Healy Dazzles, Duke Races Past No. 23 Virginia Saturday

Saturday, March 22

Charlottesville, VA

4 p.m.

Duke University

15-9, 4-4

Virginia

12-9, 3-5

Duke

Virginia

Healy Dazzles, Duke Races Past No. 23 Virginia Saturday

3/22/2025 9:55:00 PM | Baseball

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Junior left-hander Andrew Healy stifled a high-powered No. 23 Virginia (12-9, 3-5 ACC) offense on Saturday afternoon, as Duke (15-9, 4-4 ACC) run-ruled the Cavaliers 13-2 on Saturday to secure its first ACC road series and ranked series victory of the season.

Healy worked a career-high five innings on the mound, allowing one run to score on three hits. He added five strikeouts to his line and did not walk a batter. The southpaw improved to 2-2 on the season with the win, clinching Duke's second ACC series win.

The Blue Devils opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, as Macon Winslow doubled to center field to score Jake Hyde from first. Sophomore Noah Murray made his first collegiate start and immediately made an impact in the lineup, doubling to right center field to increase the lead in second. AJ Gracia slashed a ball up the middle to score Ben Rounds and Murray, as Duke hung four runs on the Virginia starter in the second frame.

In the third inning, Hyde tallied his second of four hits on the day, crushing a solo home run to left center field, 5-0. Duke extended the lead in the top of the fifth inning, as Hyde grounded out to shortstop to score Jake Berger from third. Tyler Albright doubled down the line in right to score Ben Miller before Macon Winslow put the nail in the coffin with a two-run home run into the Cavaliers bullpen, 9-0.

Virginia cracked the scoreless drought in the bottom of the fifth inning, scratching across the lone run on Healy's line, before Miller pushed Duke to its 10th run of the day, scoring on a wild pitch in the top of the sixth inning. Hyde and Albright produced the final runs of the ballgame in the top of the seventh inning, as Duke secured the run-rule victory on Saturday to clinch the series.

Hyde, a graduate transfer from Georgetown, recorded his first career four-hit contest while adding four RBI for the Blue Devils.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, as Macon Winslow doubled to center field to score Jake Hyde from first. Noah Murray doubled to right center field to score Winslow from second. AJ Gracia singled up the middle to score Ben Rounds and Murray, 4-0.
The Blue Devils added to their lead in the top of the third inning, as Hyde hit a solo home run to left center field, 5-0.
Duke extended the lead in the top of the fifth inning, as Hyde grounded out to shortstop to score Jake Berger from third. Tyler Albright doubled down the line in right to score Ben Miller from second. Winslow hit a two-run home run to right field, 9-0.
Virginia cracked the scoreless drought in the bottom of the fifth inning, 9-1.
In the top of the sixth inning, Miller scored on a wild pitch, 10-1.
The Cavaliers added a run to their line in the bottom of the sixth inning, 10-2.
In the top of the seventh inning, Hyde singled through the right side to score a pair. Albright flew out to right field to score Miller from third, 13-2.

NOTES

Sophomore Noah Murray tallied his first career start as the designated hitter, finishing the day 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. Murray added to the Duke lead in the top of the second inning, doubling to right center field.
Duke improved to 43-1 since 2023 when scoring 10-plus runs in a game. The Blue Devils are now 7-0 on the season when hitting that mark.
Graduate Jake Hyde had a career day at the plate Saturday, finishing 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a home run, and four RBI. The four hits were a career-high for Hyde, the first time in his collegiate career to secure four hits.
Junior left-hander Andrew Healy gave Duke a spark on the mound, working five innings and allowing one run on three hits. He did not walk a batter and punched out five, improving to 2-2 on the season. Saturday's five-inning start was tied for the longest of his career and was the longest outing by a Duke starter this season.
Senior Wallace Clark extended his reached base safely streak to 24 games, drawing a walk in his final at-bat.
With the win on Saturday, Duke secured its first ranked series win, first road series win, and first road ACC series win of the season.
The Blue Devils have now won three of the last four series against the Cavaliers, dating back to 2023.

QUOTES

"It was awesome to see Andrew Healy throw the baseball like that and feel good. I think every week has been a step in the right direction, and he really came out today and featured what it is that makes him such an elite arm in college baseball. I thought it was a great job out of the bullpen by Mark Hindy to minimize the damage when that game was still in striking distance. The story of the game today is Noah Murray. He is a guy that has been nothing but selfless and team-first. He is always looking for opportunities to help the team in any way he can. He went in today and made the absolute most of it. I told him, in front of the entire team, it is stuff like that which makes coaching fun." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts of Saturday's series clincher.
"We got a lot better productivity out of the bottom of the order. We had four hits, three walks, and three RBI, so that makes us more complete. Our one through five has been pretty good all along, but I also thought that Macon Winslow was really good today." – On the bottom of the order contributing with the shakeup in the lineup.