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Offensive Explosion Guides Duke to Series Win Over Baylor
2/25/2023 10:28:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Duke Baseball (4-2) scored 20-plus runs for the second consecutive game against a Division I opponent for the first time in program history, defeating Baylor (2-4), 22-3, on Saturday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Blue Devils clinched back-to-back series wins for the first time since 2020 to open the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Baylor opened the scoring with two outs in the top of the first, on a RBI triple to right center field, 1-0.
- The Bears added to their lead in the top of the third inning, extending the score to 2-0 on a groundout to shortstop.
- The Blue Devils cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the third when junior Jay Beshears singled to center field to score sophomore Alex Mooney from third. Graduate Damon Lux tied the ballgame on a bases loaded walk, sending Baylor to the bullpen. Freshman Andrew Fischer gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the night, 4-2, singling to center field to score a pair, before being thrown out at second trying to advance.
- The Bears cut the Duke lead to 4-3, scoring on a wild pitch in the top of the fifth.
- In the bottom of the fifth, the Blue Devils added to their lead, as Lux singled to center field to score a pair and increase the lead to 6-4. Freshman Tyler Albright pushed across another run for Duke in the fifth, grounding out to shortstop scoring Lux from third. Later in the inning, Giovanni DiGiacomo homered for the second time in as many games to extend the lead to 9-3.
- Lux continued his hot night at the plate in the bottom of the sixth, singling to right center field to increase the lead to 11-3. Fischer followed up the two-RBI single with a groundout to first base to score MJ Metz from third and push the lead to 12-3.
- The Blue Devils added a run in the seventh and nine more in the eighth to extend their lead to 22-3. Freshman Roman DiGiacomo collected his first career hit on Saturday, hitting a grand slam to increase the lead to 21-3, before DiGiacomo doubled to left center to score Josh Solomon from first, 22-3.
NOTES
- Graduate student Giovanni DiGiacomo hit his second home run in as many days on Saturday, a three-run blast to right field.
- Freshman Roman DiGiacomo collected his first collegiate hit, a first-pitch grand slam over the Blue Monster in left field.
- Duke scored nine runs in the eighth inning against Baylor on Saturday, marking the first time Duke has scored nine runs in an inning since May 18, 2022, where the Blue Devils scored eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
- Graduate student Damon Lux tallied six RBI in Saturday's win, finishing the night 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk.
- Freshman Owen Proksch worked three innings in relief, earning his first victory of his collegiate career. He struck out three batters and allowed two hits.
- The 42 runs in two games marks the second most runs in a series already for the Blue Devils against a Division I opponent in a three-game set since scoring 43 runs against St. Bonaventure in 2007. The most runs scored in a three-game series in program history was set in 1999 when the Blue Devils scored 48 runs against Coppin State.
QUOTES
- "Top to bottom different guys stepped up. Gio in the nine-hole, Damon Lux once again had some terrific at bats. It was really good to see Alex Stone get going. We talked last night about moving the chains and we were able to keep a flow going regardless of where we were in the lineup." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the second straight day of an explosive offensive approach.
- "I thought he [Proksch] was awesome. He was really competitive and came in trying to get a feeling for it. He started the outing walking a guy and immediately retired the second guy. He stayed in the moment and executed his pitches well." – On the first collegiate win for Owen Proksch on Saturday.
UP NEXT
- Duke and Baylor will conclude the three-game series on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is scheduled for noon.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Proksch, Owen (1-0)
L: Caley, Cam (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Branch, Kolby 1 ; Posey, Cole 1 ; Stracener, Austin 1
3B: Andrade, Kobe 1
RBI: Simmons, Hunter 1 ; Andrade, Kobe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Branch, Kolby 2 ; Simmons, Hunter 1
CS: Simmons, Hunter 1 ; Teplanszky, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Storm, Luke 1 ; Fischer, Andrew 2 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1
HR: DiGiacomo, Roman 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1
RBI: Storm, Luke 1 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Yu, Andrew 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Lux, Damon 6 ; Fischer, Andrew 3 ; DiGiacomo, Roman 4 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Beshears, Jay 3 ; Stone, Alex 3 ; Yu, Andrew 1 ; Metz, MJ 3 ; Lux, Damon 2 ; Fischer, Andrew 1 ; DiGiacomo, Roman 2 ; Solomon, Josh 2 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2
SB: Lux, Damon 2
HBP: Lux, Damon 1 ; DiGiacomo, Roman 1 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1
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