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2008 Tempe Super Regional
Arizona State Sun Devils
Tempe, Arizona
Automatic bid - won Pac-10 Conference
regular-season title, 3-0 in Tempe Regional
2008 record: 16-8,
48-11 (first in Pac-10)
Head coach: Pat
Murphy (Florida Atlantic, 1982)
Record at school:
577-268-1, 14 years
Overall record:
950-439-4, 24 years
Assistant coaches:
Tim Esmay, Andy Stankiewicz, Josh Holliday
Team offense: .341
BA, 574 R, 83 HR, .547 SLG%, .456 OB%, 92/128 SB
Team pitching: 4.51
ERA, 524.1 IP, 516 H, 198 BB, 477 K
Top hitters: Brett
Wallace (.414/21/81/16-20 SB), Ike Davis (.394/16/73/26 2B),
Ryan Sontag (.390/4/36), Marcel Champagnie (.371/3/37), Jason
Kipnis (.363/14/69/24-28 SB), Petey Paramore (.361/7/49/10 2B),
Kiel Roling (.344/8/50/16 2B), Raoul Torrez (.333/2/34/12-14 SB)
Top pitchers: Ike
Davis (4-1, 4 SV, 2.53, 21.1 IP, 15 H, 4 BB, 27 K), Mike Leake
(10-2, 1 SV, 3.12, 112.2 IP, 107 H, 18 BB, 100 K), Tommy
Rafferty (12-0, 4 SV, 3.65, 69 IP, 57 H, 17 BB, 65 K), Stephen
Sauer (4-1, 1 SV, 4.47, 50.1 IP, 42 H, 28 BB, 55 K), Josh Satow
(9-3, 4.58, 90.1 IP, 85 H, 45 BB, 71 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2007 (3-0 in Tempe Regional, 2-0 in Tempe Super Regional, 1-2 in
College World Series)
Notes: ASU is making
its fourth Super Regional appearance and second straight at
home. The Sun Devils hold an 11-5 series lead on Fresno State.
ASU had reached 40 wins for the fifth time in the past six
seasons. Brett Wallace currently leads the Pac-10 in the three
Triple Crown categories. He is the fifth player to be named
Pac-10 Player of the Year in consecutive seasons. Wallace is
fifth in ASU history with 44 home runs, trailing Bob Horner
(56), Jeff Larish (51), Mike Kelly (46) and Barry Bonds (45).
Mike Leake was named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year and Jason Kipnis
was named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year. Pat Murphy was named
Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second straight year and third
time overall. Arizona State is the only school to host Regionals
and Super Regionals in both softball and baseball.
Fresno State Bulldogs
Fresno, California
Automatic bid – won WAC Tournament
2008 record: 21-11,
40-28 (first in WAC)
Head coach: Mike
Batesole (Cal State Fullerton, 1990)
Record at school:
217-162, six years
Overall record:
468-330-1, 13 years
Assistant coaches:
Matt Curtis, Mike Mayne, Pat Waer
Team offense: .297
BA, 465 R, 68 HR, .439 SLG%, .390 OB%, 55/76 SB
Team pitching: 4.54
ERA, 588.2 IP, 604 H, 255 BB, 491 K
Top hitters: Alan
Ahmady (.382/12/81/14 2B), Erik Wetzel (.361/6/33/10-16 SB),
Steve Susdorf (.342/10/77/28 2B), Danny Muno (.329/2/22/10-13
SB), Gavin Hedstrom (.311/6/26), Ryan Overland (.291/3/21),
Tommy Mendonca (.278/14/55/16 HBP)
Top pitchers: Tanner
Scheppers (8-2, 1 SV, 2.93, 70.2 IP, 54 H, 34 BB, 109 K),
Brandon Burke (4-5, 11 SV, 3.08, 64.1 IP, 54 H, 18 BB, 37 K),
Holden Sprague (4-2, 1 SV, 3.49, 77.1 IP, 81 H, 18 BB, 48 K),
Clayton Allison (3-5, 1 SV, 3.74, 86.2 IP, 93 H, 17 BB, 47 K),
Justin Wilson (7-4, 4.17, 99.1 IP, 99 H, 53 BB, 83 K), Justin
Miller (6-3, 4.72, 74.1 IP, 74 H, 43 BB, 70 K)
Last NCAA appearance:
2007 (2-2 in San Diego Regional)
Notes: Fresno state
is the second No. 4 seed to win a regional in the current
tournament format. Missouri captured the Malibu Regional in 2006
from the 4-spot. The Bulldogs beat San Diego in the championship
game, their fifth NCAA tourney win over the Toreros in the past
three years. FSU has won three straight WAC titles. The Bulldogs
swept the WAC awards. Steve Susdorf was Player of the Year,
Tanner Scheppers was Pitcher of the Year, Danny Muno was
Freshman of the Year and Mike Batesole was co-Coach of the Year.
Scheppers has missed the past six weeks due to injury. He was
taken in the second round of the MLB draft by Pittsburgh.
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