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Tuesday, March 1
Durham, N.C.
4:00 P.M.
Duke University
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Duke Opens Homestand With ECU on Tuesday
2/28/2022 3:55:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Duke returns home to host East Carolina on Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in downtown Durham, N.C.
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LEADING OFF
Duke opens a 15-game home stand on Tuesday as it welcomes East Carolina to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday. Duke trails ECU in the all-time series, 14-41, but holds an 8-16 mark in games played in Durham. Head coach Chris Pollard, in his 10th season at Duke, holds an 1-8 record against the Pirates. The contest will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra with Daron Vaught (pxp) and Art Chase (analyst) on the call. In addition, fans can tune into the radio broadcast to hear Chris Edwards on the Varsity app or GoDuke.com/audio. Following the midweek match up with ECU, Duke will host Bucknell for a three-game series over the weekend.
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HOW TO FOLLOW
Tuesday, 4 p.m. – Varsity App (radio) – Stream – Live Stats
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PITCHING MATCHUP
DU - Cooper Stinson (0-0, 9.00 ERA)
ECU - Nick Logusch (0-1, 6.75 ERA)
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EYE, EYE CAPTAIN
Graduate Student outfielder Chris Davis has been a spark plug for the Duke offense, finding ways to get on base. Davis opened the season with just two hits in 19 plate appearances through the first four games but found ways to get it done with nine walks and an on-base percentage of .579.
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WELCOME TO K-VILLE
The Blue Devil pitching staff has ascended to new heights over the past four seasons, shattering the school's single-season strikeout record in 2018 and 2019. Last season, Duke continued to strike out batters at record rates, fanning 527 batters in just 483.2 innings pitched. Now sophomore Luke Fox led the team with 76 strikeouts in 56.0 innings pitched last season.
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Duke season strikeout totals (Team records)
Rank    K/9       Strikeouts          Season
1.          9.82      527               2021
2.          9.72      598               2019
3.          9.12      575               2018
             11.51   183               2020*
*Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
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WELCOME BACK TO THE BALLPARK
After 712 days without fans at Duke baseball home games, the Blue Devils are ecstatic to welcome patrons back to Durham Bulls Athletic Park and Jack Coombs Field. The 712 day span was longer than three U.S. presidencies - Zachary Taylor, James A. Garfield and William Henry Harrison.
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UTILIZING THE LONG BALL
The Duke offense erupted last season, hitting 78 home runs in 55 games, including 12 games with three or more home runs. The 78 home runs ranked fourth all-time in program history and were the most since 1998. In addition, Duke's six home runs in the NCAA Regional game against Wright State were the most in the past 20 seasons.
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UNUSUAL PATH TO DUKE
Graduate student Caleb McRoy joined the Blue Devils in January and had an unusual path to the Duke roster. No stranger to Durham, McRoy was a member of the North Carolina Central baseball program, but found himself looking for a new home after the school announced it would be discontinuing the program after the 2021 season. McRoy, a native of Raleigh, N.C., joined Duke, who he had faced four times in his career. Against the Blue Devils, McRoy allowed just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 in seven innings of work.
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YOUTH ON DECK
The Blue Devils will feature a lot of new faces in the offensive lineup in 2022. Duke lost five of its eight starters in the field and its designated hitter. The Blue Devils will return less than half of its offensive production in multiple categories.
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DUKE OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION LOST
Category            Returning          Total    Percent
At-Bats                 731                   1912     38.2 %
Hits                      198                   545       36.3 %
RBIs                    131                   315       41.6 %
Runs Scored     132                   397       38.3 %
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EYES ON MOONEY
Freshman shortstop Alex Mooney will have many eyes on him during his first season in Durham. The highly touted prospect out of Rochester Hills, Mich., was tabbed the preseason ACC Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game. He's a consensus top-10 prospect out of the ACC in the class of 2023 as he will be a draft eligible sophomore. After a slow opening day, Mooney has recorded three consecutive multi-hit games.
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HOME SWEET HOME
Graduate students Chris Crabtree and Wil Hoyle have invested blood, sweat and tears into the Duke program after seeing it develop in their backyards. Hoyle, a native of Durham, and Crabtree, a native of Bahama, are no strangers to the Duke program and grew up facing each other in high school baseball in Durham. Now, the duo are co-captains of the 2022 team after leading the Blue Devils to unprecedented heights during their careers.
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O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
Graduate students Chris Crabtree, Chris Davis and Wil Hoyle and junior Marcus Johnson will serve as captains for the 2022 Duke baseball season. In addition to the four captains, each class elected a representative for the teams leadership council in freshman Andrew Yu, sophomore Luke Fox, Johnson and senior RJ Schreck. Head coach Chris Pollard and the coaching staff appointed three positions – Duke Student-Athlete Advisory Council members Hoyle and junior Grant Norris and time management liaison junior Graham Pauley.
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K'S 4 KIDS' CANCER
Duke has partnered with the Duke Children's Hospital for the fourth consecutive season in the K's 4 Kids' Cancer campaign. Donors can pledge an amount of money to donate per strikeout that the Blue Devils pitching staff throws in 2022. So far, the partnership has contributed over $30,000 in support of the Duke Children's Hospital. Over the past four seasons, Duke has amassed nearly 1,900 strikeouts.
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POLLARD ELECTED TO ABCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Duke head coach Chris Pollard was elected the Division I Chair on the Executive Committee of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Pollard, entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils, was elected by his peers on Jan. 6 at the NCAA Div. I Coaches Meeting at the 2022 ABCA Convention held in Chicago. He succeeds Florida Atlantic's John McCormack.
