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No. 20 Duke Explodes for 17 Runs on No. 13 Virginia
4/29/2023 1:57:00 AM | Baseball
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 20 Duke (30-12, 13-8 ACC) scored 17 runs on No. 13 Virginia (34-10, 12-10 ACC), the most the Cavaliers have allowed this season, in route to a 17-5 victory on Friday evening. The Blue Devils become the third ACC team to win 30 games this year behind Wake Forest and Virginia.
All nine Blue Devils recorded a hit in the victory on Friday, including six guys with multiple hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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All nine Blue Devils recorded a hit in the victory on Friday, including six guys with multiple hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the top of the first inning, graduate transfer MJ Metz hit a two-run home run to right center field, 2-0.
- Virginia cut into the Blue Devils lead in the bottom of the second inning, 2-1.
- Junior Alex Stone grounded into a fielder's choice in the top of the third inning to score Tyler Albright from third, 3-1. Metz doubled down the line in left to score Alex Mooney, 4-1. Graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo singled to shortstop to score Alex Stone from third, 5-1.
- In the top of the seventh inning, Albright singled up the middle to score Luke Storm from second, 6-1. Junior Jay Beshears singled up the middle to score a pair, 8-1. Graduate Damon Lux reached on a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt, to score Beshears from third, 9-1. DiGiacomo singled to right field to score Stone from second, 10-1.
- UVA plated a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, 10-2.
- Stone hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning, 11-2.
- The Cavaliers tacked on a pair in the bottom of the eighth, 11-4.
- Graduate transfer Cole Hebble singled to shortstop in the top of the ninth to score DiGiacomo from third, 12-4. Storm hit a two-run home run to right center field, 14-4. Beshears singled up the middle to score Albright from second, 15-4.
- Junior Alex Stone extended his hitting streak to 16 games on Friday evening, posting a career high four hit day. Stone launched his 10th home run of the year, a solo shot to left center field.
- Graduate transfer MJ Metz finished the day 3-for-6 with a home run on Friday. He extended his hitting streak to 11 games and five consecutive games with a home run, the longest streak under head coach Chris Pollard.
- Duke Baseball has won 30 games in the 2023 season, the eighth time in the last 10 years to post a 30-win season.
- The Blue Devils scored double digit runs for the 15th time this season, improving to 15-0 in those contests. They are now 4-0 in ACC play when scoring 10 or more runs.
- Duke's 17 runs against UVA are the most runs allowed by the Cavaliers this season.
- The 21 hits on Friday night tied the season high in hits, dating back to the series against Baylor.
- The eight-game winning streak is the longest since the 2021 season, when Duke won 12 to finish the campaign and won the ACC Championship.
QUOTES
- "It was a bunch of guys tonight. I am running out of superlatives to talk about them all. Number one I thought we played tremendous defense in the tough conditions tonight. We had to handle a lot of balls on the ground. It was a gutty effort by Alex Gow tonight. I didn't think he had his best stuff tonight. He was really competitive, and we played great defense behind him." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the complete team effort tonight.
- "Alex Stone is on a different level right now. You have to face him and MJ Metz back-to-back and that is pretty special. That is two days in a row that two-outs, two-strikes at bats have been successful. It is a sign of a confident team."
UP NEXT
- Duke and Virginia continue the three-game set on Saturday afternoon from Disharoon Park. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and has been elevated to ACC Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Proksch, Owen (3-1)
L: Brian Edgington (6-3)
Batting:
2B: Metz, MJ 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2 ; Storm, Luke 1 ; Albright, Tyler 1
HR: Stone, Alex 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Storm, Luke 1
RBI: Beshears, Jay 3 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Metz, MJ 3 ; Lux, Damon 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 4 ; Hebble, Cole 1 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Albright, Tyler 1
SH: Lux, Damon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 2 ; Beshears, Jay 2 ; Stone, Alex 4 ; Solomon, Josh 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1 ; Hebble, Cole 1 ; Storm, Luke 2 ; Albright, Tyler 3
SB: Mooney, Alex 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2
Batting:
2B: Ethan Anderson 1
HR: Justin Rubin 1 ; Ethan Anderson 1
RBI: Justin Rubin 1 ; Ethan O'Donnell 1 ; Ethan Anderson 1 ; Casey Saucke 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Justin Rubin 1 ; Kyle Teel 1 ; Ethan Anderson 2 ; Anthony Stephan 1
SB: Ethan O'Donnell 1
HBP: Henry Godbout 1
PO: Ethan O'Donnell 1
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