No. 12 Duke Drops Saturday, 6-3, at No. 1 Wake Forest

Saturday, March 9

Winston-Salem, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

12-2, 1-1

Wake Forest

12-2, 1-1

Duke

Wake Forest

No. 12 Duke Drops Saturday, 6-3, at No. 1 Wake Forest

3/9/2024 10:01:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – No. 12 Duke (12-2, 1-1 ACC) dropped its first ACC contest of the season on Saturday to No. 1 Wake Forest (12-2, 1-1 ACC), 6-3. The Blue Devils scratched across two runs in the top of the ninth, forcing the Demon Deacons to bring in their closer, before grounding out to third base to end the game.

Duke's bullpen held the Demon Deacons scoreless through the final five frames, as a combination of Jackson Emus, Josh Allen and Fran Oschell III allowed three hits and punched out seven.

Sophomore Andrew Healy was pegged with the loss on Saturday, working four innings and allowing six runs. He punched out six batters in his outing, falling to 1-1 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wake Forest opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, 2-0.
Wallace Clark cut into the Demon Deacons lead with a solo home run to right field, 2-1.
In the bottom of the third, the Demon Deacons added to their lead, 6-1.
Clark doubled down the line in right to score AJ Gracia and Andrew Yu in the top of the ninth, 6-3.

NOTES

Freshman Chase Krewson earned his first career start on Saturday at No. 1 Wake Forest, being slotted in as the designated hitter.
Junior Wallace Clark scored Duke's lone run, hitting a solo home run to right field in the top of the third inning.
Graduate transfer Jackson Emus worked 1.2 innings in relief of Andrew Healy, allowing two hits and striking out three batters.
Junior Fran Oschell III tallied two innings of work, allowing one hit and striking out four batters along the way.

QUOTES

"First and foremost, the conversation starts with Chase Burns. He was really good. You have to tip your hat sometimes. It was electric and was as good as stuff as I have seen in college baseball in a long time. I love the job out of our bullpen again to keep the game within striking distance. We gave up four baserunners over the final five frames of the game. It was a terrific job of our offense to force them to use their closer in a game that started off as a five-run game. When you put the tying run on deck and force them into that situation, you may not win the battle tonight, but you may win the war. It wasn't the worst thing in the world us dropping a game last week to Akron, because it put us in a situation to play a rubber match game on Sunday and that has prepared us for tomorrow." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on the game and playing for a series tomorrow.

UP NEXT

Duke and Wake Forest complete the three-game series with a rubber match on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. from David F. Couch Ballpark.

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