1987 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1987 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
NCAA West II Regional champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	40–27 (16–14 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Brock (16th year)
Home stadium	Packard Stadium
Seasons ← 1986 1988  →

1987 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 18 Washington State  x‍‍‍y	18	–	6		.750			44	–	19		.698
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			31	–	15		.674
Portland State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			37	–	20		.649
Portland  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			30	–	22		.577
Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	20		.512
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			20	–	32		.385
Eastern Washington  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			24	–	32		.429
Southern
No. 1 Stanford  x‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			53	–	17		.757
No. 12 UCLA  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	25		.615
No. 8 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	27		.597
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			34	–	26		.567
California  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			36	–	25		.590
Southern California  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	28		.533
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium, and played as part of the Pacific-10 Conference. The team was coached by Jim Brock in his sixteenth season as head coach at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, their fourteenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh place after losing to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and fifth place Florida State.

Personnel

Roster

1987 Arizona State Sun Devils roster [2]
	Pitchers - David Cassidy - Blas Minor - Tony Harris - Linty Ingram - Mike Schwabe Catchers - Tim Spehr		Infielders - Mike Benjamin - Ted Dyson - Senior - Tim Esmay - John Finn Outfielders - Mike Burrola - Dan Rumsey - Brian Coleman		Unknown - Jason Bridges - Bob Dombrowski - Karl Ermisch - Gordy Farmer - Scott Hutson - Steve Mariucci - Tony Mattia - Martin Peralta - Lloyd Ransom - Bill Schorr - Matt Shiflett - Dwight Thomas - Joe Thomas

Coaches

1987 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff
Jim Brock - Head coach - 16th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss

1987 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log [3]
Regular season
January/February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Jan 31 San Francisco* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 20–1 1–0 Feb 2 Cal Poly Pomona* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–0 2–0 Feb 3 Cal Poly Pomona* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–1 3–0 Feb 5 Cal State Los Angeles* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 17–3 4–0 Feb 6 Cal State Los Angeles* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 10–11 4–1 Feb 7 Cal State Los Angeles* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–4 5–1 Feb 12 Loyola Marymount* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–8 5–2 Feb 13 Loyola Marymount* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 3–4 5–3 Feb 14 Loyola Marymount* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–12 6–3 Feb 16 UC Riverside* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–2 7–3 Feb 17 UC Riverside* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–8 7–4 Feb 19 Texas* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4–7 7–5 Feb 20 Texas* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–5 8–5 Feb 21 Texas* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–11 8–6 Feb 23 Cal State Northridge* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–3 8–7 Feb 27 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 4–6 8–8 0–1 Feb 28 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 2–6 8–9 0–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 1 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 8–11 8–10 0–3 Mar 6 UCLA Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–6 9–10 1–3 Mar 7 UCLA Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–3 9–11 1–4 Mar 8 UCLA Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–12 9–12 1–5 Mar 13 Hawaii* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 1–3 9–13 Mar 14 Hawaii* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–5 10–13 Mar 15 Hawaii* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–1 11–13 Mar 17 Azusa Pacific* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–5 12–13 Mar 18 Azusa Pacific* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–6 13–13 Mar 20 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 8–5 14–13 2–5 Mar 21 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 10–2 15–13 3–5 Mar 22 at Arizona Wildcat Field • Tucson, AZ W 15–4 16–13 4–5 Mar 24 Nebraska* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–3 17–13 Mar 25 Nebraska* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 1–4 17–14 Mar 27 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–10 17–15 4–6 Mar 28 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–3 17–16 4–7 Mar 29 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 6–12 17–17 5–7 Mar 31 Grand Canyon* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–3 18–17
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 1 US International* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–7 18–18 Apr 3 California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–8 19–18 6–7 Apr 4 California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–1 20–18 7–7 Apr 5 California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–7 21–18 8–7 Apr 7 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 3–0 22–18 Apr 10 Southern California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–3 23–18 9–7 Apr 11 Southern California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 1–8 23–19 9–8 Apr 12 Southern California Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–6 24–19 10–8 Apr 16 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 12–13 24–20 10–9 Apr 17 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 10–11 24–21 10–10 Apr 18 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 20–5 25–21 11–10 Apr 20 New Mexico State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–1 26–21 Apr 21 New Mexico State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 15–5 27–21 Apr 21 New Mexico State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–5 28–21 Apr 24 Stanford Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–6 29–21 12–10 Apr 25 Stanford Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–13 29–22 12–11 Apr 26 Stanford Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–2 30–22 13–11 Apr 28 Grand Canyon* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 19–4 31–22
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 7–8 31–23 13–12 May 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–1 32–23 14–12 May 3 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 3–7 32–24 14–13 May 6 UNLV* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–3 32–25 May 6 UNLV* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–1 33–25 May 15 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 2–110 34–25 15–13 May 16 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 3–210 35–25 16–13 May 17 Arizona Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–4 36–25 17–13
Postseason
NCAA West II Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg Record May 22 Southwest Missouri State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–5 37–25 1–0 May 23 UCLA Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–3 38–25 2–0 May 23 Pepperdine Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–2 39–25 3–0 May 24 UCLA Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–4 40–25 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record May 29 Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–8 40–26 0–1 May 31 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 0–3 40–27 0–2

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
2. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 63–66. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
3. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 38. Retrieved April 9, 2022.