No. 16 Duke Hosts Gardner-Webb for Final Home Contest

DURHAM – No. 16 Duke (34-16) closes out the home portion of the regular season on Tuesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field, hosting Gardner-Webb (28-22) for a non-conference tilt. The Blue Devils enter play after dropping six spots in the D1Baseball rankings, following their first series loss in ACC play since early March.

Duke in the Polls
D1Baseball – 16
Baseball America – 12
NCBWA – 18
USA Sports Today Coaches Poll – 16
Perfect Game – 10
Collegiate Baseball – 17

TUESDAY (5/12)
No. 16 Duke vs. Gardner-Webb
1 p.m. (ET) – Jack Coombs Field (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP – Jason White
Gardner-Webb – RHP – Riley Bertram

QUICK HITS

Duke baseball has scored 259 of its 406 runs from the fourth through eighth inning this season, accounting for 63.8% of the runs scored.
The Blue Devils have tallied 143 of their 406 runs with two outs this season, 35.2% of the total run production.
Junior Alex Stone extended his career long hitting streak to 24 games on Sunday, increasing the longest streak in the Chris Pollard era.
Duke pitching is having one of the best historical seasons under head coach Chris Pollard, producing 555 strikeouts to this point. The number moves Duke into fourth place all-time behind the 2019 team (598), the 2018 team (575) and the 2022 team (563).
On the offensive side of the diamond, Duke has tallied 85 home runs this season. The mark is now five away from tying the school record of 90 set in 1998 and are the most under head coach Chris Pollard. It is also tied for second most in program history with the 1996 squad.

The 406 runs scored this season are sixth most in program lore, moving 10 runs behind the 2018 team that holds the most runs for a team under head coach Chris Pollard.

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