Gold Breaks Home Run Record as Duke Runs Past East Carolina, 10-1

Tuesday, April 9

Greenville, N.C.

5 p.m.

Duke University

34-3

East Carolina

29-12

Duke

East Carolina

Gold Breaks Home Run Record as Duke Runs Past East Carolina, 10-1

4/9/2024 10:16:00 PM | Softball

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DURHAM – Junior Ana Gold broke the program's all-time career home run record with a three-run blast to left field on Tuesday as No. 3 Duke rolled past East Carolina, 10-1, in six innings at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.

The Ballston Spa, N.Y., native passed Kristina Foreman's career mark and now owns 36 career long balls, including seven this season.

Duke's pitching staff of sophomore Cassidy Curd, graduate student Dani Drogemuller and senior Lillie Walker all shared the circle on Tuesday. Walker picked up the win after tossing 1.1 innings of relief, surrendering just one hit while recording one strikeout.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Blue Devils were quick to jump out to a 3-0 lead after loading the bases twice in the opening frame. Senior Kelly Torres started the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in sophomore D'Auna Jennings, who led off the game with an infield single.
Two batters later, senior Francesca Frelick registered a two-RBI single into left field to score classmate Claire Davidson and sophomore Aminah Vega, who reached on a walk and hit by pitch, respectively.
Redshirt sophomore Jada Baker extended Duke's edge in the third inning after dropping an RBI-single into center field to bring in graduate student Gisele Tapia and make it a 4-0 ballgame.
Gold's three-run shot in the top of the fourth then increased the Blue Devils' advantage to 7-0.
East Carolina pushed across its lone run in the fifth after connecting on a pair of singles to cut into the lead at 7-1.
The Blue Devils tacked on three additional runs in the top of the sixth to ultimately seal the run-rule victory.

NOTES

The Blue Devils earned their tenth run-rule victory of the season and have outscored their opponents, 126-9, in those games.
Duke increases its winning streak to 10 consecutive games and have only allowed two runs over its last three outings.
Walker improved her season ledger to 9-1 after making her 18th appearance in the circle.
Gold tallied her seventh multi-RBI game of the season.
Torres finished the game 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored.
Davidson has successfully reached base in 27 consecutive games.

UP NEXT
The Blue Devils return home to host Campbell on Wednesday for a non-conference matchup at Duke Softball Stadium. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra with Raine Wilson and Dean Linke on the call.

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