Duke Splits Double Header with Virginia Tech Sunday

Sunday, April 9

Durham, N.C.

1 PM

Duke University

20-10, 7-6

Virginia Tech

17-11, 4-9

Virginia Tech

Duke

Duke Splits Double Header with Virginia Tech Sunday

4/9/2023 7:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score (Game One)Postgame Notes (Game One)Box Score (Game Two)Postgame Notes (Game Two)Coach Pollard Postgame Interview Photo Gallery Photo Gallery 2

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Baseball (20-11, 7-7 ACC) split the double header against Virginia Tech (18-11, 5-9 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field, defeating the Hokies, 3-1 in game one and falling 5-2 in game two.

Graduate transfer Alex Gow picked up the win in game one, working five innings of no-hit baseball and striking out seven batters. Junior Alex Stone recorded multi-hit contests in both games, as Duke capped off the week 2-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE

Graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, grounding out to shortstop. Junior Luke Storm scored later in the inning on a wild pitch. Sophomore Alex Mooney singled through the left side to score Damon Lux from third, 3-0.
Virginia Tech cut into the Duke lead in the top of the sixth, 3-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO

Virginia Tech opened the scoring in game two of the double header in the top of the second inning, 1-0.
In the top of the third, the Hokies extended the lead to three with a two-run home run, 3-0.
Virginia Tech added a run on a throwing error in the top of the fifth inning, 4-0.
The Hokies tacked on another run in the top of the seventh inning, 5-0.
Junior Luke Storm cut into the Hokies lead in the bottom of the seventh, hitting a sacrifice fly to left field to score Alex Stone from third, 5-1.
Storm cut into the lead in the bottom of the ninth, doubling to right field to score Josh Solomon from first, 5-2.

NOTES

Graduate transfer Alex Gow earned the win in game one of the day, working five innings of no-hit baseball and striking out a season-high seven Hokies.
Freshman southpaw James Tallon tallied his sixth save of the campaign, moving him closer to tying the top-10 mark of eight in a season.
Junior Alex Stone recorded multi-hit contests in both games today, the only Blue Devil to record a multi-hit game this weekend.

QUOTES

"I thought both teams pitched really well today. I thought we pitched really well all week. These are two of the highest scoring offenses in the country coming into the week and was really pleased. We pitched great in game two. We gave up a couple unearned runs, but I thought we attacked the zone well and struck out 12 batters. We didn't give them any free offense, from the mound, so we pitched well." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the pitching as a whole during the double header.
"I thought the approach we had against Green in game one was great. He was good and the sinker was working well. We were able to grind out some at bats, walking eight times and striking out five. We hit the ball right on the screws and I think the approach was better than the score. It could have easily been a five or six run game. In the second game, I told our guys, sometimes you just have to tip your cap. Hackenburg was really good and it reminded me at times of 2019 when we faced Kumar Rocker. His slider was in the fastball tunnel and we just couldn't pick it up." – On the offensive approach in both games.

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