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Friday, February 24
Durham, N.C.
4 PM
Duke University
3-2
20
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Baylor
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Duke
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Blue Devils Top Baylor 20-1 on Friday
2/24/2023 8:10:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Duke Baseball (3-2) used scoring innings of four, five (twice) and six to run off with a 20-1 victory on Friday night to open the series against Baylor (2-3) at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Blue Devils used 19 different players and collected 21 hits in the series opener.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Baylor Bears opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, singling to center field to plate the runner from second and lead 1-0.
- Freshman Tyler Albright singled through the left side to level the score at 1-1 with his first RBI of the season. Alex Mooney laced a two-RBI single to the gap in right center to give Duke its first lead of the afternoon 3-1. Luke Storm grounded out to second base and Jay Beshears doubled to right field to extend the Blue Devils' lead to 5-1.
- In the bottom of the fourth inning, MJ Metz singled through the left side, scoring Beshears from second base to increase the Duke lead to 6-1. The Blue Devils chased the starter out of the game with two outs in the fourth, as Damon Lux singled to left field to score Metz from second and push the lead to 7-1. Albright added to the Blue Devils' lead, beating out an infield single to score the eighth run of the day. Junior Giovanni DiGiacomo used a check-swing single to drive in a pair, extending the lead to 10-1.
- Duke added six more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, highlighted by Alex Stone's three-run home run and Giovanni DiGiacomo's two-run blast.
- In the bottom of the seventh, Duke capped off its scoring four runs to extend the lead to 20-1 on a handful of hit by pitches and walks.
NOTES
- Freshman Andrew Fischer started his first-career game on Friday, finishing 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.
- Southpaw Jonathan Santucci produced another quality start for the Blue Devils on the mound, working five innings and tying a season-high with nine punchouts. Santucci improved to 2-0 on the young season.
- Graduate transfer MJ Metz finished the night 4-for-4 with one RBI and three walks. He raised his season batting average to .615 after the performance.
- Freshman Tyler Albright made his first career start on Friday, finishing 2-for-3 with his first two career RBI.
- Freshman Edward Hart made his first appearance in college, working an inning in relief and striking out one.
- Kassius Thomas recorded three punchouts in his debut inning for the Blue Devils to close out the ballgame Friday.
- The 20 runs scored by Duke are the most runs in a game since Feb. 23, 2019, where the Blue Devils scored 23 runs against Northwestern.
- The Duke pitching staff tallied 17 more strikeouts on Friday night, bringing the season total to 72. It is the fifth game with 10 or more strikeouts recorded and is the season-high in strikeouts.
QUOTES
- "He had really electric stuff tonight. He came out and set a tone in the top of the first and that just empowers your team. They had the double play in the first when we had a chance to do some damage and then had a two-out hit to score a run and gain the momentum. I just loved our answer there in the bottom of the second inning. I thought we kept our foot on the gas pedal after that all day long." – Head coach Chris Pollard on sophomore Jonathan Santucci's start and the offensive firepower in game one.
- "Our guys had some really locked in at bats tonight. The thing that I really like was we didn't give away any at bats late. Sometimes you get into situations in games like this where guys get too loose and try to do too much, but we stayed locked in. Cole Hebble comes off the bench and carried his at bat like it was a 2-1 ballgame. That just shows so much maturity and I liked our team approach all day long." – On the mature at bats throughout the entire game.
UP NEXT
- Duke and Baylor will continue the three-game series on Saturday afternoon from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
For more information on Duke Baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "DukeBASE".
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Santucci, Jonathan (2-0)
L: Helton, Blake (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Simmons, Hunter 1 ; Andrade, Kobe 1
RBI: Caley, Harrison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ceccoli, John 1
HBP: Teplanszky, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: Beshears, Jay 2 ; Metz, MJ 2
HR: Stone, Alex 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1
RBI: Mooney, Alex 2 ; Storm, Luke 1 ; Beshears, Jay 2 ; Stone, Alex 3 ; Yu, Andrew 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Hebble, Cole 1 ; Lux, Damon 2 ; Israel, Menelik 1 ; Albright, Tyler 2 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Beshears, Jay 3 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Metz, MJ 3 ; Lux, Damon 3 ; Fischer, Andrew 2 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; Solomon, Josh 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1 ; Obee, Devin 1
SB: Albright, Tyler 1
HBP: Storm, Luke 1 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Stone, Alex 1 ; Yu, Andrew 1 ; Hebble, Cole 1 ; Albright, Tyler 1
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2
RBI
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R
3
H
2
RBI
2
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