Duke Travels North to Face No. 11 Boston College

DURHAM – Duke Baseball (21-11, 7-7 ACC) heads north this weekend to take on Boston College (23-9, 8-7 ACC) in a key ACC weekend series for both sides at the Harrington Athletics Village in Chestnut Hill, Mass. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the weekend is broadcasted live on ACC Network Extra.
 
The Blue Devils enter the weekend after taking care of business at home against Davidson on Tuesday. Duke posted its 12th double digit scoring outburst of the season, defeating the Wildcats 19-0, improving to 12-0 when scoring 10 or more runs.
 
Boston College swept their two midweek contests, defeating Harvard on Tuesday, before beating Dartmouth on Wednesday in New Haven, N.H.

FRIDAY (4/14)

Duke at Boston College

6 p.m. (ET) – Harrington Athletics Village (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)

RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD

VIDEO – ACCNX

Duke – RHP – Jason White

Boston College – RHP – Henry Leake

 

SATURDAY (4/15)

Duke at Boston College

2 p.m. (ET) – Harrington Athletics Village (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)

RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD

VIDEO – ACCNX

Duke – RHP – Alex Gow

Boston College – RHP – Chris Flynn

 

SUNDAY (4/16)

Duke at Boston College

1 p.m. (ET) – Harrington Athletics Village (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)

RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD

VIDEO – ACCNX

Duke – TBA – TBA

Boston College – TBA – TBA

 

 

QUICK HITS

• Duke Baseball has recorded 189 of its 285 runs this season from the fourth to eighth innings. That number accounts for 66.3% of the Blue Devils’ runs this season.
• The Blue Devils have recorded 108 two-out RBI this season, accounting for 37.8% of all runs scored. Junior Jay Beshears leads the team with 14 two-out RBI, followed closely by graduate transfer Giovanni DiGiacomo with 13.
• Graduate transfer MJ Metz collected his 150th career hit between his stops at Trinity University and Duke. In the first inning against Davidson, Metz launched his fourth home run of the season, a grand slam, to cap off a seven-run first inning for the Blue Devils. He finished the day with seven RBI, the most by a Blue Devil in a single game this season.
• Duke’s pitching staff, anchored by young arms, continues to rank inside the top-5 nationally in multiple categories. The Blue Devils…