Duke beat BC today 9-2, taking the first 2 games of the series. They improve to 12-11 in the ACC and jump to 7th place. BC falls to
10-11. Big win.
Duke beat BC today 9-2, taking the first 2 games of the series. They improve to 12-11 in the ACC and jump to 7th place. BC falls to
10-11. Big win.
Last edited by chrishoke; 04-25-2009 at 05:16 PM. Reason: mistake
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
great win
Last two ACC series are at UVA and home against GT. UVA is 12-7 in ACC play and GT is leading the Coastal Division.
Go DUKE!!!
When will they know if they qualify for the ACC tournament, or has it already been decided? I'm assuming with a winning conference record, the chances have to be looking good.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Duke loses to BC in 11, 7-6.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
We look to be in pretty good shape. You can pretty much count out Wake and Maryland (oddly enough, we lost both those series) and NCSU is almost in that category (they'd have to win 5 more games than us to finish ahead since they are 4 behind and we won our head to head series). 3 out of 4 of the following will round out the tourney field...
Duke (Virginia and Ga Tech to play)
Miami (one game up on us and have BC and Wake left)
BC (tied with us but with one less win; Miami and NC left)
Virginia Tech (1.5 games behind us with FSU and Virginia)
I like our chances of finishing in 7th place! Great move up for the Devils!
I really like this team. Not only will they be an ACC tourney team but I believe without the NCAA mandated schedule change, they would have made it to the NCAA regionals. Because of the shortened calendar, teams are having to play more midweek games in a shorter time period. This puts a team like Duke at a distinct disadvantage. It is hard to fill up a pitching staff beyond 5-6 high quality D1 pitchers when it costs $50k for a walk-on to pay for school. Baseball is THE hardest sport at Duke to field a competitive program. I believe McNally and staff are doing a phenomenal job.
FSU is helping Duke for the second night in succession. The Noles lead VPI 10-3 in the seventh.
FSU beat VPI 10-4
U beat BC 7-5.
Excellent.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
FSU just pulled off a triple play - VPI had the bases loaded with, of course no outs in the third. FSU leads 2-1.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
FSU beats VPI 9-4. Our magic number with VPI is now down to 2.
BC killed Miami.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Murlund has lost two to Clemson this weekend, so they are done in terms of having a chance to overtake Duke.
I think the standings on theacc.com have VPI's conference record incorrect. They are 10-16 in conference, not 10-15. They had a game against Carolina rained out, and their only remaining conference series is against the Hoos.
Duke leads Virginia 7-3 in the top of the eighth.
State has defeated Carolina, 3-0.
Last I checked, Maryland was leading Wake by a bunch, late.
If those results hold, Wake is eliminated and Duke's magic number is down to two against both State and VPI.
Thanks for update Burns, forgot they were playing tonight. I know they got game bumped to 1 tomorrow. Duke might make me a fan of baseball before the end of the season. Paintings for next year?, hmmm.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Final:
Duke 9
'hoos 10 with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th yesterday afternoon.
We had a 9-3 lead going to the bottom of the 8th and our 'pen failed us.
Perhaps this thread could be re-titled: Duke Baseball-2009 Edition as the guys try to qualify for the ACC tourney for the 1st time in centuries, or so it seems.