No. 12 Duke's Late Rally Falls Short Against Akron

Saturday, March 2

Durham, N.C.

3 p.m.

Duke University

9-1

Akron

3-6

Akron

Duke

No. 12 Duke's Late Rally Falls Short Against Akron

3/2/2024 6:24:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Sophomore Andrew Healy had a career day on the mound for the Blue Devils (9-1) working a career high five innings and struck out a career high nine batters. Akron (3-6) took their first lead of the weekend in the top of the sixth, scoring three runs.

Junior Devin Obee hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to cut the Zips lead to one.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Logan Bravo opened the scoring for the Blue Devils in the bottom of the third, singling to shortstop to score Wallace Clark from third. AJ Gracia singled through the right side to score Ben Miller from third, 2-0.
Akron cut the lead to one in the top of the fourth, 2-1.
Akron took the lead in the top of the sixth, 4-2.
Devin Obee hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth, 4-3.

NOTES

Sophomore Andrew Healy had a career day on the mound for the Blue Devils, tying a career high in innings at five and punching out a career high nine batters.
Junior Devin Obee cut the Zips lead to one in the bottom of the ninth, hitting a solo home run to right-center field. The home run was Obee's fourth of the season.
Graduate Logan Bravo finished the day 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI.
Graduate Ben Miller extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Saturday, finishing 1-for-4 on the day and scoring a run.

QUOTES

"It was a really good college baseball and credit to Akron. They played really tough and did a great job in the sixth inning. They executed the two strike sacrifice and then was able to execute the safety squeeze to score a run." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on the game.
"I thought Healy pitched a great game overall. We had some chances early that we didn't capitalize early on in the second and we have to come back tomorrow and win a series." – On the job Healy did today and what needs to happen tomorrow.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils and the Zips conclude the three-game series on Sunday from Jack Coombs Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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