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Five Home Runs Lift Duke to 21-2 Victory over Princeton
3/4/2023 6:11:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Duke Baseball (7-3) hit five home runs and forced Princeton (2-4) into seven errors defensively, as the Blue Devils rolled to a 21-2 victory over Princeton on Saturday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Juniors Luke Storm (2) and Jay Beshears, sophomore Jonathan Santucci and freshman Tyler Albright all left the yard on Saturday.
Graduate transfer Jason White picked up the win in relief on Saturday, working 3.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to pick up his first victory in a Blue Devils' uniform.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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Graduate transfer Jason White picked up the win in relief on Saturday, working 3.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to pick up his first victory in a Blue Devils' uniform.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Junior Luke Storm hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first to open the scoring for the Blue Devils, 1-0.
- Princeton tied the ballgame in the top of the second, hitting a single to center field to score a run, 1-1.
- Freshman Tyler Albright hit a sharp ground ball back to the pitcher and reached on an error to score Damon Lux from second to give the Blue Devils the lead, 2-1.
- Junior Jay Beshears hit his second grand slam of the season, extending the Blue Devils lead to 6-1. Later in the inning, MJ Metz grounded into a fielder's choice and advanced to second on an errant throw to score Alex Stone from third, 7-1.
- Duke added five more in the bottom of the sixth, when Alex Mooney singled through the third baseman to score Devin Obee from second. He later scored on a stolen base by Storm, when the ball trickled out of the glove of the shortstop covering, 9-1. A Stone single scored a pair, when the left fielder was unable to field the ball cleanly, 12-1.
- Princeton scratches across a run in the top of the seventh to cut into the lead 12-2.
- Albright crushed a solo home run to left center field, before Storm hit his second home run of the day, a three-run shot to right to extend the lead to 16-2.
- Duke added five more runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by Jonathan Santucci's three-run home run to right field, 21-2.
NOTES
- Junior Luke Storm hit two home runs on Saturday, one from each side of the plate, a solo home run and a three-run home run.
- Sophomore Alex Mooney extended his hitting streak to 10-games, with a single in the fifth inning. Mooney finished 2-for-4 on the day, his sixth multi-hit game this season.
- Junior Jay Beshears hit his second grand slam of the week, a 420-foot blast to left center field in the fifth inning to blow the game open.
- Graduate transfer Jason White worked 3.2 scoreless innings on Saturday in relief of Adam Boucher to earn his first win at Duke. White tallied two strikeouts and allowed four hits.
- Freshman Tyler Albright hit his first career home run on Saturday, a solo home run to left center field.
- Sophomore Jonathan Santucci also hit his first career home run on Saturday, a three-run shot to right field.
- Duke Baseball scored 20 or more runs for the third time this season, the fourth time scoring 10 or more in a game.
QUOTES
- "I thought it was a great at bat by Luke and Alex followed it up with a hard-hit ball off the wall two batters later. I think we found our power stroke a little bit later as the game went on." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the power from the offense with five home runs
- "I thought the key to the game was Jason on the mound. He came in and really stabilized the game. We were giving them a lot of free offense early and Jason came in and gave us three pitches in the zone and competed really well. He gave us a chance to settle in and get our offense going." – On Jason White's performance Saturday
- "They had momentum coming off of last night's victory. We spotted them two base runners in the first and it showed some toughness by Bouch to get off the field right there early. Again I thought Jason was really good and the guys that came in behind him, commanded the ball and attacked the zone." – On the defensive effort by Duke on Saturday
UP NEXT
- Duke and Princeton will play for the rubber match on Sunday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is slated for 1 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: White, Jason (1-0)
L: Tom Chmielewski (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Scott Bandura 1 ; Kyle Vinci 1 ; Jake Bold 2 ; Eric Marasheski 1
RBI: Brendan Cumming 1 ; Kaden Kram 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kyle Vinci 1 ; Jake Bold 1
HBP: Scott Bandura 1
Batting:
2B: Hebble, Cole 1 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Obee, Devin 1
HR: Storm, Luke 2 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Santucci, Jonathan 1 ; Albright, Tyler 1
RBI: Mooney, Alex 2 ; Storm, Luke 4 ; Beshears, Jay 4 ; Hebble, Cole 1 ; Stone, Alex 1 ; Santucci, Jonathan 3 ; Albright, Tyler 1
SF: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Hebble, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 3 ; Storm, Luke 5 ; Beshears, Jay 2 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Yu, Andrew 1 ; Santucci, Jonathan 1 ; Lux, Damon 1 ; Albright, Tyler 3 ; Obee, Devin 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2
SB: Storm, Luke 1 ; Fischer, Andrew 1
HBP: Yu, Andrew 2
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RBI
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RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
4
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