Duke baseball extends best start since 2008 with series win against Northwestern
By Ramona Naseri | February 24, 2019With a 7-1 record, this is the best start the Blue Devils have had since 2008, even with their record-breaking season last year.
With a 7-1 record, this is the best start the Blue Devils have had since 2008, even with their record-breaking season last year.
Duke struck out 14 Davidson hitters and allowed only three hits to shut down a lineup that scored 32 runs in a weekend sweep.
Duke maintained a one-run lead from the fifth inning on, including an 81-minute rain delay, to complete a series sweep with a 4-3 win.
Despite a short outing, the junior southpaw showed why he is projected to go in the first round of this year’s draft.
Junior Graeme Stinson will look to build off an extraordinary postseason run.
Duke was seven runs and just nine outs from a winless NCAA tournament, but wound up winning four elimination games to claim a thrilling regional title.
On the eve of college baseball's final night, Duke made sure to lock up the man who came just one win short of carrying the Blue Devils to their sport's biggest stage.
No. 9 seed Texas Tech pulled out a 6-2 win Monday evening to advance to the College World Series for the third time in five seasons.
The bats of the Blue Devils remained sizzling in the fifth, as they broke the game open with six runs off of five consecutive hits.
After high scoring games in the Athens Regional, some of Duke’s big hitters such went hit-less on the game .
The Blue Devils will face Texas Tech in their first-ever appearance in the Super Regionals.
Crabtree went on to smack two more doubles and hit two home runs to spark Duke’s run to the first super regional in program history.
The Blue Devils, were losing 8-1 to Campbell, about to be eliminated from the tournament without a win.
The Blue Devils are now just two wins away from their first College World Series appearance since 1961.
Duke fell behind by multiple runs without recording an out for the second straight game.
After chipping away at the deficit, the straw that broke the Fighting Camels' back was a go-ahead three-run double by seldom-used freshman Chris Crabtree.
Blue Devils will now have to win four straight games to keep their season alive and advance out of the Athens Regional.
Part of that excitement stems from upperclassmen that are hungry for another chance at the NCAA tournament following their regional loss in 2016.
Duke fell to Louisville in the ACC tournament, leaving the Blue Devils' bid to host an NCAA regional uncertain.
The Demon Deacons imploded during Duke's four-run 13th inning with two hit batters and two walks.