No. 6 Duke Falls to Rider on Tuesday

Tuesday, March 12

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

13-3

Rider

2-9

Rider

Duke

No. 6 Duke Falls to Rider on Tuesday

3/12/2024 7:27:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – No. 6 Duke (13-3) scratched across two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, but fell to Rider (2-9), 6-2 on Tuesday.

The Broncs opened the scoring in the top of the first inning scratching across two runs to take an early lead. They continued to score runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings, before the Blue Devils pitching staff settled the game down.

In the top of the ninth, AJ Gracia singled through the right side to score Harrison Rodgers from third and Devin Obee grounded out to third base to score Logan Bravo. Duke was unable to push across anything else to end the ballgame.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Rider opened the scoring in top of the first inning, 2-0.
The Broncs added a run in the top of the third, 3-0.
Rider added a run on a wild pitch in the top of the fourth, 4-0.
Rider extended its lead in the top of the fifth, 6-0.
AJ Gracia singled through the right side to score Harrison Rodgers from third. Devin Obee grounded out to third base to score Logan Bravo, 6-2.

NOTES

Graduate Zac Morris extended his hitting streak to 11 games on Tuesday, finishing 2-for-4.
Graduate Tim Noone dropped his first decision of the season, working three innings and allowing three runs.
Junior Ryan Higgins worked a clean three innings on the mound, allowing one hit and striking out a pair.
Along with Morris, AJ Gracia and Devin Obee had multi-hit games, both finishing the day 2-for-4.

QUOTES

"First and foremost, that is a great performance by Rider. They played an exceptional ballgame. There was nothing fluky about it. They beat us in all three phases tonight. They pitched better than we did, hit better than we did and ran the bases better than we did. The conversation starts with Poliey, their starter, they didn't give us any free bases until the wild pitch in the ninth inning. Zero free bases in eight innings and that is hard to do, but their kid deserves a lot of credit and certainly deserved to win the ballgame today." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his thoughts on today's game against Rider.

UP NEXT

Duke wraps up the two-game set with Rider on Wednesday at Jack Coombs Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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