2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	26–32 (13–17 Pac-12)
Head coach	Willie Bloomquist (1st season);
Assistant coach	Mike Goff (1st season)
Hitting coach	Travis Buck (1st season)
Pitching coach	Sam Peraza (1st season)
Home stadium	Phoenix Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Willie Bloomquist, in his 1st season at ASU.

2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	47	–	16	–	0	.746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	48	–	18	–	0	.727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	40	–	24	–	0	.625
Oregon ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	36	–	25	–	0	.590
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	39	–	25	–	0	.609
Washington ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	30	–	26	–	0	.536
California ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Arizona State ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Washington State ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	27	–	26	–	0	.509
Utah ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	26	–	27	–	1	.491
USC ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	25	–	28	–	0	.472

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2022^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished with a record of 33–22, and 16–14 in conference play.^[2] In the postseason, the Sun Devils were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to the #2 national seed Texas and Fairfield in the Austin Regional in Austin, Texas.^[3]

In the offseason, Tracy Smith was fired from his role as head coach after 7 seasons with the program.^[4] A few days later, it was announced that Willie Bloomquist was hired as the new head coach.^[5]

Personnel

Roster

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils roster^[6]

Pitchers

3 – Dom Cacchione – Junior
4 – Luke La Flam – Junior
6 – Kai Murphy – Sophomore
10 – Christian Bodlovich – Sophomore
13 – Tyler Meyer – Sophomore
15 – Jared Glenn – Sophomore
19 – Boyd Vander Kooi – Senior
25 – Will Levine – Junior
26 – Graham Osman – Sophomore
31 – Josh Hansell – Sophomore
33 – Brock Peery – Sophomore
36 – Adam Tulloch – Junior
40 – Chase Webster – Junior
43 – Danny Marshall – Sophomore
44 – Kyle Luckham – Junior
45 – Andrew Lucas – Junior
46 – Jacob Walker – Senior

Catchers

12 – Nate Baez – Sophomore
17 – Ryan Campos – Freshman
21 – Will Rogers – Freshman
41 – Bronson Balholm – Senior

Infielders

2 – Sean McLain – Sophomore
7 – Conor Davis – Grad. student
8 – Cam Magee – Freshman
9 – Blake Pivaroff – Sophomore
12 – Nate Baez – Sophomore
18 – Jacob Tobias – Freshman
27 – Hunter Haas – Sophomore
35 – Ethan Long – Sophomore
37 – Alex Champagne – Freshman

Outfielders

5 – Joe Lampe – Sophomore
6 – Kai Murphy – Sophomore
11 – Kade Higgins – Sophomore
23 – Michael Brueser – Sophomore
28 – Ivan Brethowr – Freshman
32 – Trey Rucker – Freshman

Coaching staff

2022 Arizona State coaching staff^[6]
Name	Position	Seasons at Arizona State	Alma Mater
Willie Bloomquist	Head Coach	1	Arizona State
Mike Goff	Assistant Coach	1	UAB
Sam Peraza	Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator	1	San Diego State
Travis Buck	Hitting Coach	1	Arizona State

Schedule

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils game log (26–32)

Regular season: 26–32 (Home: 19–13; Away: 6–17; Neutral: 1–2)

February: 3–4
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
1	February 18		Dixie State*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	3–1	Bodlovich (1–0)	Holiday (0–1)	Levine (1)	3,193	1–0	–
2	February 19		Dixie State*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	6–7 (10)	Hardman (1–0)	Cacchione (0–1)	—	2,965	1–1	–
3	February 20		Dixie State*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	17–8	Levine (1–0)	Dahle (0–1)	—	2,899	2–1	–
4	February 22		Nevada*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	3–1	Meyer (1–0)	Rohlicek (0–1)	Webster (1)	2,456	3–1	–
5	February 24		BYU*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	2–4	Robison (1–0)	Bodlovich (1–1)	McLaughlin (3)	2,725	3–2	–
6	February 25		BYU*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	5–6	Cole (1–0)	Peery (0–1)	McLaughlin (4)	3,388	3–3	–
7	February 26		BYU*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	3–19	Brady (1–0)	Hansell (0–1)	—	3,872	3–4	–

