Blue Devil stars shine in summer league play
The 2007 baseball season saw the emergence of an ace-but the development of that star occurred months before.
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The 2007 baseball season saw the emergence of an ace-but the development of that star occurred months before.
With their sights set on making the eight-team ACC tournament May 23-27, the Blue Devils were hoping to win six of their final nine conference games.
Duke's offense has struggled at times this season, but the Blue Devils always have a reliable player to turn to when they need to get something started-senior Jonathan Anderson.
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.
With regular shortstop Gabriel Saade out of the lineup Tuesday night, the Blue Devils struggled offensively-and they could be in for more trouble.
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.
Duke's offense is back.
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 take one of three from the Yellow Jackets.
When Georgia Tech hits, it wins-but when the Yellow Jackets struggle at the plate, they are very vulnerable.
RALEIGH - Holy Cross head coach Bill Gibbons had expected that his team's NCAA Tournament first round matchup Sunday with No. 1 Duke would be a blowout.
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.
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.
An injury 10 years ago may have been just what the Blue Devils needed to spark some long-term improvements.
Last week, a Marketplace employee ribbed a couple Duke baseball players-telling them that North Carolina, which lost in the College World Series last year and is 7-0 this season, is the best team in the nation.
In its first seven games of the season, Duke was not seriously challenged en route to a perfect record. Facing three teams this weekend at the East Carolina Invitational that had a combined .609 winning percentage in 2006, that figured to change.
Duke entered Friday's meet against Virginia looking to establish itself as a legitimate contender against one of the ACC's top teams-and after overcoming a sluggish start, it managed to do that.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Saturday's game against Michigan was a homecoming of sorts for Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors, a native of Waterford, Mich.
After former head coach Herb Sendek left N.C. State to take the job at Arizona State last spring, several high profile coaches-most notably Memphis' John Calipari-flirted with taking over in Raleigh.