Knight's Eighth Inning Single Lifts No. 7 Duke Over Gardner-Webb

Tuesday, April 16

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

27-10

Gardner-Webb

13-23

Gardner-Webb

Duke

Knight's Eighth Inning Single Lifts No. 7 Duke Over Gardner-Webb

4/16/2024 9:54:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Graduate Chad Knight singled up the middle to score Devin Obee and Jimmy Evans in the bottom of the eighth inning, as No. 7 Duke (27-10) defeated Gardner-Webb (13-23), 2-1, on Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field.

Sophomore right-hander Gabriel Nard was awarded the start, marking his first collegiate action as a starter. He worked three innings, allowing one hit and striking out a pair. Duke's bullpen kept the Blue Devils in the game all night long, as Jackson Emus worked three innings in relief with two hits allowed and one run scored.

Fran Oschell III and Charlie Beilenson combined to toss the final three frames, as Beilenson did not allow a hit and punched out three to improve to 4-2 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Gardner-Webb opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning, 1-0.
Chad Knight singled up the middle to score Devin Obee and Jimmy Evans in the bottom of the eighth, 2-1.

NOTES

Sophomore Gabriel Nard earned his first collegiate start on Tuesday, working three innings of one hit baseball and striking out a pair.
Duke's bullpen consisting of Jackson Emus, Fran Oschell III and Charlie Beilenson worked the final six innings, allowing three hits and one run in the Blue Devils victory.
Three Blue Devils recorded multiple hits on Tuesday evening as Wallace Clark (2), Zac Morris (2) and Alex Stone (2) checked that box.

QUOTES

"I am just really proud of our pitching staff. They bailed us out tonight. We made a lot of mistakes. Mistakes on the bases, defensive and situational offense. Our pitching was just tough enough to bail us out. I love the response by Jackson Emus after he has the tough first inning, to go out there and give us two zeros. The response by Fran Oschell III after we had runners at second and third because of a defensive mistake to get us off the field. Charlie picked him up in the eighth and it wasn't our best performance, but our pitching staff did a great job and kept us in it." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on tonight's contest.

UP NEXT

Duke returns to ACC play this weekend traveling to Blacksburg, Va., for a three-game set against No. 23 Virginia Tech. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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