Duke Falls to Pitt on Friday

Friday, March 31

Durham, N.C.

6 PM

Duke University

16-10, 4-6

Pitt

12-11, 3-5

Pittsburgh

Duke

Duke Falls to Pitt on Friday

3/31/2023 9:48:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Pitt Panthers (12-11, 4-4) hit three home runs on Friday evening at Jack Coombs Field to defeat Duke Baseball (16-10, 4-6), 13-1 in the series opener. Sophomore Jonathan Santucci was pinned with the loss after exiting in the fourth inning with an injury.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Graduate student Damon Lux opened the scoring for the Blue Devils in the bottom of the second inning, hitting a solo home run to left field, 1-0.
Pitt jumped into the lead in the top of the fourth with a three-run home run to left field, 3-1.
The Panthers added to their lead in the top of the fifth, scoring on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly, 5-1.
Pitt scored five in the top of the sixth to extend the lead, 10-1.
The Panthers added a run in the top of the seventh, 11-1.
Pitt tacked on two more in the top of the ninth, 13-1.

NOTES

Graduate student Damon Lux hit his fourth home run of the season on Friday, a solo shot to left field to give Duke an early lead.
Sophomore Jonathan Santucci worked 3.2 innings allowing three runs off four hits and striking out six.
The 13 runs allowed by the Duke pitching staff is the second most allowed this season, after allowing 14 runs against Clemson in the double header in South Carolina.

QUOTES

"It was partly the free offense we gave them and partly that we didn't swing it very well. That is a bad combination. They played really well and we played really poorly and that is the end result." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the lack of offense and free bases the Blue Devils gave Pittsburgh.
"He [Sokol] did a good job. He went east-west more than I thought he would, but still executed at the top of the zone. He did a good job of expanding away and did a good job of running the slider away." – On the start by Jack Sokol for Pitt tonight.

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