Noone Shines, No. 12 Duke Secures Home Opener

Wednesday, February 21

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

4-0

Liberty

3-1

Liberty

Duke

Noone Shines, No. 12 Duke Secures Home Opener

2/21/2024 7:57:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – No. 12 Duke (4-0) three-hit the Liberty Flames (3-1) on Wednesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field to secure the first home win of the season, 4-2. Graduate left-handed pitcher Tim Noone earned his first win in a Blue Devils uniform, working three innings of two hit baseball and struck out four.

Sophomore Gabriel Nard entered in relief, working two innings of no-hit baseball, before passing the ball off to freshman Kyle Johnson who worked two innings of one-hit baseball. Junior Jimmy Romano and graduate Charlie Beilenson worked the final two innings, with Beilenson earning his third save of the young season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Flames opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, 1-0.
Graduate Ben Miller doubled to center field to score Wallace Clark from second, 1-1. Logan Bravo singled through the left side, scoring Miller and Zac Morris, 3-1.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Morris singled through the right side to score Tyler Albright from second, 4-1.
Liberty cut the lead in half in top of the seventh, 4-2.

NOTES

Graduate left-handed pitcher Tim Noone worked three innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out four Flames in his Duke debut, earning the win on Wednesday.
Zac Morris extended his hitting streak to four games, finishing the afternoon 2-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Logan Bravo was one of three Blue Devils in the lineup to tally multiple hits against Liberty, driving in two RBI as well.
Sophomore Gabriel Nard worked two innings of no-hit baseball in relief of Noone, striking out three batters.
Graduate Charlie Beilenson appeared for the third time this season, securing his third save of the year. Beilenson worked the final inning of play, striking out one.

QUOTES

"I speak for our entire program that we are really excited to be back here at Jack Coombs Field. I thought we had a great atmosphere today and thought it was a really nice college baseball crowd for a midweek game on a cool February day. Both teams played well and it was a great college baseball game." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the first game at home this season at Jack Coombs Field.
"I thought Noone pitched really well. We talked about it in our pregame meeting of the importance of getting them in swing mode, meaning getting the barrel moving. They had 22 walks versus Quinnipiac over the weekend. We thought for us to have success we needed to get them in swing mode and take advantage of that." – On Tim Noone's first outing in a Duke uniform.

UP NEXT

No. 12 Duke continues its 10-game home stand, hosting Northwestern for a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

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