House of Sparky · Mar 22, 2018
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils’ bullpen woes continue, leaving questions about the unit moving forward
Coming into Tuesday’s game against UNLV, the Sun Devils were rolling.
Three straight wins over Oregon to start conference play was brought about by phenomenal execution of the age-old formula: good hitting plus good starting pitching wins baseball games.
Notice, that formula leaves out one very crucial piece of a team: its bullpen.
In those three games against the Ducks, Arizona State used its relievers on occasion but wasn’t forced to live by them. There was just one instance – Dellan Raish pitching 1 2⁄3 innings in a 7-4 win over Oregon on Friday – that a Sun Devil reliever went out to the mound without at least a three-run cushion to fall back on.