Arizona State's Alec Marsh (Kendall Rogers)

Marsh Leads Way As Arizona State Reestablishes Identity

PHOENIX — It was a night where Arizona State junior righthander Alec Marsh was not to be messed with.

Earlier this week, ASU, in Tracy Smith’s words, played one of the worst games of his tenure in a midweek loss to UNLV. The Sun Devils lacked focus, they played incredibly sloppy, and the loss to the Rebels was their fourth in five games.

The Devils knew they were good. But they also needed to avoid getting into a rut in the meat of the conference schedule. So, they looked to Marsh, the hard-nosed junior righty, to provide the much-needed spark[…]