No. 20 Duke's Eight-Game Winning Streak Snapped Saturday

Saturday, April 29

Charlottesville, VA

4 PM

Duke University

30-13, 13-9

Virginia

35-10, 13-10

Duke

Virginia

No. 20 Duke's Eight-Game Winning Streak Snapped Saturday

4/29/2023 9:32:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 13 Virginia (35-10, 13-10 ACC) scored runs in the final five innings they batted in on Saturday afternoon, to defeat No. 20 Duke (30-13, 13-9 ACC) at Disharoon Park, 10-2.

The loss on Saturday snapped an eight-game winning streak for the Blue Devils, the longest of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Junior Alex Stone opened the scoring for the Blue Devils in the top of the fourth, hitting a solo home run to left field, 1-0.
Virginia tied the ballgame in the bottom of the fourth, 1-1.
The Cavaliers took the lead in the bottom of the fifth, 2-1.
Junior Jay Beshears hit a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning, 2-2.
UVA regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, 5-2.
Virginia added to their lead in the bottom of the seventh, 8-2.
In the bottom of the eighth, UVA added two more to their lead, 10-2.

NOTES

Junior Alex Stone extended his hitting streak to 17 games with his solo home run in the top of the fourth inning.
Junior Jay Beshears hit his 10th home run of the season on Saturday, a solo home run to left field.
Duke's eight-game winning streak was snapped on Saturday. It was the longest of the season.

QUOTES

"For sure. He [Parker] did a good job of tunneling his slider, but it was more of a cutter tonight. We had a hard time recognizing it and had a lot of swing and miss." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the effectiveness of Nick Parker for UVA.
"They kind of returned the favor today. I thought Owen made some really good pitches tonight, but they were able to get some swings on it and find the holes. Credit to them they were able to capitalize on the two-out hits." – On VUA capitalizing on two-out offense Saturday.

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