Duke Travels to Virginia for First ACC Road Series

3/23/2017 1:45:00 PM | Baseball

Virginia Season Stats Duke Season Stats Complete Game Notes

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke travels to Charlottesville, Va., for its first ACC road series of the 2017 campaign. Duke (12-11, 3-3 ACC) and No. 20 Virginia (17-5, 2-4 ACC) square off in the three-game series Friday-Sunday, March 24-26 at UVA's Davenport Field. ACC Network Extra is set to broadcast all three contests while Blue Devil Network will supply live audio with Chris Edwards on the call. The Cavaliers lead the all-time series against the Blue Devils, 104-57-1. Virginia has won seven of the past 10 Duke meetings, including a 2-1 series victory at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in 2016.

GAME 1
When: Friday, March 24 | 4 p.m.
Where: Davenport Field | Charlottesville, Va.
TV: ACC Network Extra
Audio: Blue Devil Network
Duke Starter: LHP Mitch Stallings
Virginia Starter: LHP Daniel Lynch

GAME 2
When: Saturday, March 25 | 1 p.m.
Where: Davenport Field | Charlottesville, Va.
TV: ACC Network Extra
Audio: Blue Devil Network
Duke Starter: LHP Adam Laskey
Virginia Starter: RHP Evan Sperling

GAME 3
When: Sunday, March 26 | 1 p.m.
Where: Davenport Field, Charlottesville, Va.
TV: ACC Network Extra
Audio: Blue Devil Network
Duke Starter: TBA
Virginia Starter: LHP Adam Haseley

BY THE NUMBERS
• 3: Sophomores -- Jimmy Herron, Zack Kone and Griffin Conine -- who have started all 23 games this season. That trio is hitting a combined .305 with 19 doubles, three triples, six homers and 38 RBI.
• 4: Number of starts made in 2016 by pitchers currently on the 2017 Blue Devil roster (James Ziemba 3, Jack Labosky 1) following the graduations of this past year's rotation: Brian McAfee, Trent Swart and Kellen Urbon.
• 5: Junior Michael Smiciklas brings a five-game hit streak into the weekend. Smiciklas is batting .500 with a .625 on base percentage in that span.
• 6: The number of current Blue Devils who have been drafted: Justin Bellinger (2014 | 11th round | St. Louis Cardinals), Griffin Conine (2015 | 31st round, Miami Marlins), Adam Laskey (2016 | 31st round, San Francisco Giants), Chris McGrath (2014 | 35th round, Seattle Mariners), Matt Mervis (2016 | 39th round, Washington Nationals) and James Ziemba (37th round, Philadelphia Phillies).
• 7: The number of offensive categories in which sophomore outfielder Jimmy Herron leads the team: batting average (.329), slugging percentage (.529), on base percentage (.408), hits (28), home runs (3), total bases (45) and stolen bases (9).
• 7: The number of Blue Devils hitting .300 or better against left-handed pitching: Justin Bellinger, Griffin Conine, Zack Kone, Jack Labosky, Max Miller, Erikson Nichols and Peter Zyla.
• 8: Number of Duke freshmen to see game action this year. Lefty Adam Laskey is Duke's Saturday starter, while LHP Graeme Stinson has started three midweek games. Bill Chillari, Matt Mervis and Coleman Williams have all worked out of the bullpen. In addition, Chris Dutra has started 10 games behind the plate, Erikson Nichols has started four games between third and DH, and Chase Cheek has started seven games in center field.
• 9: Number of Duke left-handed pitchers to see game action this season. Duke has had a left-hander on the mound in 61 percent of its innings so far this year (123.2-of-204.0 IP).
• 10: Junior Jack Labosky brings a team-best 10-game hit streak into the weekend. Labosky is batting .342 (13-for-38) with four doubles, a triple, a home run and 10 RBI in that span.
• 12: Career saves for reliever turned starter Mitch Stallings to rank fourth in program history.
• 12: Hits for sophomore Griffin Conine with runners in scoring position. Conine owns a team-best .400 (12-for-30) with RISP. Overall, he leads the team in runs (22), doubles (8), triples (20) and walks (12).
• 24: Perfect Game national ranking of Duke's freshman class, consisting of outfielder Chase Cheek, left-hander Bill Chillari, catcher Chris Dutra, right-hander Cameron Kovachik, left-hander Adam Laskey, infielder/right-hander Matt Mervis, infielder Erikson Nichols, left-hander Graeme Stinson and right-hander Coleman Williams.
• 26: Double plays turned by the Blue Devils to rank second in the ACC and sixth nationally.
• 33: Career stolen bases for sophomore Jimmy Herron to rank 19th all-time at Duke.
• 96: Number of consecutive games in which junior infielder Max Miller has played.
• 99: Career pitching appearances for NCAA Division I active leader Nick Hendrix. Hendrix broke David Darwin's Duke appearances record (95) with relief stints in both ends of Duke's Virginia Tech doubleheader.