Duke Cruises to Victory Over UConn Tuesday

Tuesday, March 18

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

13-9

UConn

6-11

UConn

Duke

Duke Cruises to Victory Over UConn Tuesday

3/18/2025 8:15:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke baseball (13-9) scored 12 runs on 13 hits, including eight runs throughout the first three innings of play, to down UConn (6-11), 12-2, on Tuesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field.

Senior right-hander David Boisvert started on the mound on a limited pitch count, facing three batters before graduate left-hander Mark Hindy took over. Hindy escaped a jam in the first to keep the game scoreless.

The Blue Devils used that momentum at the plate, as Ben Miller singled to center field to score Wallace Clark from second. Later in the frame, Jake Hyde singled to right field to score Jake Berger and Tyler Albright added to the lead with a groundout. Macon Winslow collected the first of two hits for the sophomore, driving in Hyde to increase the score to 4-0.

Freshman Henry Zatkowski gave the Blue Devils a scoreless third inning before Winslow crushed his third home run of the season, a three-run shot to left field to increase the lead, while AJ Gracia punched a sacrifice fly to center field to cap the first third of the game at 8-0.

Zatkowski continued to deal, striking out four batters in his outing and finishing with a career-high three innings of work. He passed the ball off to Max Stammel in the fifth, who allowed one hit and struck out one batter.

Duke went on to score a run in the fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh to snap a three-game losing streak and defeat UConn 12-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, as Ben Miller singled to center field to score Wallace Clark from second. Jake Hyde singled to right field to score Jake Berger from second. Tyler Albright grounded out to second base to score Miller from third. Macon Winslow singled to right field to score Jake Hyde from second, 4-0.
In the bottom of the third inning, AJ Gracia flew out to center field to score Miller from third. Winslow hit a three-run home run to left field, 8-0.
The Blue Devils added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth, as Hyde laced a double off the wall in right-center to score Berger, 9-0.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Berger hit a solo home run to right field. Albright singled up the middle to score Hyde from second, 11-0.
The Huskies cut into the Duke lead in the top of the seventh, 11-2.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Miller punched a sacrifice fly to center field to score Ben Rounds from third, 12-2.

NOTES

Duke improved to 206-68 (.752) when scoring first and 226-50 (.819) when scoring three-plus runs in an inning since 2016.
Sophomore Macon Winslow finished the day 2-for-4, collecting his sixth multi-hit contest of the season. Winslow crushed a three-run home run in the third inning, his third of the season, finishing the game with four RBI.
Senior Wallace Clark extended his hitting streak to 22 games, collecting a single and scoring a run. Clark continues to lead the team in that category, reaching safely in all games this season.
The Blue Devils improved to 42-1 since 2023 when scoring 10-plus runs in a game and 6-0 on the season.
Freshman Henry Zatkowski earned the win in relief, working three innings of no-hit baseball and punching out four Huskies. Zatkowski improved to 2-1 on the season with his three innings being a new career high.
Graduate Jake Hyde and junior Tyler Albright both collected 3-for-4 days this afternoon. Hyde collected his fourth multi-hit contest, first three-hit day, while Albright collected his ninth, third three-hit day. The duo combined for three runs scored, four RBI, and two walks.

QUOTES

"I think a lot of people would have assumed that we would have come out flat today. Hard weekend, cross country flight that got delayed, and these guys didn't come out and feel sorry for themselves. They came out looking to make a statement about how this past weekend was not us and we are not going to roll over. We played on our toes from the very first pitch of the ballgame. It was a great job by Mark Hindy of doing a great job of getting us off the field and not allowing them to have momentum. I told our guys I think Henry Zatkowski's outing was maybe the best outing of the year so far, and Jake Berger's at bat in the sixth was the at-bat of the year." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his thoughts about Duke's loud victory on Tuesday.
"It's just a process. Baseball is a lot like life. Sometimes its two steps forward and one step backward at times. We have had our fair share of that, and this past weekend was one of those, but we came out and got back on the horse today." – On the ability to bounce back after a tough weekend in California.