Duke Falls to Virginia Tech in Extra Innings

Saturday, April 26

Durham, N.C.

3 p.m.

Duke University

29-15, 13-10

Virginia Tech

27-16, 11-12

Virginia Tech

Duke

Duke Falls to Virginia Tech in Extra Innings

4/26/2025 10:12:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke baseball (29-15, 13-10 ACC) fell in extra innings on Saturday evening, 9-8, to Virginia Tech (27-16, 11-12 ACC), evening the series heading into Sunday.

The Blue Devils jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, as Jake Hyde doubled down the line in right to score a pair, before Macon Winslow reached on a fielder's choice to score a pair. Jake Berger walked to score Ben Rounds, and Wallace Clark doubled down the line in left, 6-0.

In the bottom of the third inning, Duke loaded the bases with two outs before the game was suspended due to lightning in the area. The delay lasted one hour and 22 minutes, resuming at 5:45 p.m. AJ Gracia drew a bases-loaded walk to extend the lead, 7-0.

Virginia Tech cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning, cutting the deficit to 7-5, before taking the lead in the top of the sixth, 8-7. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Ben Miller singled to center field to score Andrew Bell from second, tying the ballgame.

Graduate Mark Hindy and junior James Tallon combined to toss five innings and keep the game level, before Virginia Tech scratched across a run in the top of the 11th inning.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, as Jake Hyde doubled down the line in right to score a pair. Macon Winslow reached on a fielder's choice to score a pair. Jake Berger walked to score Rounds. Wallace Clark doubled down the line in left, 6-0.
The Blue Devils added to their lead in the bottom of the third inning, as AJ Gracia drew a bases-loaded walk to score Rounds, 7-0.
Virginia Tech cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning, 7-5.
The Hokies took the lead in the top of the sixth inning, 8-7.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Ben Miller singled to center field to score Andrew Bell from second, 8-8.
The Hokies took the lead in the top of the 11th inning, 9-8.

NOTES

The Blue Devils batted around in the bottom of the first inning for the 13th time this season, scoring six runs in the frame to jump on Virginia Tech.
Duke and Virginia Tech have now played 11-inning contests each of the first two games of the series for the second consecutive season. In 2024, the Blue Devils won the first game of the series in 11 innings, before dropping the second game. Duke went on to win a slugfest on Sunday afternoon in Blacksburg.
Sophomore AJ Gracia was the lone Blue Devil with multiple hits in the contest, finishing the day 2-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI.
Junior southpaw Andrew Healy worked a shortened outing, working three innings and allowing two hits with four strikeouts. The rain delay in the bottom of the third inning ended his outing.

QUOTES

"I thought Andrew Healy threw the ball really well today before the rain delay. I thought it was the best he has thrown this year, which is really good to see. Gavin Brown came on and did a good job in the fourth. We didn't lose the game in the 11th, we lost the game in the fifth and sixth innings. It was a terrific job by Mark Hindy andJames Tallon to keep the game right where it was and give our offense a chance. We just didn't mount a good enough approach against Manning. He has done a great job for them as of late, and he was good against us tonight." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on tonight's game.