14-0 in the 7th. I']m calling it.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Three Duke pitchers combined to no hit Penn State:
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.db...DB_OEM_ID=4200
Graeme Stinson, Matt Dockman and Jack Carey struck out 11 batters while walking two.
“Graeme (Stinson) was really efficient early and did a great job of pitching to contact,” said head coach Chris Pollard. “Matt Dockman came in and did exactly what you want a guy to do with a five-run lead, which is pitch to contact and he had a 13-pitch inning. I thought Jack Carey was tremendous. He threw three pitches for strikes and really pounded the strikezone. He attacked the zone when he had to. I’m really proud of his outing.”
Bob Green
It beats the weather in Happy Valley right now.
Penn State was slightly worse than Northwestern in the Big 10 and equivalent in RPI last year. I am sure Goal #1 is to return to the NCAAs, which means we really need to win all 3 of these.
Bryce Jarvis on the mound for Duke this afternoon. Live stats available here:
https://admin.gopsusports.com/sidear...seball/summary
Bob Green
Duke loses to PSU, 8-7.
The series rubber match is underway:
https://admin.gopsusports.com/sidear...tegory=batting
Bob Green
Good start. Their leadoff hitter's last name is Homer is he just hit one. Losing this series would be very bad.
PSU also has guys named Bowersox, Hendershot and Hippenhammer. Quite the roster of last names.
Kennie Taylor gives Duke a 4-2 lead with a Grand Slam in the 7th inning.
Bob Green
Thank goodness. Things were looking dire, down 2-0 in the 7th after losing yesterday. Nice rally.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
That's a winner.
Duke improves to 9-2 on the season with a 9-2 victory to take the series from Penn State.
Next up is a two game series with Penn on Tuesday and Wednesday at DBAP. Hopefully, we will have streaming video.
Bob Green
Speaking of RPI, Duke is third in the latest numbers. (As of March 3rd.)
Northwestern is 17th.
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi
Duke remains ranked 22nd in the Baseball America poll.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rank...seball-top-25/
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."