2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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
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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

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.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball 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

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.
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