After winning the opener of their three-game series with Oklahoma on Jeff Larish’s walk-off home run Friday night, the Arizona State baseball team had it relatively easy on Saturday.

March 20, 2005

An American ballplayer would find little solace in a career major league record of two wins, 10 losses.

An American ballplayer would find little solace in a career major league record of two wins, 10 losses.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have their longest winning streak since 2005, and they're starting to feel just a little bit giddy.

For Suns fans who felt an NBA championship was stolen away by David Stern, the basketball gods who despise their team, or, OK, OK, maybe the San Antonio Spurs, the nightmare just got worse.

It was going to end, that much was sure, but no one surrounding the Scottsdale Saguaro football program could have ever imagined that "The Streak" would end like this.

LOS ANGELES - The Diamondbacks know there will be days like Wednesday, and with their lack of experienced players, there will probably be more over the final three months of the season.

In the grand scheme of things, it’s one game out of 162. In the here and now, it’s a big win for a young team that’s figuring out where it matches up with the league’s elite.

Concerned that his stiff neck could cause him to change his mechanics and thus hurt his arm, Curt Schilling conceded before Wednesday's game that he will not start tonight.

The calendar has not even turned to June, so the proceedings at Bank One Ballpark on Tuesday hardly took on pennant-race proportions.

Randy Johnson on Saturday took what the Diamondbacks hope is the first of his last steps before pitching in a Cactus League game, as the Big Unit threw batting practice to live hitters.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have never felt more comfortable at home in their 48 years at Chavez Ravine.

It’s been that kind of start for Chandler Hamilton. Most seasons, that would translate to a bevy of losses, individual agendas and ultimate frustration.

TUCSON - Focus and intensity are usually an issue when a baseball team takes the field the day after winning a championship.

A.J. Montano seems like your ordinary junior college baseball player. He has a laidback, friendly demeanor and wears a cap dirtied with experience.

Just less than eight minutes left in the 1995 Arizona State-Arizona game: The Sun Devils take a 28-14 lead on a 1-yard run by fullback Ryan Wood, and a delirious booster approaches quarterback Jake Plummer on the sideline.

It is an accomplishment that the Arizona State baseball team keeps track of but does not trumpet.

Just when the young Diamondbacks looked to have figured out how to score in the majors, Colorado’s pitching staff reminded them just how hard it can be. Heading into Tuesday’s game with the Rockies, the Diamondbacks had scored at least five runs in four consecutive games after failing to do so since the last day of April.

Two-time defending state boys volleyball champion Highland High School got a bit of revenge in Saturday’s Charger Invitational at McClintock. Highland knocked off Mesquite — a team that defeated the Hawks twice during the regular season — in the semifinals and Desert Vista in the finals to capture the tournament championship.

SAN FRANCISCO  — Tim Lincecum struck out seven in his final start of the season and Andres Torres homered and hit an RBI triple as the San Francisco Giants finished their home schedule with a 7-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.