2009 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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.

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 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