Canon Blasts Two Homers; Duke Defeats Princeton, 6-2

Friday, February 27

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

9-2

Princeton

1-3

Princeton

Duke

Canon Blasts Two Homers; Duke Defeats Princeton, 6-2

2/27/2026 7:14:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM, N.C. - A pair of home runs, courtesy of Cider Canon, pushed Duke past Princeton, 6-2, at Jack Coombs Field on Friday, Feb. 27. On the mound, the Blue Devils (9-2) received seven innings from Aidan Weaver, who earned his third win of the season in as many starts.

Canon now has a team-leading four homers and 17 RBI through 11 games this season. The junior boasts a 1.337 OPS and is hitting .417 through 36 at-bats. Weaver scattered five hits across his seven innings of work, while striking out nine and allowing just one walk. The senior has allowed just two runs in each of his three starts so far this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Aidan Weaver started the game with a strikeout, before allowing a single to Princeton's second batter of the contest, Tommy Googins. Cider Canon threw out Googins on an attempted steal, helping Duke head to the bottom of the first with the score still 0-0.
Neither team could muster a hit in the second inning and after Weaver retired the side in the top of the third, RJ Hamilton started the offense in the bottom half with a walk. The second baseman reached third after a balk and a wild pitch, before Canon sent a 3-2 pitch 408 feet down the left-field line for Duke's first hit of the afternoon.
Princeton managed two consecutive singles in the top of the fourth, but Jake Lambdin ended the inning with a diving stop of a grounder and subsequent double play.
Canon sent his second homer of the contest to left center in the bottom of the fifth, another two-run blast, after Lambdin reached earlier in the frame with a double.
Weaver surrendered the only two runs of his outing with a two-run home run that snuck over the left-field fence in the top of the seventh, but the senior bounced back with a strikeout to end his outing.
The Blue Devils added a pair of one-out runs in the bottom of the seventh, with Hamilton driving in a run with a fielder's choice and Tyler Albright logging a sacrifice fly.
Marcello Mastroianni entered in the eighth and secured the game's final six outs to secure Duke's 6-2 victory.

UP NEXT

Duke and Princeton will play a pair of games on Saturday, Feb. 28. The doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m., with the second game to follow approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.
Tickets can be purchased here and fans can watch live on ACC Network Extra. Any ticket purchased is good for both games of the doubleheader.
Due to the men's basketball game, parking will be paid for all fans attending the baseball games. Circuit Lot will accept prepaid parking passes from my.parking.duke.edu for $25 or $25 on site. Circuit Lot is cashless. All transactions will be credit/debit card only. Circuit Lot, located off Circuit Dr, will be available via Lasalle or Research Dr due to basketball postgame traffic. Accessible Parking requires a state-issue placard or plate and is available in Science Dr Garage with prepaid parking passes from my.parking.duke.edu for $25 or $25 on site. ADA Parking in Science Dr Garage is cashless. All transactions will be credit/debit card only. Shuttle service will be available to assist guests to Whitford Dr.