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Team Hoyle Evens Series With 10-7 Win
11/13/2021 11:59:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Team Hoyle tied the series at one game each with a 10-7 win over Team Crabtree on Saturday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Team Hoyle flexed its resiliency after Team Crabtree scored seven runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 7-6 lead. Team Hoyle responded, scoring four in the bottom frame to take the final lead, 10-7.
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Senior Damon Lux led Team Hoyle, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs. Freshman Alex Mooney led Team Crabtree with a 2-for-3 performance with a walk and an RBI.
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Junior Chad Knight hit a two-out double to start a rally for Team Hoyle in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Luke Storm scored Knight with a single before scoring from first on a double off the wall by sophomore Alex Stone, giving Team Hoyle a 2-0 lead.
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Team Hoyle added to its lead in the bottom of the third inning, scoring four runs on four hits. Lux recorded an RBI double to score freshman Oren Abbott, who reached on a walk. Junior Graham Pauley blasted a two-run home run to plate the final two runs of the inning.
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The visitors were not to be counted out, putting up seven in the top of the fourth to give Team Crabtree a 7-6 lead. Team captain graduate student Chris Crabtree got the inning started with a three-run blast. Graduate student Ben LaSpaluto and freshman Jimmy Romano recorded RBI singles in the inning.
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In the bottom of the fourth inning, graduate student Wil Hoyle led off the inning with a double, followed by a single by graduate student Chris Davis. Freshman Tyler Christmas rattled off a pinch hit double to clear the bases before Lux hit a two-run home run to give Team Hoyle a 10-7 lead.
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Team Hoyle saw strong pitching performances by senior Cooper Stinson, sophomore Nick Conte and freshman Jonathan Santucci. Stinson started for the side, allowing two runs, one earned, while striking out eight in 3.1 innings of work. Conte came in relief, fanning five in 2.2 hitless innings pitched. Santucci earned the save for Team Hoyle, pitching a clean seventh inning with a strikeout.
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The Fall World Series Champion will be crowned Tuesday afternoon, as the final game of the three-game series is set for 4:30 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field on Duke's campus.
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Team Hoyle flexed its resiliency after Team Crabtree scored seven runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 7-6 lead. Team Hoyle responded, scoring four in the bottom frame to take the final lead, 10-7.
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Senior Damon Lux led Team Hoyle, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs. Freshman Alex Mooney led Team Crabtree with a 2-for-3 performance with a walk and an RBI.
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Junior Chad Knight hit a two-out double to start a rally for Team Hoyle in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Luke Storm scored Knight with a single before scoring from first on a double off the wall by sophomore Alex Stone, giving Team Hoyle a 2-0 lead.
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Team Hoyle added to its lead in the bottom of the third inning, scoring four runs on four hits. Lux recorded an RBI double to score freshman Oren Abbott, who reached on a walk. Junior Graham Pauley blasted a two-run home run to plate the final two runs of the inning.
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The visitors were not to be counted out, putting up seven in the top of the fourth to give Team Crabtree a 7-6 lead. Team captain graduate student Chris Crabtree got the inning started with a three-run blast. Graduate student Ben LaSpaluto and freshman Jimmy Romano recorded RBI singles in the inning.
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In the bottom of the fourth inning, graduate student Wil Hoyle led off the inning with a double, followed by a single by graduate student Chris Davis. Freshman Tyler Christmas rattled off a pinch hit double to clear the bases before Lux hit a two-run home run to give Team Hoyle a 10-7 lead.
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Team Hoyle saw strong pitching performances by senior Cooper Stinson, sophomore Nick Conte and freshman Jonathan Santucci. Stinson started for the side, allowing two runs, one earned, while striking out eight in 3.1 innings of work. Conte came in relief, fanning five in 2.2 hitless innings pitched. Santucci earned the save for Team Hoyle, pitching a clean seventh inning with a strikeout.
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The Fall World Series Champion will be crowned Tuesday afternoon, as the final game of the three-game series is set for 4:30 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field on Duke's campus.
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#GoDuke
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