March: 8–11
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
8	March 1		No. 4 Oklahoma State*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	5–7	Phansalkar (2–1)	Webster (0–1)	Martin (2)	3,218	3–5	–
9	March 2		No. 4 Oklahoma State*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	6–11	Root (1–0)	Glenn (0–1)	—	3,072	3–6	–
10	March 4		at San Diego State*	Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California	13–5	Tulloch (1–0)	Fondtain (1–1)	—	232	4–6	–
11	March 5		at San Diego State*	Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California	6–4	Luckham (1–0)	Sauer (1–2)	Peery (1)	556	5–6	–
12	March 6		at San Diego State*	Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California	3–4	Flores (1–1)	Marshall (0–1)	Guzman (1)	763	5–7	–
13	March 8		at UC Irvine*	Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California	3–4	Wentworth (1–0)	Glenn (0–2)	Taylor (1)	686	5–8	–
14	March 9		at UC Irvine*	Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California	2–3 (12)	Robinson (1–0)	Levine (1–1)	—	698	5–9	–
15	March 11		San Francisco*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	8–5	Tulloch (2–0)	Stevenson (1–1)	—	6,207	6–9	–
16	March 12		San Francisco*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	4–2	Luckham (2–0)	Lombard (2–1)	—	5,256	7–9	–
17	March 13		San Francisco*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	17–10	Osman (1–0)	Jenkins (0–1)	Bodlovich (1)	4,942	8–9	–
18	March 13		Missouri*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	4–6	Rustad (2–0)	Webster (0–2)	Lohse (1)	4,942	8–10	–
19	March 18		at No. 5 Oregon State	Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	0–21	Hjerpe (5–0)	Tulloch (2–1)	—	3,322	8–11	0–1
20	March 19		at No. 5 Oregon State	Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	2–12	Kmatz (4–0)	Luckham (2–1)	Sebby (1)	3,547	8–12	0–2
21	March 20		at No. 5 Oregon State	Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	3–1	Bodlovich (2–1)	Carpenter (1–1)	Peery (3)	3,569	9–12	1–2
22	March 22		Grand Canyon*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	5–7	Cooper-Vassalakis (1–0)	Glenn (0–3)	Reilly (4)	5,552	9–13	–
23	March 25		Washington	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	12–5	Luckham (3–1)	Engman (2–3)	Walker (1)	5,232	10–13	2–2
24	March 26		Washington	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	5–3	Meyer (2–0)	Kirchoff (2–1)	Peery (4)	3,103	11–13	3–2
25	March 27		Washington	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	4–6 (11)	Raeth (4–0)	Peery (0–2)	Bloebaum (1)	2,737	11–14	3–3
26	March 29		at UNLV*	Las Vegas Ballpark Summerlin South, Nevada	10–11	Neirman (1–0)	Pivaroff (0–1)	–	2,420	11–15	–

