Duke Falls to Miami Saturday

Saturday, April 12

Coral Gables, FL

6 p.m.

Duke University

24-13, 0

Miami

19-17, 0

Duke

Miami

Duke Falls to Miami Saturday

4/12/2025 11:11:00 PM | Baseball

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Duke baseball (24-13, 9-8 ACC) fell to the Miami Hurricanes (19-17, 5-9 ACC) 5-4 on Saturday evening at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables.

The Hurricanes opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning, securing a three spot, before adding a run in the bottom of the third, 4-0. Duke cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning, as Ben Rounds flared a single to right center field to score Ben Miller from third. Sam Harris reached on an error to cut the lead to one, 4-3.

In the top of the fifth inning, Tyler Albright laced a single to left field to score AJ Gracia from second and tied the ballgame. The Hurricanes would plate the eventual winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning, leveling the series and setting up a rubber match on Sunday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Miami opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning, 3-0.
The Hurricanes added to the lead in the bottom of the third inning, 4-0.
Duke cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning, as Ben Rounds flared a single to right center field to score Ben Miller from third. Sam Harris reached on an error to cut the lead to one, 4-3.
In the top of the fifth inning, Tyler Albright singled to left field to score AJ Gracia from second, 4-4.
Miami took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, 5-4.

NOTES

Junior Tyler Albright recorded his 14th multi-hit game of the season on Saturday, trailing Ben Miller (15) this season. Albright finished the day 2-for-4 with a RBI.
Junior Andrew Healy worked five innings for the Blue Devils on the mound, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out five batters. Healy did not factor into the decision.
Junior Gabe Nard finished the game in relief for Duke, working three innings of four-hit baseball and allowing one unearned run to pass. Nard also tallied four punchouts on the night.

QUOTES

"It was a weird pregame schedule today and I thought we lost our edge a little bit. We came out a bit flat in the first couple of innings and they took advantage of it. We were on our heels to start, and we gave up the solo home run and that is fine, but the other two runs were unforced and that ended up being the difference in the ballgame. I thought we did a great job offensively of staying in it getting to their starter and getting to the pen. We had Giroux on the ropes a couple of times and didn't take advantage of it. Gabe Nard pitched great and kept us in the ballgame and gave us chances, so we have to come out and ready to compete tomorrow." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on Saturday.

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