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Baseball
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Saturday, February 28
Durham, N.C.
1 p.m.
Duke University
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Blue Devils Sweep Saturday Doubleheader
2/28/2026 8:17:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke baseball team posted a pair of victories in a Saturday doubleheader against Princeton, winning the first game, 9-2, before taking home a run-rule victory in the second game of the day, 14-4. The Blue Devils (11-2) were led on offense by Cider Canon, who hit a home run in each of the two games, and Duke swiped 12 bases in the nightcap, setting a new program record for stolen bases in a game. Matthew Nochowitz and Ben Dean made the starts on the mound for Duke, with both pitchers earning a win in their respective appearances.
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HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 1
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HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 1
- Blue Devil starting pitcher Matthew Nochowitz helped preserve the 0-0 tie by stranding runners on the corners in the top of the second thanks to a strikeout looking.
- In the bottom of the third, Princeton stranded three Blue Devils as Tiger starting pitcher James Beasley got a fly out to center after he filled the bases with a hit by pitch and consecutive walks with two outs.
- Duke returned the favor in the top of the fourth, stranding two more Tigers as a groundout ended the threat and kept runners on the corners.
- The Tigers used a two-out hit to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth. Brady Kaufman led off with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a two-out triple to right center by Tommy Googins. A groundout ended the threat.
- Duke immediately answered in the bottom of the frame with a Cider Canon one-out solo shot just inside the left field foul pole. Tyler Albright followed with a walk and Kaden Smith was hit by a pitch to put two on, but a strikeout and pop out closed the frame.
- The Blue Devils took the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a manufactured run without a hit. Brooks Perez led off with a walk and Coltin Quagliano was hit by a pitch to start the frame. Perez stole third and came home on a sacrifice fly by Jake Lambdin for a 2-1 Blue Devil advantage.
- Duke poured in five runs in the following inning, with Michael DiMartini, Quagliano and Lambdin all tallying RBI singles and Albright registering an RBI with a bases-loaded walk.
- Princeton added one run in the top of the eighth and Duke tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the frame, before Aiden O'Connell finished out his three-inning save in the ninth.
- Duke struck first in the first inning, with Jake Lambdin reaching first base after getting hit by a pitch and then stealing both second and third base. Cider Canon brought Lambdin home with a sacrifice fly to open the game's scoring.
- Princeton responded in the next two innings, scoring three runs in the second and adding another in the third.
- The Blue Devils got a run back in the bottom of the third, with Canon coming home on an RBI single by Adam Troch.
- Duke continued the rally in the fifth, scoring five runs, highlighted by Michael DiMartini's two-RBI single that put the Blue Devils in front, 5-4.Â
- The Blue Devils secured the run-rule victory with seven runs in the bottom of the seventh, starting with Collin Anderson's first career home run. RJ Hamilton followed with an RBI single up the middle and Canon sent another homer to left field to make it a 13-4 game. Tyler Albright was next up, and singled to left field, setting up Matthew Strand to lace an double to left-center for the walkoff RBI.
- Ben Dean earned the win, pitching five innings and striking out eight, with no walks allowed. The right-handed pitcher was charged with just one earned run across his four runs total, and lowered his season ERA to 2.54 en route to his second victory of the season.
- Duke (11-2) closes out the four-game series with a 1 p.m. game against Princeton (1-5) on Sunday at Jack Coombs Field.
- Fans can buy tickets here or watch live on ACC Network Extra.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nochowitz, Matthew (1-0)
L: Penney, Ryan (0-1)
S: O'Connell, Aiden (3)
Batting:
3B: Googins, Tommy 1
RBI: Googins, Tommy 1 ; Zdunek, Dylan 1
SH: Clarke, Christian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Werdesheim, Grant 1 ; Kaufman, Brady 1
CS: Lamson, Isaac 1
HBP: Koonin, Jake 1
Batting:
3B: Troch, Adam 1
HR: Canon, Cider 1
RBI: Albright, Tyler 1 ; Canon, Cider 1 ; DiMartini, Michael 1 ; Lambdin, Jake 2 ; Quagliano, Coltin 2
SF: Lambdin, Jake 1 ; Quagliano, Coltin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Albright, Tyler 1 ; Troch, Adam 2 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Canon, Cider 1 ; DiMartini, Michael 1 ; Perez, Brooks 2 ; Quagliano, Coltin 1
SB: Albright, Tyler 2 ; Bell, Andrew 1 ; Canon, Cider 1 ; DiMartini, Michael 1 ; Perez, Brooks 3
HBP: Albright, Tyler 1 ; Canon, Cider 1 ; Hamilton, RJ 1 ; Quagliano, Coltin 1 ; Smith, Kaden 2
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