No. 10 Duke Levels Series with Georgia Tech on Saturday

Saturday, May 13

Durham, N.C.

1 PM

Duke University

34-15, 15-10

Georgia Tech

29-21, 11-15

Georgia Tech

Duke

No. 10 Duke Levels Series with Georgia Tech on Saturday

5/13/2023 5:44:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – No. 10 Duke (34-15, 15-10 ACC) held on to defeat Georgia Tech (29-21, 11-15 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 6-5, to even the series with the Yellow Jackets.

Graduate transfer Charlie Beilenson earned the win in relief for Duke on Saturday, working 2.2 innings and striking out a pair. He allowed just one hit throughout his outing, before passing the ball off to Fran Oschell III.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Junior Alex Stone singled to left field to score Alex Mooney from second in the bottom of the first, 1-0.
In the bottom of the second, graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo doubled down the line in left to score Damon Lux from second, 2-0.
Georgia Tech cut the Blue Devils lead in half in the top of the third, 2-1.
Freshman Tyler Albright hit a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the fourth, 3-1.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, DiGiacomo hit a two-run home run to right field, 5-1.
Albright singled to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Luke Storm from second, 6-1.
The Yellow Jackets cut the lead to one in the ninth, 6-5.

NOTES

Junior Alex Stone extended his hitting streak to 23 games, the longest under head coach Chris Pollard, with a single in the first inning to open the scoring.
Freshman Tyler Albright hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday, his third of the season and collected home runs in back-to-back games.
Graduate transfer Charlie Beilenson picked up the win in relief on Saturday, working 2.2 innings and striking out two.
Duke baseball has now hit 85 home runs this season, five off the school record of 90 set by the 1998 team.
The Blue Devils pitching staff has tallied 548 strikeouts this season, moving closer to the school record of 598 set by the 2019 team.
Duke baseball clinched a spot in the ACC Tournament hosted at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park following Friday night's contest.

QUOTES

"I loved the bounce back at bats by Gio today. When he came over after the called strike three in the first, I kind of gave him an earful. I loved his response and showed his maturity in this game. He came out and had some great at bats today and even the out in the eighth was a great approach. Tyler Albright continues to do a great job at the bottom of the lineup for us as well. We talk about it all the time, there are no meaningless runs. You keep every run, off the board that you can, and you score as many as you can. That RBI by Tyler in the eighth was a big run today." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the job the bottom of the order did today.
"Just awesome all around. Charlie Beilenson just continues to go out there and do whatever we ask of him. You want to talk about someone who is the MVP of the season, he is willing to go out there on back-to-back days or three in a row and throw. Fran looked great and if we didn't get that short rain delay, we put him back out there." – On the ability of the bullpen to hold off Georgia Tech today.

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