Duke Baseball Falls to Virginia, 13-1

March 21, 2003

Box Score

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Duke baseball team fell to ACC rival Virginia, 13-1, as the Blue Devils were able to record only four hits on Friday, March 21, at the UVa Baseball Stadium. Senterrio Landrum was the lone bright spot for Duke as the sophomore went 2-for-3, with a double and triple, and scored the Blue Devils' only run.

Virginia jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the Cavaliers pounded out four consecutive hits, including back-to-back RBI-singles by Ryan Zimmerman and Chris Sweet to drive in Mark Reynolds and Joe Koshansky to give UVa a two-run lead.

The Cavaliers extended their lead to 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning highlighted by a two-run home run to center field by Reynolds, his third of the year. Virginia added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 10-0 lead, sparked by RBI-singles by Street and Matt Dunn.

The Blue Devils scored their first run of the game to make it a 10-1 contest when Landrum tripled to left field to lead off the inning for Duke, before scoring a run three batters later on a sacrifice fly RBI to center field by Brian Patrick.

UVa tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull ahead 13-1 when the first five consecutive batters that came to the plate for the Cavaliers recorded a hit, including a RBI-single to left-center field by Andrew Riesenfeld.

UVa starting pitcher Jeff Kamrath (2-1) pitched 8.0 strong innings and allowed just one run while scattering four hits with a game-high six strikeouts.

Duke starting pitcher Jeff Alleva (2-2) lasted just 3.2 innings and allowed six runs (two earned) on 11 hits with no strikeouts. All six runs that scored while Alleva was on the mound came with two outs, including four consecutive runs that crossed the plate when the fourth inning was prolonged following a Blue Devil error.

With the victory, Virginia's record improves to 11-8 overall, 1-3 in the ACC. The loss drops Duke's record to 12-11 overall, 0-1 in the conference.

The Cavaliers and Blue Devils will return to action on Saturday, March 22nd when Virginia and Duke play the second contest of the three-game weekend series. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 PM at the UVa Baseball Stadium.