DURHAM – Recent off their second top-10 collection victory over No. 9 Virginia, the Blue Devils hit the highway for the primary time within the midweek, touring to Lynchburg, Va., to shut out a home-and-home collection towards Liberty.
First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. from the Liberty Baseball Stadium and shall be broadcasted reside on ESPN+.
Duke within the Polls
D1Baseball – 9
NCBWA – 9
USA In the present day Coaches Ballot – 10
Baseball America – 7
Excellent Sport – 9
TUESDAY (4/2)
#9 Duke at Liberty
4 p.m. (ET) – Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Baseball Stadium)
VIDEO – ESPN+
Duke – LHP – Kyle Johnson
Liberty – RHP – Todd Hudson
QUICK HITS
- Graduate Zac Morris leads the workforce with 15 two-out RBI this season, because the Blue Devils have tallied 57 as a collective unit. The 57 runs account for 22.4% of Duke’s scoring this season.
- The Blue Devils have continued to pounce on opponents like they did all through the season in 2023. Duke has recorded 160 of its 254 runs to this point this season from the fourth to eighth innings. That quantity accounts for 62.9% of the Blue Devils’ run manufacturing.
- Graduate Ben Miller was pink sizzling this week on the plate this week, producing a slash line of .588/.941/.611. He completed the 3-1 week for the Blue Devils with a 10-for-17 line, accumulating eight runs, three doubles and one house run. He knocked in 5 RBI and walked one time.
- The Blue Devils start one of many hottest months of the 12 months in latest historical past for this system, coming off a 2023 season that posted the most effective file in historical past beneath head coach Chris Pollard. Duke completed the month of April 15-3 final season and holds a 95-69 (.579) file within the month since Pollard’s arrival. Final 12 months, the Blue Devils strung collectively three ACC collection wins, all three being top-15 collection. The lone ACC collection that Duke didn’t win, was a two-game doubleheader break up towards Virginia Tech at Jack Coombs Subject.
- Tuesday will mark the primary time that Duke travels exterior the state of North or South Carolina, closing out a home-and-home midweek collection with the Liberty Flames. The Blue Devils hit the highway eight occasions this month, touring to Lynchburg, Pittsburgh, Blacksburg and Buies Creek.
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Duke Centennial
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