Duke's Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short Against Northeastern

Wednesday, March 8

Durham, N.C.

4 PM

Duke University

9-4

Northeastern

9-1

Northeastern

Duke

Duke's Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short Against Northeastern

3/8/2023 7:12:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Duke Baseball (9-4) had the tying runner in scoring position in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday, but failed to push the run across, falling to Northeastern (9-1), 2-1 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Freshman Gabriel Nard fell to 0-1 on the season, allowing two runs to score after relieving the pitching duties to Aaron Beasley in the top of the fourth.

The Blue Devils open ACC play this weekend hosting No. 5 Wake Forest at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Northeastern cracked the scoreboard first in the top of the fourth with a two-out double to left center to score a pair, 2-0.
Duke cut into the lead in the bottom of the eighth, thanks to Jay Beshears hitting a solo home run to left field, 2-1.

NOTES

Senior Jason White recorded two innings of two-hit baseball to begin Wednesday's contest. He struck out three Huskies before giving the ball to Adam Boucher in the third inning.
Junior Jay Beshears hit his third home run of the season on Wednesday, a solo shot to left field to cut the Northeastern lead to 2-1.
Duke Baseball used 10 different pitchers in Wednesday's loss to Northeastern.
Freshman Andrew Fischer extended his hitting streak to nine games with his single in the second inning.

QUOTES

"I thought it was a really good college baseball game. Two good clubs went toe to toe and competed hard. I told our team that we will look back and recognized that we didn't do some things with our situational hitting late in the game. We probably shouldn't have been batting in the bottom of the ninth and that came back to bite us." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the quality of baseball tonight.
"Both of the teams that came in this midweek were hitting over .300 on the year. This was a really good offense that had been playing at a really high level. They are amongst the best scoring teams in the country. Two unearned runs and we shouldn't have given those two runs, but we pitched well and competed well." – On the strong pitching performances heading into the weekend.

UP NEXT

Duke opens conference play this weekend at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, hosting No. 5 Wake Forest for a three-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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