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LEADING OFF
Duke opens a 15-game home stand on Tuesday as it welcomes East Carolina to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday. Duke trails ECU in the all-time series, 14-41, but holds an 8-16 mark in games played in Durham. Head coach Chris Pollard, in his 10th season at Duke, holds an 1-8 record against the Pirates. The contest will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra with Daron Vaught (pxp) and Art Chase (analyst) on the call. In addition, fans can tune into the radio broadcast to hear Chris Edwards on the Varsity app or GoDuke.com/audio. Following the midweek match up with ECU, Duke will host Bucknell for a three-game series over the weekend.
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HOW TO FOLLOW
Tuesday, 4 p.m. – Varsity App (radio) – Stream – Live Stats
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PITCHING MATCHUP
DU - Cooper Stinson (0-0, 9.00 ERA)
ECU - Nick Logusch (0-1, 6.75 ERA)
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EYE, EYE CAPTAIN
Graduate Student outfielder Chris Davis has been a spark plug for the Duke offense, finding ways to get on base. Davis opened the season with just two hits in 19 plate appearances through the first four games but found ways to get it done with nine walks and an on-base percentage of .579.
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WELCOME TO K-VILLE
The Blue Devil pitching staff has ascended to new heights over the past four seasons, shattering the school's single-season strikeout record in 2018 and 2019. Last season, Duke continued to strike out batters at record rates, fanning 527 batters in just 483.2 innings pitched. Now sophomore Luke Fox led the team with 76 strikeouts in 56.0 innings pitched last season.
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Duke season strikeout totals (Team records)
Rank    K/9       Strikeouts          Season
1.          9.82      527               2021
2.          9.72      598               2019
3.          9.12      575               2018
             11.51   183               2020*
*Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
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WELCOME BACK TO THE BALLPARK
After 712 days without fans at Duke baseball home games, the Blue Devils are ecstatic to welcome patrons back to Durham Bulls Athletic Park and Jack Coombs Field. The 712 day span was longer than three U.S. presidencies - Zachary Taylor, James A. Garfield and William Henry Harrison.
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UTILIZING THE LONG BALL
The Duke offense erupted last season, hitting 78 home runs in 55 games, including 12 games with three or more home runs. The 78 home runs ranked fourth all-time in program history and were the most since 1998. In addition, Duke's six home runs in the NCAA Regional game against Wright State were the most in the past 20 seasons.
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UNUSUAL PATH TO DUKE
Graduate student Caleb McRoy joined the Blue Devils in January and had an unusual path to the Duke roster. No stranger to Durham, McRoy was a member of the North Carolina Central baseball program, but found himself looking for a new home after the school announced it would be discontinuing the program after the 2021 season. McRoy, a native of Raleigh, N.C., joined Duke, who he had faced four times in his career. Against the Blue Devils, McRoy allowed just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 in seven innings of work.
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YOUTH ON DECK
The Blue Devils will feature a lot of new faces in the offensive lineup in 2022. Duke lost five of its eight starters in the field and its designated hitter. The Blue Devils will return less than half of its offensive production in multiple categories.
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DUKE OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION LOST
Category            Returning          Total    Percent
At-Bats                 731                   1912     38.2 %
Hits                      198                   545       36.3 %
RBIs                    131                   315       41.6 %
Runs Scored     132                   397       38.3 %
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EYES ON MOONEY
Freshman shortstop Alex Mooney will have many eyes on him during his first season in Durham. The highly touted prospect out of Rochester Hills, Mich., was tabbed the preseason ACC Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game. He's a consensus top-10 prospect out of the ACC in the class of 2023 as he will be a draft eligible sophomore. After a slow opening day, Mooney has recorded three consecutive multi-hit games.
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HOME SWEET HOME
Graduate students Chris Crabtree and Wil Hoyle have invested blood, sweat and tears into the Duke program after seeing it develop in their backyards. Hoyle, a native of Durham, and Crabtree, a native of Bahama, are no strangers to the Duke program and grew up facing each other in high school baseball in Durham. Now, the duo are co-captains of the 2022 team after leading the Blue Devils to unprecedented heights during their careers.
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O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
Graduate students Chris Crabtree, Chris Davis and Wil Hoyle and junior Marcus Johnson will serve as captains for the 2022 Duke baseball season. In addition to the four captains, each class elected a representative for the teams leadership council in freshman Andrew Yu, sophomore Luke Fox, Johnson and senior RJ Schreck. Head coach Chris Pollard and the coaching staff appointed three positions – Duke Student-Athlete Advisory Council members Hoyle and junior Grant Norris and time management liaison junior Graham Pauley.
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K'S 4 KIDS' CANCER
Duke has partnered with the Duke Children's Hospital for the fourth consecutive season in the K's 4 Kids' Cancer campaign. Donors can pledge an amount of money to donate per strikeout that the Blue Devils pitching staff throws in 2022. So far, the partnership has contributed over $30,000 in support of the Duke Children's Hospital. Over the past four seasons, Duke has amassed nearly 1,900 strikeouts.
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POLLARD ELECTED TO ABCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Duke head coach Chris Pollard was elected the Division I Chair on the Executive Committee of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Pollard, entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils, was elected by his peers on Jan. 6 at the NCAA Div. I Coaches Meeting at the 2022 ABCA Convention held in Chicago. He succeeds Florida Atlantic's John McCormack.
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