No. 10 Duke's Late Rally Falls Short Against Georgia Tech

Friday, May 12

Durham, N.C.

6 PM

Duke University

33-15, 14-10

Georgia Tech

29-20, 11-14

Georgia Tech

Duke

No. 10 Duke's Late Rally Falls Short Against Georgia Tech

5/12/2023 9:45:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Georgia Tech scored four runs in the top of the first inning and hit three home runs with two outs, to defeat No. 10 Duke on Friday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 8-5. The Blue Devils staged a rally late in the ninth inning but were unable to push the tying runner across.

Graduate transfer Alex Gow falls to 3-3 on the season, working three innings and allowing four runs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Georgia Tech opened the scoring in the top of the first, 4-0.
Junior Alex Stone singled up the middle in the bottom of the first, scoring Alex Mooney from second, 4-1. Graduate transfer MJ Metz hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Jay Beshears from third, 4-2.
The Yellow Jackets added a trio in the top of the fourth inning, 7-2.
Freshman Tyler Albright hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, 7-4.
Metz grounded into a fielder's choice in the bottom of the seventh, to score Mooney from second on an error, 7-5.
Georgia Tech hits a solo home run in the top of the ninth, 8-5.

NOTES

Junior Alex Stone extended his hitting streak to 22 games on Friday night, finishing the day 2-for-3 and a pair of hit by pitches.
Freshman Tyler Albright hit his second home run of the season; a two-run shot to right field in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Duke baseball has now hit 83 home runs on the year, needing seven to tie the 1998 team for the most in a single season with 90.
Sophomore Alex Mooney and Stone tallied their 18th multi-hit games of the campaign, leading the Blue Devils.

QUOTES

"I think we are going to look back at the trackman files and see that tonight was one of our best nights of the year of hitting the ball right on the screws. We had eight that I know of that were hit right on the screws that were outs and they had three two-out home runs. Even with all the loud contact that didn't fall in, we were three pitches away from winning the ballgame 5-2. I thought we did a lot of good things defensively and pitched pretty well." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the loud contact that didn't fall for the Blue Devils Friday.
"We had a runner at third in the first with less than two outs and we need to push that runner across. All those little things matter in the end." – On not capitalizing on runners in scoring position Friday.

UP NEXT

Duke and Georgia Tech continue the three-game set on Saturday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. and is broadcasted live on ACC Network.

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