No. 23 Arizona State baseball’s nine-game win streak came to an end Tuesday in a 10-9 loss to UNLV.
Coach Tracy Smith confirmed after the game that Erik Tolman will undergo season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery, the same repair required for teammates Cooper Benson and Boyd Vander Kooi.
“Initially we thought that’s what it was then it wasn’t then they did a different type of MRI that revealed kind of the same thing,” with a wear and tear injury, Smith said. “It’s bad timing for the team and for the kids that are getting it.
“There’s nothing we can do to change the situation we’re in.