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Baseball
at North Carolina
Saturday, April 25
Durham, N.C.
2 p.m.
Duke University
23-23, 9-15
5
vs
22
North Carolina
36-8-1, 17-7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 0 | |
| Duke | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Blue Devils Drop Series Finale, 22-5
4/25/2026 5:28:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. - A trio of Blue Devils homered in Saturday's series finale against North Carolina, but the Blue Devils (23-23, 9-15 ACC) fell to the No. 2 Tar Heels (36-8-1, 17-7 ACC), 22-5, at Jack Coombs Field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Andy Leon worked a clean top of the first, with a strikeout and two grounders. In the bottom half, RJ Hamilton lofted a one-out home run over the fence in left field to give Duke a first-inning lead, 1-0.Â
- Both pitchers hurled a clean second inning, before the Tar Heels moved in front with three runs in the top of the third.
- Matthew Strand knotted the score at 3-3 in the home half, smacking his team-leading 11th homer of the season 359 feet to left field.
- North Carolina seized control in the top of the fourth with seven runs and added four more in the fifth, taking a 14-3 lead.
- An infield single by Adam Troch in the bottom of the fifth scored Duke's fourth run of the afternoon.
- The visitors scratched across two more runs in the top of the sixth. Andrew Bell led off the bottom half with a 423-foot blast into the trees in left field, Bell's first long ball of the season.
- North Carolina put up five more runs in the top of the seventh and closed out the seven-inning victory with a scoreless bottom half.
- Duke enters its bye week and returns to action on Sunday, May 3.
- The Blue Devils will play at North Carolina in a non-conference contest, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Glauber, Caden (6-0)
L: Leon, Andy (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Schaffner, Jake 1 ; Hargett, Perry 1 ; Hull, Owen 1
3B: Gallaher, Gavin 1
HR: Hull, Owen 1
RBI: Nicholson, Cooper 1 ; Schaffner, Jake 2 ; Gallaher, Gavin 6 ; Winslow, Macon 3 ; Hargett, Perry 1 ; Hull, Owen 5 ; Howe, Tyler 1 ; Hynek, Colin 1 ; Kellis V, Rom 1
SF: Winslow, Macon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nicholson, Cooper 1 ; Schaffner, Jake 5 ; Gallaher, Gavin 3 ; Winslow, Macon 3 ; Hull, Owen 2 ; Howe, Tyler 1 ; French, Carter 4 ; Hynek, Colin 2 ; Kellis V, Rom 1
SB: Schaffner, Jake 1 ; Hull, Owen 1
HBP: Nicholson, Cooper 2 ; Schaffner, Jake 1 ; Gallaher, Gavin 1 ; Howe, Tyler 1 ; Paulsen, Erik 1
Batting:
2B: Runfola, Anthony 1
HR: Bell, Andrew 1 ; Hamilton, RJ 1 ; Strand, Matthew 1
RBI: Troch, Adam 1 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Hamilton, RJ 1 ; Strand, Matthew 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bell, Andrew 1 ; Duncan, Andrew 1 ; Hamilton, RJ 2 ; Strand, Matthew 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
2
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
PH/cf
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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