Yu's Walk-Off Home Run Guides No. 9 Duke to 12-2 Victory Tuesday

Tuesday, March 19

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

Towson

Yu's Walk-Off Home Run Guides No. 9 Duke to 12-2 Victory Tuesday

3/19/2024 10:35:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Junior catcher Andrew Yu hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, the first pinch-hit home run since MJ Metz against Campbell last season, as No. 9 Duke (16-5) run-ruled Towson (4-15), 12-2, on Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field.

Junior right-hander David Boisvert worked a hitless three innings in his first collegiate start, improving to 2-0 on the season, while adding four strikeouts along the way. He, Jackson Emus, Edward Hart and Tim Noone combined to punch out the Tigers 14 times.

The Blue Devils opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning, scoring four runs, before tacking on one run in the bottom of the third and three in the bottom of the fourth. They added a pair in the bottom of the seventh, curtesy ofChase Krewson's third home run of his freshman campaign.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Chase Krewson opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, singling through the right side to score Macon Winslow from second. Devin Obee scored on a throwing error by the pitcher and Zac Morris flew out to right field to score Krewson from third. AJ Gracia hit a ground rule double to left center to score Ben Miller from second, 4-0.
Wallace Clark scored on a wild pitch from third in the bottom of the third, 5-0.
Duke added two more runs on a throwing error by the third baseman and a third on a fielding error, 8-0.
Towson scored a pair in the top of the sixth, 8-2.
Krewson hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, 10-2.
Andrew Yu hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth, 12-2.

NOTES

Junior David Boisvert made his first collegiate start on the mound for the Blue Devils against Towson, working three innings of no-hit baseball and striking out a career-best four batters. He improved to 2-0 on the mound, with both his wins coming this season.
Graduate Zac Morris extended his hitting streak to 16 games on Tuesday, beating out an infield single in the first. Morris holds the longest streak this season for the Blue Devils.
Freshman Chase Krewson belted his third home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field off the scoreboard. Krewson finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI.
Freshman AJ Gracia has reached base safely in all 21 games this season, adding to that mark with a 1-for-3 day at the plate. He scored one run, drove in one RBI and walked two times.
The Blue Devils pitching staff no-hit Towson through the first 5.2 innings of the ballgame on Tuesday. Boisvert, Jackson Emus, Edward Hart and Tim Noone, combined to punch out the Tigers 12 times.

QUOTES

"I thought there were some things we did really well tonight and things that we need to improve on heading into the weekend with NC State. First and foremost, the conversation starts with David Boisvert. I told our team down there; I am incredibly proud of the resilience and perseverance of him over the past few years. That's a guy that has struggled with injuries since his 11th grade year and he was hurt in his first two years in the program. To finally be healthy now and pitching as well as he is and to go from low leverage relief situations to now being a starting pitcher is a great testament to him." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on tonight and David Boisvert's performance.
"We talked about the fact that this team doesn't strike out a lot. They like to swing early and put the ball in play. If we were aggressive to the zone, we could get some quick outs and that is exactly what Debo did." – On the efficient outing that Boisvert had to start the game.

UP NEXT

Duke travels to Raleigh, N.C., this weekend to take on NC State for its third conference weekend of the year. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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