No. 7 Duke Falls to William & Mary on Tuesday

Tuesday, April 9

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

24-9

William & Mary

23-10

William & Mary

Duke

No. 7 Duke Falls to William & Mary on Tuesday

4/9/2024 10:04:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – No. 7 Duke (24-9) fell to William & Mary (23-10), 4-3, on Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field, ending a five-game winning streak for the Blue Devils.

Duke opened up the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, as Logan Bravo narrowly missed a grand slam to score Zac Morris from third. The Tribe responded in the top of the second inning scoring three runs to take the lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, Duke began to chip away at the deficit as Wallace Clark singled through the right side to score AJ Gracia from second.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Logan Bravo flew out to left field in the bottom of the first inning to score Zac Morris from third, 1-0.
William & Mary took the lead in the top of the second inning, 3-1.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Wallace Clark singled through the right side to score AJ Gracia from second, 4-2.

NOTES

Graduate Ben Miller extended his hitting streak to 14 games on Tuesday, the longest of the season for the transfer. He was 1-for-1 with a hit by pitch.
Freshman Kyle Johnson returned to the lineup for the first time since injury, walking twice and doubling off a runner in the eighth from left field.
Graduate Jackson Emus worked 3.1 innings on the mound in relief of Tim Noone, allowing one run on one hit. He punched out six batters and allowed one walk.
Junior Ryan Higgins gave Duke two innings in relief, allowing one hit and striking out three.

QUOTES

"I think we spotted them a few runs early, and our bullpen did a great job of throwing up a bunch of zeros in the back half of the game. They had one hit after the third inning, and we just left a small village on the bases. We had the bases loaded twice and left two on another time. We hit three balls to the wall with the bases loaded. Zac Morris' ball was crushed, but right at the guy, so that is the sport sometimes." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on the ballgame tonight.

UP NEXT

Duke steps back into ACC play this weekend, traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa., for a weekend series against Pitt. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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