Tallon Slams the Door, Duke Takes Game One of Super Regionals

Friday, June 9

Charlottesville, Va.

Noon

Duke University

39-22

Virginia

48-13

Duke

Virginia

Tallon Slams the Door, Duke Takes Game One of Super Regionals

6/9/2023 4:41:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Freshman James Tallon broke the single season saves record, tallying the final three outs of the ballgame on Friday afternoon, defeating Virginia (48-13), 5-4. Junior Luke Storm gave Duke (39-22) the lead in the top of the eighth inning, singling to left field to score Giovanni DiGiacomo from second.

Sophomore Fran Oschell III improved to 6-0 on the season, working 2.2 innings and striking out three batters. Oschell lowered his ERA to 0.69 on the season with the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Graduate student Damon Lux hit a two-run home run in the top of the third inning, 2-0.
Virginia cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third inning, 2-1.
In the top of the fifth, junior Jay Beshears singled to shortstop to score Andrew Fischer from third on an errant throw, 3-1.
The Cavaliers took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, 4-3.
Freshman Tyler Albright singled to center field to score Beshears from third, 4-4. Junior Luke Storm singled to left field, scoring Giovanni DiGiacomo in the top of the eighth, 5-4.

NOTES

Graduate student Damon Lux hit his 10th home run of the season on Friday, a two-run shot to give Duke the lead in the top of the third inning.
Freshman James Tallon broke the single season saves record on Friday afternoon in Charlottesville, collecting his 12th save of the season.
Sophomore Fran Oschell III improved to 6-0 on the season, working 2.2 innings and allowing one hit. Oschell struck out three batters and lowered his ERA to 0.69.

QUOTES

"Really proud of the three freshman who stepped up in a big way on the mound today. Healy, Proksch and Tallon really made some tough pitches in big spots to get us off the field and Oschell did great to keep the game level late in the ballgame. These two guys beside me were clutch at the plate to pull it off." - Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on the game today.
"This is a group that believes in eachother. Like coach said, nobody is scared of the moment from top to bottom. We stayed true to who we were today and got out of some jams and produced some big hits." - Junior Luke Storm on the fight this team continues to display.
"Off the bat I was a little nervous. He [Gelof] is a great hitter and player and he comes up big in clutch situations. At first my throat kind of dropped down into my stomach, but we made the play and got out of it." - Graduate student Damon Lux on the final play of the game.