A Rothenberg three run dinger in the 4th gives the Devils an 8-1 lead.
Duke carries as 4-1 lead into the bottom of the third. Carey pitching well.
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Dr. Pangloss - Candide
A Rothenberg three run dinger in the 4th gives the Devils an 8-1 lead.
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Dr. Pangloss - Candide
11-2 in the 8th.
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I'm glad to see us fight back today. RJ Schreck was the MOTM for me as that catch killed any momentum Wake had.
Since the comparison would be known by all, I compare tomorrow's game to the 2021 @GT basketball game we lost. We need the series win against Wake if we're going to have the chance to make a run in the ACC Tournament. I'm glad Cooper should start.
Duke up 3-0 still batting in B1 with one out and a runner on 2nd base.
Bob Green
T6: Duke 7, Wake Forest 6.
Duke was up 5-0, I went out in the backyard to cut some grass and came back to a completely different game.
Bob Green
B8: Duke up 11-7 after Peter Matt's 2nd HR. Hope the "first team to 11 wins" trend holds.
That's a Blue Devil winner! Duke 11, Wake Forest 7. Duke wins the series 2-1. A much needed series win.
Bob Green
We have 1.5 game lead over Wake for the last spot in the ACC Tournament. It's huge for getting us a bid, but there are lots of hurdles yet. A winning week in the Commonwealth and healthy Henry Williams would be nice.
Duke is now back to .500 overall 16-16 and 8-13 in the ACC. Virginia and Clemson have just 9 ACC wins and we have series upcoming with both. NC State also has 9 ACC wins so we obviously have an opportunity to move up. First we play at Liberty Tuesday night. Earlier we beat Liberty 5-4 in a home game.
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Weird, I am seeing Duke's record at 8-14, 17-17 here: https://theacc.com/standings.aspx?path=baseball
Do-able but an uphill battle. Clemson and NC State have fewer losses (12 vs 14 not 13) and we have series against both VT and Louisville, Coastal and Atlantic leaders, respectively. Have to win the winnable series and hope to grab a win against either of the powerhouses. Any chance we'll make up our postponed series with NC State?
Speaking of winnable series, we really blew it against worst-in-the-ACC BC, huh? Bet coach wishes he could have had that one back.
I saw that too on the ACC site but it is wrong. Every ACC series is three games - Duke has played seven series, that's 21 total ACC games - not 22. The GoDuke site is correct. https://goduke.com/sports/baseball/scheduleOriginally Posted by jwillfan;1364253bl
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More info on our opponent tonight Liberty. Since we beat them 5-4, Liberty is 9-1 including wins over Wake Forest and #12 Virginia Tech. Overall they are 25-8 and are a likely tournament team. A road win over the Flame would be great for our resume but won't be easy. Go Duke!
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We are the only ACC team to beat Liberty this year. It's the last big non-conference test that we have; the May games should be all wins.
My biggest concern with our resume at this point is the 2-5 record in ACC series because we aren't on the bubble until it gets closer to 0.500.
After two innings it's scoreless at Liberty.
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Still 0-0 after 4. Kudos to Nifong for battling back out of a jam to keep it that way.
Schreck HR. Duke leads 3-0.
RJ Schreck hits a 3 run homer in the 6th. 3-0 Duke. He fought back from a 1-2 count, got it to 3-2, then hit his blast over the left field fence. Now let's see our bullpen can close it out.
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Dockman gets us to the 8th with our 3-0 lead intact. Is it Marcus Johnson time?
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