No. 10 Duke Downs Rider on Wednesday

Wednesday, May 10

Durham, N.C.

6 PM

Duke University

33-14

Rider

31-16

Rider

Duke

No. 10 Duke Downs Rider on Wednesday

5/10/2023 9:25:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Junior Alex Stone extended his career long hitting streak to 21 games on Wednesday, singling to right center field to score Alex Mooney and Jay Beshears, to lift No. 10 Duke (33-14) to a 4-3 victory over Rider (31-16) at Jack Coombs Field.

Freshman Aidan Weaver made his first collegiate start against the Broncs, working three innings of no-hit baseball. Fellow freshman James Tallon picked up his 10th save of the season, recording the final six outs of the ballgame.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Junior Alex Stone grounded out to shortstop to score Jay Beshears from third in the bottom of the first, 1-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, freshman Tyler Albright singled through the left side to score MJ Metz from third, 2-0.
Rider cut into the Blue Devils lead in the top of the sixth, 2-1.
The Broncs took the lead in the top of the seventh, 3-2.
In the bottom of the seventh, Stone singled to right center field to score Alex Mooney and Beshears, 4-3.

NOTES

Freshman Aidan Weaver tallied his first collegiate start on Wednesday, working three innings of no-hit baseball and striking out two.
Junior Alex Stone extended his career long hitting streak to 21 games, driving in the game winning runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Freshman James Tallon is now one save away from tying the single season record for saves in a season at 11. He becomes the 13th player with double digit saves in his career, tying Jimmy Loper with 10.
The Blue Devils improved to 10-3 in the midweek on the year with the victory on Wednesday.
No. 10 Duke improved to 26-0 when leading after six innings, 27-0 when leading after seven and 30-0 when leading after eight innings.

QUOTES

"First off, tip of the hat to Rider. I am so impressed the job that Barry Davis has done with that done. I told him if I would have known you would have been this good, I wouldn't have scheduled you. He has built a really good team and they play with confidence. They are going to be a nightmare for someone in a regional. I liked our team's ability to stay in the fight. We come back after a tough game last night offensively and scratched across a run early but let them off the hook when we left the bases loaded. I thought it was a terrific job by our guys to have an answer in the seventh." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the toughness of Rider and the ability to get the big hit tonight.
"I thought Weaver was electric at the beginning of the game and I thought James Tallon was electric at the end of the game. I was really proud of Romano tonight. It was his first career win, and I can't think of anyone more deserving of that accomplishment right now. What a selfless teammate and all he has done all year is be put in tough spots and continues to produce. He goes out and gets that win and it's an earned win for sure." – On the job the entire pitching staff did tonight.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils step back into conference play this weekend, hosting Georgia Tech for a three-game set. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

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