DURHAM – No. 16 Duke hits the road for the final time in the regular season, traveling to Coral Gables, Fla., for a Coastal Division clash with No. 11 Miami. The Blue Devils enter play sitting a half game back of the Hurricanes and Virginia Cavaliers for the division lead.
Duke in the Polls
D1Baseball – 16
Baseball America – 12
NCBWA – 18
USA Sports Today Coaches Poll – 16
Perfect Game – 10
Collegiate Baseball – 17
THURSDAY (5/18)
No. 16 Duke at No. 11 Miami
7 p.m. (ET) – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field (Coral Gables, Fla.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP – Alex Gow
Miami – RHP – Greg Ziehl
FRIDAY (5/19)
No. 16 Duke at No. 11 Miami
7 p.m. (ET) – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field (Coral Gables, Fla.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – TBA – TBA
Miami – TBA – TBA
SATURDAY (5/20)
No. 16 Duke at No. 11 Miami
1 p.m. (ET) – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field (Coral Gables, Fla.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – TBA – TBA
Miami – TBA – TBA
QUICK HITS
- Junior Alex Stone continues to pound the baseball around the yard this season, collecting a 25-game hitting streak heading to Coral Gables, Fla. The backstop is batting .361 during that stretch, driving in 31 runs and collecting eight home runs.
- With two home runs on Tuesday against Gardner-Webb, Duke baseball has now hit 87 big fly’s this season. That tally is second all-time in a single season and is three from tying the single season school record at 90, set by the 1998 squad.
- The Blue Devils have recorded 262 of their 411 runs scored so far this season from the fourth to eighth innings. That number accounts for 63.7% of the Duke runs.
- Duke’s pitching staff is having one of the best historical seasons under head coach Chris Pollard producing 563 strikeouts. That number moves into a tie with the 2021 squad that also posted 563 punchouts. The mark is now tied for third all-time in a single season behind the 2019 (598) team and the 2018 (575) team.
- Sophomore Alex Mooney leads the team in multi-hit games this season, tallying his 20th of the year. He is followed closely behind by Alex Stone (19) and Jay…
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