April: 9–6
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
27	April 1		California	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	8–3	Luckham (4–1)	White (0–3)	–	2,994	12–15	4–3
28	April 2		California	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	7–14	King (2–1)	Glenn (0–4)	–	2,711	12–16	4–4
29	April 3		California	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	16–9	Webster (1–2)	Zobac (1–2)	–	2,506	13–16	5–4
30	April 5		No. 11 Arizona*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	10–6	Levine (2–1)	Arias Jr. (1–1)	Pivaroff (1)	3,903	14–16	–
31	April 8		at Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	0–8	Williams (3–1)	Luckham (4–2)	–	1,550	14–17	5–5
32	April 9		at Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	6–10	O'Rourke (1–3)	Levine (2–2)	Mathews (2)	1,681	14–18	5–6
33	April 10		at Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	10–16	Mathews (5–1)	Webster (1–3)	–	1,969	14–19	5–7
34	April 11		at Santa Clara*	Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara, California	21–1	Vander Kooi (1–0)	Reelfs (3–4)	–	178	15–19	–
35	April 14		USC	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	14–12	Levine (3–2)	Lambert (4–2)	Peery (5)	2,648	16–19	6–7
36	April 15		USC	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	8–2	Luckham (5–2)	Stromsborg (1–3)	–	4,432	17–19	7–7
37	April 16		USC	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	9–8	Webster (2–3)	Keating (2–2)	Peery (6)	2,731	18–19	8–7
38	April 19		Cal State Northridge*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	6–1	Walker (1–0)	Wilson (1–1)	–	2,203	19–19	–
39	April 22		at Arizona	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	6–7 (10)	Long (3–0)	Pivaroff (0–2)	–	5,663	19–20	8–8
40	April 23		at Arizona	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	8–5	Luckham (6–2)	Murphy (1–2)	–	6,617	20–20	9–8
41	April 24		at Arizona	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	4–14	Irvin (4–2)	Vander Kooi (1–1)	–	3,583	20–21	9–9
42	April 26		UNLV*	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	1–9	Acosta (1–1)	Osman (1–1)	Beal (1)	2,317	20–22	9–9
43	April 29		at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–19	Rajcic (6–3)	Tulloch (2–2)	–	771	20–23	9–10
44	April 30		at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–7	Jewett (2–0)	Levine (3–3)	Tredwell (3)	857	20–24	9–11

May: 5–6
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Pac-12
45	May 1		at UCLA	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–16	Jepp (1–0)	Vander Kooi (1–2)	–	791	20–25	9–12
46	May 6		Utah	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	19–7	Meyer (3–0)	Sox (4–3)	–	2,873	21–25	10–12
47	May 7		Utah	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	6–3	Pivaroff (1–2)	Ashman (2–1)	Peery (7)	2,610	22–25	11–12
48	May 8		Utah	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	13–6	Vander Kooi (2–2)	Day (1–6)	–	2,064	23–25	12–12
49	May 10		at Grand Canyon*	Brazell Field Phoenix, Arizona	6–4	Osman (2–1)	Ankeney (3–3)	Peery (8)	2,881	24–25	12–12
50	May 13		Oregon	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	3–11	Gordon (3–2)	Tulloch (2–3)	–	2,695	24–26	12–13
51	May 14		Oregon	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	6–4	Luckham (7–2)	Ayon (3–3)	Peery (9)	2,534	25–26	13–13
52	May 15		Oregon	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	5–15	Mercado (6–2)	Meyer (3–1)	–	2,317	25–27	13–14
53	May 19		at Washington State	Bailey–Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	0–2	Taylor (4–5)	Luckham (7–3)	–	873	25–28	13–15
54	May 20		at Washington State	Bailey–Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	6–10	McMillan (5–5)	Tulloch (2–4)	Kaelber (7)	1,016	25–29	13–16
55	May 21		at Washington State	Bailey–Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	3–10	Liss (3–1)	Long (0–1)	–	1,187	25–30	13–17

Pac–12 Tournament: 1–2
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance
56	May 25		Stanford	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	3–6	Bruno (4–1)	Pivaroff (1–3)	Mathews (6)	2,044	25–31
57	May 26		Oregon	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	4–2	Osman (3–1)	Ayon (4–4)	Peery (10)	1,682	26–31
58	May 27		Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	6–8	Flanagan (5–1)	Pivaroff (1–4)	Long (7)	3,099	26–32

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Sun Devils team member

Rankings from D1 Baseball.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Source:^[7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[8]	—	—*
Baseball America^[9]	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[10]	43	—
NCBWA†^[11]	RV	RV
D1Baseball	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Ray Anderson Announces Change in Leadership for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Willie Bloomquist Named Head Coach for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ USA Today Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America Poll
^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
^ NCBWA Poll

[1] "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[2] "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[3] "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[4] "Ray Anderson Announces Change in Leadership for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[5] "Willie Bloomquist Named Head Coach for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[roster-6] "2022 Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[7] "2022 Baseball Schedule". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[8] USA Today Coaches Poll

[9] Baseball America Poll

[10] Collegiate Baseball Poll

[11] NCBWA Poll

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