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Ninth Inning Barrage Secures Series Victory Over Clemson
3/19/2023 5:08:00 PM | Baseball
CLEMSON, S.C. – Duke Baseball (13-8, 3-3 ACC) scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to secure its first ACC series victory of the season, 11-8, over the Clemson Tigers (12-8, 1-2 ACC) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday.
Junior second baseman Jay Beshears tied the ballgame in the top of the ninth with a solo home run, before Damon Lux solidified the victory for the Blue Devils with a three-run blast off the scoreboard in left center field to cap off a five-run inning for Duke. Freshman Aidan Weaver moves to 2-1 on the season working 1.2 innings and allowing one run on two hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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Junior second baseman Jay Beshears tied the ballgame in the top of the ninth with a solo home run, before Damon Lux solidified the victory for the Blue Devils with a three-run blast off the scoreboard in left center field to cap off a five-run inning for Duke. Freshman Aidan Weaver moves to 2-1 on the season working 1.2 innings and allowing one run on two hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Clemson jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the second inning, 1-0.
- Junior Alex Stone gave Duke the lead in the top of the fourth, singling to right field to score a pair, 2-1.
- In the top of the fifth, Duke added a pair to the lead on a bases loaded walk by Andrew Fischer and a sacrifice fly to center field by Stone, 4-1.
- The Tigers trimmed the Blue Devils lead to one with an RBI-groundout to second base and a sacrifice fly to center field, 4-3.
- Clemson regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh, 6-4.
- The Blue Devils tied the ballgame in the top of the eighth when Luke Storm hit a two-run home run to right center field, 6-6.
- The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the eighth on a single through the left side, 7-6.
- Junior Jay Beshears tied the game in the top of the ninth inning with a solo home run to left field, 7-7. Senior Chad Knight doubled down the line in left to score Stone, 8-7. Senior Damon Lux blew the game open in the ninth, hitting a three-run blast to left center field, 11-7.
- Clemson scratched across one run in the bottom of the ninth, 11-8.
NOTES
- Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked four innings of two-hit baseball in his start Sunday. He allowed three runs, one earned, and struck out four batters.
- Junior Jay Beshears collected his first hit of the afternoon in the ninth, a solo home run for his team leading sixth of the season. His home run tied the ballgame at seven apiece.
- Senior Damon Lux deposited his second home run of the season into left center field to blow open the game in the ninth. His three-run blast gave Duke an 11-7 lead.
- Senior Chad Knight hit the go-ahead double down the line in left field, scoring Stone from second for his second hit of the day.
- Junior Luke Storm hit a game-tying home run in the top of the eighth inning on Sunday, a two-run blast to right center field. It was Storm's fifth home run of the season.
- Duke Baseball hit 10 home runs in the series against Clemson this weekend marking the first time since Apr. 22-24 at Georgia Tech when the Blue Devils hit 10 as well.
QUOTES
- "We were really tough. We had some self-inflicted wounds earlier in the game and it allowed them to get back into the game. We were tough enough not to give into it and sometimes that is a really hard thing to do on the road in a hostile environment. Our team showed great fight. The apitomy of that fight is Luke Storm being the one to tie the ballgame up. He has a tough day in the field defensively but is tough enough to go up there in a big spot and pick himself up and the team up. I am really proud of him. Damon Lux, what a step-up moment for him." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the ninth inning rally to take the series.
- "That is three innings covered over the final half of that game by freshman. They have really good stuff. Not only are competing at a high level, but they are well prepared because of the job Brady Kirkpatrick does to get these guys ready. When you have that kind of quality stuff, your margin of error goes up. They are able to attack the zone maybe like some other guys can't get away with." – On the job the freshman arms did to close out the game for the Blue Devils.
UP NEXT
- Duke returns home for a midweek matchup against Towson at Jack Coombs Field on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and admission is free.
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: Weaver, Aidan (2-1)
L: Rocco Reid (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Knight, Chad 1
HR: Beshears, Jay 1 ; Storm, Luke 1 ; Lux, Damon 1
RBI: Fischer, Andrew 1 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Stone, Alex 3 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Knight, Chad 1 ; Lux, Damon 3
SH: Lux, Damon 1
SF: Stone, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Fischer, Andrew 1 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Romano, Jimmy 1 ; Lux, Damon 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Obee, Devin 1
CS: Mooney, Alex 1
HBP: Mooney, Alex 2
Batting:
2B: Cam Cannarella 1 ; Nathan Hall 1 ; Caden Grice 1
RBI: Cooper Ingle 1 ; Riley Bertram 2 ; Nathan Hall 2 ; Blake Wright 1 ; Caden Grice 1
SF: Riley Bertram 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cam Cannarella 2 ; Cooper Ingle 1 ; Will Taylor 1 ; Billy Amick 1 ; Riley Bertram 1 ; Caden Grice 2
CS: Nathan Hall 1
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