Metz Lifts No. 20 Duke Over No. 9 Campbell Tuesday

Tuesday, April 25

Buies Creek, NC

6 PM

Duke University

28-12

Campbell

31-9

Duke

Campbell

Metz Lifts No. 20 Duke Over No. 9 Campbell Tuesday

4/25/2023 11:34:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Graduate transfer MJ Metz hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning, giving Duke (28-12) a 3-2 lead, before junior Jay Beshears singled to left field to extend the lead to 4-2 in the ninth, to defeat No. 9 Campbell and sweep the season series over the Camels (31-9).

Sophomore Jimmy Romano collected his first career save, working the ninth inning to preserve the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Campbell opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, scoring a pair, 2-0.
Freshman Tyler Albright doubled to right center field to tie the ballgame in the top of the fourth, 2-2.
Graduate transfer MJ Metz hit a solo home run to right center field in the top of the seventh, 3-2.
Junior Jay Beshears singled to left field to extend Duke's lead in the top of the ninth, 4-2.

NOTES

Freshman Kassius Thomas started his first career game on Tuesday at No. 9 Campbell, working one inning and allowing two runs on three hits.
Graduate transfer MJ Metz hit his ninth home run of the season on Tuesday, a solo shot to right center field to give Duke the lead. The home run extended his hitting streak to nine games.
The 71 home runs to this point in the season are fifth most all-time, passing the 2022 squad who hit 70 long balls. The tally marks the second most under head coach Chris Pollard.
Graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo swiped his 10th base of the season, the second Blue Devil to steal double digit bases joining Alex Mooney (11).
Junior Alex Stone recorded a double in the top of the first inning to extend his team leading hitting streak to 14 games.
Sophomore Alex Mooney collected a bunt single on Tuesday evening to extend his hitting streak to nine games.
Duke has now won six straight games, increasing the longest winning streak of the season.

QUOTES

"It is really special. Our toughness was on display tonight. What a job by Gabriel Nard tonight out of the pen. He stayed patient and waited for his number to be called. He went out there and gave us two and two-thirds innings and bridged a gap for us tonight. The rest of the bullpen was really good. What a job my Jimmy Romano at the end and what can you say about Charlie Beilenson? Everyday Eddie. We keep putting him out there and he hit a fatigue wall there in the eighth but was tough enough to get off the field." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the job the entire pitching staff did to knock off No. 9 Campbell.
"It was a really good job by Charlie and a really good job by Brady Kirkpatrick. He threw one breaking ball in the inning and probably the only breaking ball in his last four or five outings and it was a strikeout. He executed it to perfection to get us off the field. I told Brady that took a lot of guts. He asks our guys to do some tough things tonight and they all stepped up to the task." – On the execution of the entire staff to grind out another close victory to begin the week.