Blue Devils Sweep Saturday Doubleheader; Claim Series vs. Wolfpack

Saturday, May 8

Raleigh, N.C.

4:30 p.m.

Duke University

37-10, 0

NC State

25-22, 0

Duke

NC State

Blue Devils Sweep Saturday Doubleheader; Claim Series vs. Wolfpack

5/8/2021 11:10:00 PM | Softball

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RALEIGH, N.C. – No. 21 Duke swept its Saturday doubleheader at NC State, picking up a 7-0 shutout in game one and a 4-2 win in the second contest at the Dail Softball Stadium.

With the pair of wins, the Blue Devils (38-10, 25-10 ACC) claimed their sixth conference series of the 2021 campaign and improved their win streak to 11 games. Duke outhit NC State (25-23, 15-21), 18-5, on the day.

Senior Peyton St. George earned the win in game one and save in the second game while junior Shelby Walters garnered her 15th victory of the season in game two.

Junior Kristina Foreman led the Blue Devils at the plate, turning in a 4-for-7 performance with a home run and two RBIs. Sophomore Kamryn Jackson also had a strong showing, going 3-for-5 with a triple, two home runs and two RBIs.

Game 1: Duke 7, NC State 0
Duke took a 1-0 in the first inning as junior Deja Davis sent a leadoff home run over the wall in right center. Jackson hit her first career triple down the right field line, but the Blue Devils were unable to bring her home. Foreman, senior Rachel Crabtree and freshman Kelly Torres ripped three consecutive singles up the middle in the second frame as Torres picked up an RBI to up the Blue Devils' lead to 2-0.

Jackson continued her hot day at the plate with her third long ball of the season in the third before Duke tacked on four runs in the fourth, expanding its lead to 7-0. Foreman and Crabtree lined back-to-back home runs, Tapia sent an RBI single through the right side and junior Caroline Jacobsen walked in a run.

St. George (16-6) pitched four complete innings to notch her 16th victory this season, letting up just one hit and striking out five Wolfpack batters. Senior Brianna Butler hurled three frames in relief, retiring all nine batters faced and racking up five punchouts.

Game 2: Duke 4, NC State 2
The Blue Devils continued to score early as Jackson sent her second long ball of the day out of the park, drilling a shot into the woods behind the right field wall. Senior Jameson Kavel singled through the left side and was brought home on an RBI double by Foreman to give Duke a 2-0 lead after one inning of action.

Duke added a run in both the second and fourth innings on an RBI single from Torres and sac fly, respectively. Jacobsen, who scored the pair of Duke runs, doubled in both frames to break the season doubles record as the Blue Devils expanded their lead to 4-0.

The Wolfpack looked to rally in the sixth and recorded their first runs of the series on a pair of hit-by-pitches and hits. Entering the circle with bases loaded and one out, St. George struck out the final two batters of the frame to halt NC State's scoring threat at 4-2.

Both sides went down in order in the seventh as St. George used back-to-back strikeouts to end the game.

Walters (15-3) pitched 5.1 innings for the win, freshman Claire Davidson faced three batters and St. George recorded the save through 1.2 innings as she struck out four of five faced.

Duke looks to close out the regular season strong as they return to Dail Softball Stadium for game four of the series versus NC State at 12 p.m. The game will be available to watch on ACC Network Extra.

Notables

Duke registered four home runs in the first game of the day, marking the second straight game with as many home runs (program record).
With her home run in game one, Crabtree tied the program RBIs record.
Tied the season stolen base record at 69 with one on the day.
With three doubles in game two, Duke broke its season record with 75 on the year – passing 73 from 2018.

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