Strong pitching fuels first ACC series victory
By Stephen Allan | April 23, 2007With an old face back in the lineup and a surprise pitching performance Sunday, Duke pulled off its first ACC-series victory since last year.
With an old face back in the lineup and a surprise pitching performance Sunday, Duke pulled off its first ACC-series victory since last year.
Duke has established a pattern during ACC play-lose Friday night, win Saturday behind a strong performance from Tony Bajoczky and then lose the final game of the series. Finally catching a break...
With regular shortstop Gabriel Saade out of the lineup Tuesday night, the Blue Devils struggled offensively-and they could be in for more trouble. Ryan McCurdy, who switched from second base to...
For the past few weeks, Duke has gone up against the ACC's-and the nation's-best teams in games against No. 1 Florida State, No. 3 Virginia, and No. 2 North Carolina. The non-conference matchups...
Duke dodged yet another rainout this weekend-and with its star pitcher, Tony Bajoczky, on fire once again, the North Carolina offense simply dried up. Although the No. 2 Tar Heels (32-6, 13-5 ACC)...
For Duke to upset third-ranked North Carolina this weekend, the Blue Devils will rely yet again on the arm of their emerging ace, Tony Bajoczky.
For the second consecutive week, Duke is coming off an upset of a highly-ranked team-only to have to face one of the top offensive teams in the country.
Duke pitcher Tony Bajoczky is quickly establishing himself as a giant killer.
When freshman infielder Ryan McCurdy steps onto the field Friday, he will see a familiar face in the opposing dugout.
After riding a six-run second inning to an 8-5 upset of No. 1 Florida State Saturday, the Blue Devils (21-11) continued to re-emerge from their offensive slumber, outslugging Davidson 17-12 on the...
After Friday's blowout loss to No. 1 Florida State, it appeared Duke could be headed for another long ACC weekend.
Florida State's No. 1 ranking and near-perfect record is not about to intimidate Duke. Going into their three-game series with the top-ranked Seminoles (27-1, 6-0 in the ACC) this weekend at Jack...
Taking full advantage of their brief break from ACC play Tuesday night, the Blue Devils (19-9) not only notched an 11-7 road victory over Campbell (5-22), but got their offense back on track as well.
Searching for their first ACC win of the season, the Blue Devils continued their struggles at the plate against Georgia Tech. But thanks to the strong pitching of Tony Bajoczky, they managed to...
When Georgia Tech hits, it wins-but when the Yellow Jackets struggle at the plate, they are very vulnerable.
Despite having played relatively weak competition, the team had already matched its 2006 win total and looked forward to improving on last year's 6-24 conference record.
With his team trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Duke shortstop Gabriel Saade came up to the plate and jacked a home run to left to tie the game-but the Blue Devils weren't done.
After getting off to a quick start Tuesday afternoon and pushing a run across the plate in the first inning, the red-hot Blue Devils ran into serious trouble in the second against Temple.
One of the keys to Duke's turnaround this season has been its increased offensive output-the Blue Devils have scored 9.2 runs per game this year, compared to 5.1 in 2006.
Duke continued its non-conference dominance as the Blue Devils swept Holy Cross this weekend in a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field.