2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Pac-12 champions NCAA Tempe Regional champions NCAA Tempe Super Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	51–14 (21–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pat Murphy (15th year)
Home stadium	Packard Stadium
Seasons ← 2008 2010  →

2009 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	6		.778			51	–	14		.785
Washington State  ‍‍‍y	19	–	8		.704			32	–	25		.561
No. 24 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12		.556			37	–	19		.661
UCLA  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			27	–	29		.482
Arizona  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			30	–	25		.545
Stanford  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			30	–	25		.545
Southern California  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			28	–	28		.500
Washington  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	30		.455
California  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			24	–	29		.453
Oregon  ‍‍‍	4	–	23		.148			14	–	42		.250
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2009 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Basehall

The 2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 2009 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 Pat Murphy in his fifteenth season as head coach at Arizona State.

The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, their twenty-first appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for third place after recording a pair of wins against North Carolina and losing two to eventual runner-up Texas.

Personnel

Roster

2009 Arizona State Sun Devils roster [2] [3]
	Pitchers 3 – Jordan Swagerty – Freshman 8 – Mike Leake – Junior 35 – RJ Preach – Sophomore 36 – Jeeter Ishida – Freshman 40 – Mitchell Lambson – Freshman 43 – Seth Blair – Sophomore 45 – Josh Spence – Junior 48 – Tony Annino – Senior 51 – Jake Borup – Freshman 56 – Jason Franzblau – Senior 58 – Kyle Brule – Sophomore		Catchers 13 – Austin Barnes – Freshman 55 – Carlos Ramirez – Junior 76 – Andrew Pollak – Freshman Outfielders 11 – Matt Newman – Sophomore 15 – Brandon Magee – Freshman 18 – Jeff Lusardi – Freshman 23 – Johnny Ruettiger – Freshman 28 – Jason Kipnis – Junior 46 – Andy Workman – Sophomore 49 – Kole Calhoun – Junior		Infielders 2 – Zack MacPhee – Freshman 4 – Mike Murphy – Senior 20 – Abe Ruiz – Freshman 22 – Jared McDonald – Junior 25 – Zach Wilson – Freshman 29 – Raoul Torrez – Junior 30 – Riccio Torrez – Freshman 37 – Drew Maggi – Freshman

Coaches

2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball coaching staff [3]
42 – Pat Murphy – Head coach – 15th year 10 – Tim Esmay – Assistant coach – 9th year 17 – Andy Stankiewicz – Assistant coach – 3rd year 32 – Josh Holliday – Volunteer assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Arizona State win
	Arizona State loss

2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log [4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Feb 20 Milwaukee* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 15–3 1–0 Feb 21 Milwaukee* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–5 2–0 Feb 21 Milwaukee* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–1 3–0 Feb 22 Milwaukee* No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–0 4–0 Feb 24 Missouri* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 3–1 5–0 Feb 26 Missouri* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (DeMarini Invitational) W 2–1 6–0 Feb 27 Northern Illinois* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (DeMarini Invitational) W 6–1 7–0 Feb 28 Oregon State No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (DeMarini Invitational) W 6–3 8–0
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 1 Missouri* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ (DeMarini Invitational) L 2–58 8–1 Mar 5 Holy Cross* No. 5 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 15–0 9–1 Mar 6 Holy Cross* No. 5 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 12–1 10–1 Mar 7 Holy Cross* No. 5 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–3 11–1 Mar 10 Kansas State* No. 5 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Coca Cola Classic) L 2–6 11–2 Mar 11 Kansas State* No. 5 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Coca Cola Classic) W 12–1 12–2 Mar 13 Kansas* No. 5 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Coca Cola Classic) W 9–4 13–2 Mar 14 Kansas* No. 5 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Coca Cola Classic) L 2–3 13–3 Mar 15 Kansas* No. 5 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Coca Cola Classic) W 12–10 14–3 Mar 20 Arizona No. 8 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–1 15–3 1–0 Mar 21 Arizona No. 8 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–3 16–3 2–0 Mar 22 Arizona No. 8 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 23–9 17–3 3–0 Mar 27 Southern California No. 7 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 2–1 18–3 4–0 Mar 28 Southern California No. 7 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–1 19–3 5–0 Mar 29 Southern California No. 7 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 2–8 19–4 5–1 Mar 31 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton* No. 7 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 5–7 19–5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 1 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton* No. 7 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 3–1 20–5 Apr 3 at Washington No. 7 Safeco Field • Seattle, WA W 3–1 21–5 6–1 Apr 4 at Washington No. 7 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 12–1 22–5 7–1 Apr 5 at Washington No. 7 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 6–2 23–5 8–1 Apr 7 at No. 1 Arkansas* No. 2 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 3–7 23–6 Apr 8 at No. 1 Arkansas* No. 2 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 7–8 23–7 Apr 10 Washington State No. 2 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 13–3 24–7 9–1 Apr 11 Washington State No. 2 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 11–1 25–7 10–1 Apr 12 Washington State No. 2 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4–10 25–8 10–2 Apr 17 Stanford No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–6 26–8 11–2 Apr 18 Stanford No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–2 27–8 12–2 Apr 19 Stanford No. 6 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–3 28–8 13–2 Apr 21 Hawaii* No. 2 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 17–2 29–8 Apr 24 at California No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 3–1 30–8 14–2 Apr 25 at California No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 6–10 30–9 14–3 Apr 26 at California No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 6–5 31–9 15–3 Apr 29 at Arizona* No. 2 Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 20–3 32–9
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 at No. 22 Oregon State No. 4 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 33–9 16–3 May 2 at No. 22 Oregon State No. 4 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–4 33–10 16–4 May 3 at No. 22 Oregon State No. 4 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 5–10 33–11 16–5 May 5 San Diego* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–711 34–11 May 6 San Diego* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–6 35–11 May 8 Winthrop* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 14–3 36–11 May 9 Winthrop* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–9 37–11 May 10 Winthrop* No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–0 38–11 May 15 Oregon No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 9–0 39–11 17–5 May 16 Oregon No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 10–2 40–11 18–5 May 17 Oregon No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–0 41–11 19–5 May 20 at Arizona No. 3 Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 9–3 42–11 May 22 UCLA No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–0 43–11 20–5 May 23 UCLA No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 4–10 43–12 20–6 May 24 UCLA No. 3 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 6–5 44–12 21–6
Postseason
NCAA Tempe Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg Record May 29 (4) Kent State No. 3 (1) Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 17–6 45–12 1–0 May 30 (2) Oral Roberts No. 3 (1) Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 4–1 46–12 2–0 May 31 (2) Oral Roberts No. 3 (1) Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–3 47–12 3–0
NCAA Tempe Super Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record SR Record June 6 No. 13 Clemson No. 2 (5) Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 7–4 48–12 1–0 June 7 No. 13 Clemson No. 2 (5) Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 8–2 49–12 2–0
College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 14 No. 4 (4) North Carolina No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–2 50–12 1–0 June 16 No. 5 (1) Texas No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 6–10 50–13 1–1 June 18 No. 4 (4) North Carolina No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 12–5 51–13 2–1 June 19 No. 5 (1) Texas No. 2 (5) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4 51–14 2–2

References

1. "Pacific 10 Conference Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
2. 2022 Baseball Yearbook. Arizona State Sun Devils. pp. 63–66. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
3. "2009 Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
4. 2019 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 39. Retrieved October 30, 2022.