If you picture the identity of a baseball team in the frame of a scratch-off lottery ticket, this is around the time where the Silver Nitric Oxide cover is beginning to give way to the letters or symbols underneath.
The Sun Devils are 13 games into the season, and while an identity is far from set in stone, many of their eight losses carry the same tune.
On Tuesday night in southern California, the Sun Devils dropped that eighth game of the season to the UC Irvine Anteaters by a final score of 4-3. Six times in those eight losses, including Tuesday, the Sun Devils have lost a lead due to repeated bullpen struggles or a sputtering offense unable to capitalize on opportunities.