ASU baseball's Cole Carlon expected to start vs West Virginia
Arizona State baseball's Cole Carlon, a First-Team All-Big 12 selection, reportedly will be opposed by WVU RHP Chansen Cole in tournament game.
After experiencing some arm discomfort in his last outing that was cut short for precautionary reasons, it appears junior lefty ace Cole Carlon is getting the start for 21 st -ranked Arizona State ’s baseball team Friday night, May 22, in their semifinal game of the Big 12 tournament against ninth-ranked West Virginia at Surprise Stadium. Baseball America was among the first to report the news. Carlon, a First-Team All-Big 12 selection this year, reportedly will be opposed by Mountaineers right-hander Chansen Cole in a win-or-go-home game for both teams with the winner advancing to the Big 12 championship game Saturday, May 23, at 4:30 p.
m. MST. A former Tempe Corona del Sol standout, Carlon led ASU with 14 starts, 118 strikeouts, a 3.
64 ERA and a 1. 21 WHIP. He left his last start May 15 in Houston because of achiness, a sudden dip in velocity and what coach Willlie Bloomquist recently described as “a bit of a dead arm.
” After ASU’s 10-2 victory over Cincinnati in the Big 12 quarterfinals on May 21 in Surprise, Bloomquist indicated he would like to call upon Carlon to face West Virginia but added that right-handers Jaden Alba and Colby Guy could get the call if there were any concerns Carlon wasn’t fully ready to go. “If we want to throw Cole, we’ve got to triple check with him to make sure he feels great,” Bloomquist said in his postgame remarks. “He’s been doing outstanding all week, so I would like to get him back out there.