DURHAM – Duke Baseball (6-2) wraps up the non-conference weekend portion of the season hosting the Princeton Tigers (1-3) at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Blue Devils are coming off a historic sweep of the Baylor Bears and a midweek victory over No. 9 East Carolina.
Fans are encouraged to arrive at the ballpark early to avoid traffic and parking issues due to other events in the area this weekend.
FRIDAY (3/3)
Princeton at Duke
4 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – LHP –
Jonathan Santucci
Princeton – RHP – Jackson Emus
SATURDAY (3/4)
Princeton at Duke
1 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP –
Adam Boucher
Princeton – LHP – Tom Chmielewski
SUNDAY (3/5)
Princeton at Duke
1 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP –
Ryan Higgins
Princeton – LHP – Matt Scannell
QUICK HITS
- Duke Baseball has outscored their opponents 61-7 over the last four games, sweeping Baylor by a score of 52-7, before defeating No. 9 East Carolina 9-0 on Tuesday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Blue Devils plated 20 or more runs in back-to-back games twice last weekend.
- Graduate student Damon Lux had himself a week for the Blue Devils, finishing 7-for-17 at the plate (.412) with a home run and nine RBI. Lux posted a career-high six RBI in Saturday's 22-3 victory over Baylor.
- Sophomore southpaw Jonathan Santucci improved to 2-0 last weekend, working five innings, scattering five hits and one run. Santucci struck out nine batters for the second consecutive outing and walked just one batter.
- The Blue Devils have started the 2023 campaign hot, scoring 89 runs through eight games. Duke ranks 10th nationally in runs scored and is third in the ACC behind Wake Forest (130) and Virginia (92). The Blue Devils also have fanned 106 batters on the pitching side. The mark is fifth in the country and is third in the ACC behind Wake Forest (138) and Miami (113).
- Sophomore righty Fran Oschell III produced his first career win on Sunday, working 1.2 innings of relief and allowing two hits. Oschell III struck out four batters and shutdown the Baylor threat in the eighth in conjunction with freshman James Tallon who earned his second career save with four-straight strikeouts.
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