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Feeling Super, Duke Clinches Third Super Regional in Program History
6/5/2023 11:43:00 PM | Baseball
CONWAY, S.C. – In front of a stadium record 5,102 fans, Duke (38-22) scored in six of the eight innings they batted in, defeating Coastal Carolina (42-21), 12-3 to advance to the Charlottesville Super Regional next weekend.
Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked four innings of one-hit ball on two-days' rest, striking out a season high seven batters. Graduate transfer MJ Metz was named to the All-Tournament Team as a designated hitter and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Conway Regional.
The three Super Regional appearances since 2018 are tied for the most by an ACC program with North Carolina (2018, 2019, 2022).
HOW IT HAPPENED
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CONWAY ALL-REGIONAL TEAM
Caden Bodine – Catcher (Coastal Carolina)
Zack Beach – First Base (Coastal Carolina)
Payton Eeles – Second Base (Coastal Carolina)
Jack Winsett – Third Base (Rider)
Alex Mooney – Shortstop (Duke)
Graham Brown – Outfield (Coastal Carolina)
Damon Lux – Outfield (Duke)
Tyler Albright – Outfield (Duke)
MJ Metz – Designated Hitter (Duke)
Riley Eikhoff – Pitcher (Coastal Carolina)
Alex Gow – Pitcher (Duke)
MJ Metz – Most Outstanding Player (Duke)
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked four innings of one-hit ball on two-days' rest, striking out a season high seven batters. Graduate transfer MJ Metz was named to the All-Tournament Team as a designated hitter and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Conway Regional.
The three Super Regional appearances since 2018 are tied for the most by an ACC program with North Carolina (2018, 2019, 2022).
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Graduate transfer MJ Metz opened the scoring for the Blue Devils in the bottom of the second with a solo home run, 1-0.
- In the bottom of the third inning, junior Alex Stone hit a three-run home run to extend Duke's lead, 4-0.
- Junior Luke Storm singled up the middle in the bottom of the fourth to score a pair, 6-0.
- Graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo hit a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning, 7-0.
- In the bottom of the sixth inning, Cole Hebble dropped a sacrifice bunt down to score Damon Lux from third, 8-0. Metz singled down the line in right to score a pair, 10-0. DiGiacomo singled to left field, 11-0.
- In the bottom of the eighth inning, Tyler Albright flew out to right field to score Josh Solomon from third, 12-0.
- Coastal Carolina scored three runs in the top of the ninth, 12-3.
NOTES
- Graduate transfer MJ Metz hit his 17th home run of the season on Monday, tallying his fourth of the regional, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Player.
- Junior Alex Stone hit a three-run home run to left field in the bottom of the third inning, extending Duke's lead to 4-0 early. It was Stone's 17th home run of the season, tying Metz for the team lead.
- Graduate transfer Alex Gow worked four innings of one-hit baseball, walking three batters and tying a season high seven strikeouts on Monday. He last pitched on Friday afternoon against UNCW.
- The Blue Devils improved to 18-0 when scoring 10 or more runs in a game this season.
- Monday's Conway Regional victory marks the third Super Regional appearance in school history. The three Super Regional appearances since 2018 are tied for the most with North Carolina (2018, 2019, 2022) in the ACC.
- Duke is now 13-10 in regional play under head coach Chris Pollard.
CONWAY ALL-REGIONAL TEAM
Caden Bodine – Catcher (Coastal Carolina)
Zack Beach – First Base (Coastal Carolina)
Payton Eeles – Second Base (Coastal Carolina)
Jack Winsett – Third Base (Rider)
Alex Mooney – Shortstop (Duke)
Graham Brown – Outfield (Coastal Carolina)
Damon Lux – Outfield (Duke)
Tyler Albright – Outfield (Duke)
MJ Metz – Designated Hitter (Duke)
Riley Eikhoff – Pitcher (Coastal Carolina)
Alex Gow – Pitcher (Duke)
MJ Metz – Most Outstanding Player (Duke)
QUOTES
- "It was a lot of fun to compete here this weekend. We had a lot of fun here this weekend and I can't think of a better group of guys to be in this moment. They care about each other and there is a really cool vibe around this group. Our assistant coaches deserve a lot of credit for that culture, and I don't know if we would be here without that energy this season." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the joy from the team post regional championships.
UP NEXT
- Duke advances to the Charlottesville Super Regional against Virginia next weekend. First pitch and dates will be announced Tuesday morning on social media and online.
For more information on Duke Baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "DukeBASE".
#GoDuke
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beilenson, Charlie (6-3)
L: Doyle, Liam (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Lucky, Nick 1 ; Brown, Graham 1 ; Mihos, Dean 1
RBI: Brown, Graham 1 ; Mihos, Dean 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Garrison, Tanner 1 ; Bender, Derek 1 ; Brown, Graham 1
SB: Eeles, Payton 1
Batting:
2B: Mooney, Alex 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Lux, Damon 1
HR: Stone, Alex 1 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 1
RBI: Hebble, Cole 1 ; Stone, Alex 3 ; Metz, MJ 3 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; Storm, Luke 2
SH: Hebble, Cole 1
SF: Albright, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney, Alex 2 ; Fischer, Andrew 1 ; Beshears, Jay 1 ; Stone, Alex 2 ; Metz, MJ 1 ; Solomon, Josh 1 ; DiGiacomo, Giovanni 2 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; Lux, Damon 1
SB: Mooney, Alex 1
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