Murray's Extra-Inning Walk-Off Lifts Duke Over William & Mary Tuesday

Tuesday, April 8

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

22-12

William & Mary

12-20

William & Mary

Duke

Murray's Extra-Inning Walk-Off Lifts Duke Over William & Mary Tuesday

4/8/2025 11:05:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. – Sophomore infielder Noah Murray roped a single to left field in the bottom of the 12th inning, lifting Duke (22-12) to a 3-2 victory over William & Mary (12-20) on Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field. The back-to-back extra-inning contests mark the first time the Blue Devils had played extra innings since 2024, when Duke and Virginia Tech played 11 innings in the first two games of the series in Blacksburg, Virginia.

William & Mary opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, before the Blue Devils responded in the bottom half. Graduate Ben Miller singled up the middle to score AJ Gracia from second, 1-1. William & Mary responded in the fourth, scratching across a run, 2-1, before Jake Berger tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly to left field, 2-2.

The two sides traded opportunities throughout the final three frames before Albright drew a seven-pitch walk to put a runner on. Macon Winslow followed that at-bat up, lacing a 3-1 pitch to right field, while Albright went first to third. With runners in scoring position and one out, Murray sent the Blue Devils faithful home happy, singling to left field to score Albright.

Freshman Max Stammel covered three innings in relief after Gabe Nard started the contest, a new career-high for the southpaw. Graduate Ryan Calvert earned the victory, improving to 3-0 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

William & Mary opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, 1-0.
Duke responded in the bottom of the first inning, as Ben Miller singled up the middle to score AJ Gracia from second, 1-1.
The Tribe regained the lead in the top of the fourth, 2-1.
The Blue Devils tied the ballgame in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Jake Berger hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Sam Harris, 2-2.
In the bottom of the 12th inning, Noah Murray singled to left field to score Tyler Albright, 3-2.

NOTES

Freshman Andrew Bell made his second career start on Tuesday against William & Mary, finishing 0-for-2 playing shortstop.
Sophomore Noah Murray pinch hit in the bottom of the 12th inning, lacing a single to left field to score the winning run.
Freshman Max Stammel recorded the longest outing of his career on Tuesday, working three innings and striking out two batters.
Junior Tyler Albright scored the winning run for the Blue Devils, trotting home on Murray's single to left. Albright also stole a base and is a perfect 9-for-9 on his attempts this season.
Duke has now played two consecutive extra-inning contests for the first time since 2024, when the Blue Devils played 11 innings against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
Graduate Ryan Calvert improved to 3-0 on the season, working two innings of one-hit baseball and punching out one batter.

QUOTES

"Well, Noah Murray. Murray and our pitching staff. I thought our pitching staff was incredibly tough. That is an offense that was batting .330 coming into today's game and is averaging about nine and a half runs a game and our pitching staff had to pick up our offense today. Sometimes that is the way our game works. What a great at-bat by Noah and a guy that deserves that moment." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the story of the game tonight.
"That is the game sometimes. This is a funny sport. Some days you go out and put 12 runs up. Some days you go out and are going to struggle. The reality is, early on we hit three balls that most of the spring would have sailed out of this ballpark. When they didn't, I thought our guys tightened up in the middle innings. We had opportunities and we didn't capitalize on them. Credit our pitching staff for keeping us in the ballgame and the offense finally broke through."

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