Duke Falls to No. 7 Florida State, 4-0, in Series Opener

Friday, March 25

Tallahassee, Fla.

7:00 P.M.

Duke University

11-11, 2-5

Florida State

15-6, 5-2

Duke

Florida State

Duke Falls to No. 7 Florida State, 4-0, in Series Opener

3/25/2022 10:35:00 PM | Baseball

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Duke baseball team dropped the series opener to seventh-ranked Florida State, 4-0, on Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Blue Devils dip to 11-11 (2-5 ACC) on the season. Florida State moves to 15-6 overall and 5-2 in ACC play.

Junior Chad Knight led Duke at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles.

Junior Marcus Johnson started for the Blue Devils, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out nine in six innings of work. Johnson was tagged with the loss. Florida State southpaw Parker Messick, last season's ACC Pitcher of the Year, earned the win after throwing seven shutout innings with 14 strikeouts.

Duke threatened first, loading the bases with no outs in the top of the second inning behind singles from graduate student Chris Davis and freshman Alex Mooney and a walk drawn by graduate student Trevor Johnson. Florida State escaped the jam with a double play and a strikeout.

The Seminoles opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning, putting runners on second and third with no outs. The hosts hit a double in the next at-bat, a ground ball that took a wild hop over the Duke shortstop's head to plate the pair of runs. Johnson bounced back after the unlucky break, retiring the next three batters.

Florida State increased its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning with a pair of solo home runs.

Sophomore Josh Allen entered in relief for Duke. Allen was strong, allowing just one hit and fanning four in two scoreless innings pitched.

The Blue Devils and Seminoles are set for game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

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