccio Torrez tied coach Tim Esmay begins his fi rst season a career high with four hits, including a home run, to lead the way for the Sun Devil as Head Baseball Coach at Arizona State offense. All nine starters had a hit in the 11-5 win, and Mitchell Lambson picked up and 10th overall season with the program. the victory on the mound thanks to his three scoreless innings of relief...Wednesday Esmay spent the past fi ve seasons as an saw the Dons get out to a quick 3-0 lead in the second inning, but it was short-lived, assistant coach for ASU Baseball, including as the Devils rapped out 23 hits en route to a 21-3 laugher. Every starter had at least the last three as Assistant Head Coach. He two hits, including Riccio Torrez, who had four for the second straight game. Zach played two seasons as an infi elder under Wilson drove in four runs in support of Josh Moody, who threw three innings out Jim Brock in 1986 and 1987. Esmay was of the bullpen to pick up the win...Friday night was as good as expected, as the Sun Devils traveled to UCLA to take on the highly-touted Bruins. Johnny Ruettiger’s the head baseball coach at the University two-run triple in the eighth inning was the difference, leading ASU to a 5-1 win. of Utah from 1997 to 2004, winning a WAC Mitchell Lambson was light’s out of the bullpen, picking up the win...Saturday was title and WAC Coach of the Year honors in more of the same as Merrill Kelly kept UCLA at bay, allowing the offense to take 1997. In eight seasons at Utah he compiled over. The Devils scored four in the fi rst, all the offense they would need in a 6-1 win. a 213-235-1 record. Following his playing Kelly improved to 9-0 with the win...ASU took care of business on Sunday, earning days, Esmay served as an assistant coach the sweep of the Bruins with a 12-3 win. The Devils scored early and often, thanks to at Arizona State under Jim Brock from 1988 two-run homers by Zach MacPhee, Kole Calhoun and Raoul Torrez. Jake Borup to 1990, then again in Brock’s fi nal season picked up his ninth win of the year on the hill. of 1994. Esmay has been a part of six teams that have played in the College World Series Double Up: in Omaha. The Sun Devils were in a twin-killing mood in the series fi nale against Washington, turning fi ve double plays against the Huskies to tie the school record. ASU had turned Esmay’s Numbers fi ve double plays four other times (2008, 1999, 1989 and 1985). Div. I Record (years) .......................251-240-1 (8) Record at ASU ........................... 38-5 (1st season) 30 Win Threshold: For the 48th straight season and 50th overall, Arizona State baseball has surpassed the ASU Coaching Staff 30 win total. Asst. Coach ...................................... Ken Knutson Asst. Coach ...................................... Travis Jewett Asst. Coach ...................................Mike Benjamin 92nd Major Leaguer: ASU Media Relations On Sunday April 11, former Sun Devil pitcher Mike Leake made his Major League Media Relations Phone .................(480) 965-6592 Debut for the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the 92nd Arizona State baseball player to Fax.................................................(480) 965-5408 play in the Major Leagues. Leake, who was the 8th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Baseball SID ...................................Randy Policar Draft, became the 21st player since Major League Baseball began the draft in 1965 E-Mail Address ..............