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Duke Rolls to Victory Over North Carolina A&T Tuesday
3/4/2025 8:10:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Senior Wallace Clark and graduate Ben Miller both hit home runs in the first inning on Tuesday, as Duke (8-5), ran away from North Carolina A&T (3-7), 13-1, at Jack Coombs Field.
Clark and Miller gave the Blue Devils a 3-0 advantage after the first frame, as junior left-hander Andrew Healy tossed two clean innings to earn his first win of the season. Healy allowed one hit and struck out three Aggies in his third start of the year.
North Carolina A&T answered in the top of the third inning, scoring on a wild pitch, before Duke sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom half. A hit-by-pitch and five-straight walks added to the scoring before AJ Gracia capped off the inning with a three-run home run to right field, 11-1.
Junior Tyler Albright added to the home run parade, hitting a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning, while freshman Andrew Bell collected his first collegiate knock, a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning, 13-1.
Graduate Ryan Calvert gave Duke two shutdown innings behind the lone Aggies' run, allowing no hits and striking out three batters. The combination of Max Stammel, Roman DiGiacomo, Mark Hindy, and Owen Proksch allowed one hit and five strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
QUOTES
UP NEXT
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Clark and Miller gave the Blue Devils a 3-0 advantage after the first frame, as junior left-hander Andrew Healy tossed two clean innings to earn his first win of the season. Healy allowed one hit and struck out three Aggies in his third start of the year.
North Carolina A&T answered in the top of the third inning, scoring on a wild pitch, before Duke sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom half. A hit-by-pitch and five-straight walks added to the scoring before AJ Gracia capped off the inning with a three-run home run to right field, 11-1.
Junior Tyler Albright added to the home run parade, hitting a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning, while freshman Andrew Bell collected his first collegiate knock, a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning, 13-1.
Graduate Ryan Calvert gave Duke two shutdown innings behind the lone Aggies' run, allowing no hits and striking out three batters. The combination of Max Stammel, Roman DiGiacomo, Mark Hindy, and Owen Proksch allowed one hit and five strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Duke opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, as Wallace Clark led off the game with a solo home run. Ben Miller hit a two-run home run to left center field, 3-0.
- North Carolina A&T cut into the lead in the top of the third inning, 3-1.
- In the bottom of the third inning, Kyle Johnson drew a bases loaded walk to score Ben Rounds from third. Macon Winslow drew a bases loaded walk to score Tyler Albright from third. Clark walked with the bases loaded. Jake Berger flew out to right center field to score Johnson from third. Miller grounded through the left side to score Winslow from second. AJ Gracia hit a three-run home run to right field, 11-1.
- In the bottom of the fourth inning, Albright hit a solo home run to center field, 12-1.
- Andrew Bell hit a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning, 13-1.
NOTES
- Senior Wallace Clark hit a leadoff home run on Tuesday afternoon, the first leadoff home run since Zac Morris against Coastal Carolina on February 17, 2024.
- Graduate Ben Miller finished the day 2-for-4 with his team-leading eighth home run. The two-run home run pushed the Blue Devils ahead 3-0 in the first frame. Miller's two-hit day was his fifth of the season.
- Duke improved to 201-66 (.753) when scoring first and 223-49 (.820) since 2016, when scoring three-plus runs in an inning.
- Junior Tyler Albright was 2-for-2 on Tuesday, tallying his third triple of the season and third home run. Albright is now three triples away from cracking Duke's single-season triples list.
- The Blue Devils improved to 41-1 since 2023 when scoring 10-plus runs in a contest.
- Sophomore AJ Gracia tallied his second home run of the season, a three-run shot to right field off the scoreboard. It was Gracia's lone hit of the evening.
- Freshman Andrew Bell tallied his first collegiate hit on Tuesday afternoon, blasting a home run to center field.
- Freshman Jeff Lougee collected his first collegiate knock as well, slicing a single to left center field.
- Duke drew 12 walks against North Carolina A&T, pushing the season tally to 106.
QUOTES
- "I don't want to oversimplify it, but I think we are rounding into form a little bit. We are just playing better as a whole. We have been off to good starts offensively in the first inning in the last two games, and I think we have had good approaches. I think it starts with Wallace Clark, who deserves a lot of credit. He keeps getting to first base and gets the pitcher's attention divided. Overall, we are just playing a better brand of baseball." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts tonight.
UP NEXT
- The Blue Devils open ACC play this weekend, hosting California at Jack Coombs Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Healy, Andrew (1-1)
L: BRIGHT,Jordan (0-1)
Batting:
3B: WYCHE,Bruce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TINSLEY,Andrew 1
HBP: JONES,AJ 1
Batting:
3B: Albright, Tyler 1
HR: Clark, Wallace 1 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Miller, Ben 1 ; Gracia, AJ 1 ; Albright, Tyler 1
RBI: Clark, Wallace 2 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Berger, Jake 1 ; Miller, Ben 3 ; Gracia, AJ 3 ; Albright, Tyler 1 ; Johnson, Kyle 1 ; Winslow, Macon 1
SF: Berger, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Clark, Wallace 2 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Berger, Jake 1 ; Miller, Ben 2 ; Gracia, AJ 1 ; Rounds, Ben 1 ; Albright, Tyler 2 ; Hyde, Jake 1 ; Johnson, Kyle 1 ; Winslow, Macon 1
HBP: Rounds, Ben 1
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