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Opponent: Duke (#12)
Venue: The Couch
Record: 11-1 (0-0)
RPI: 10th
Schedule
Friday: 6p / ACCNX
Saturday: 3p / ACCNX
Sunday: 1p / ACCNX
Rain looks probably on Saturday, and overall temps are pretty chilly.
Last Year's Results
3/10: W, 8-6
3/11: L, 1-8
3/11: W, 5-3
The Deacs won the series last year, but it was close. Santucci dominated us early (eventually had 11 strikeouts) while Duke touched up Lowder early and were up 4-0 before we came back and won off a 3-run home run by Brock Wilken. We got destroyed in game 2, didn't have a baserunner until the 7th inning and played bad defense. Hartle pitched well in the second game of a double header in the rubber match, but it got scary at the end.
Opponent Overview and Analytics
Duke is 11-1 and have pounded lesser opponents and have some decent wins (Indiana, @Coastal). They did lose a 3-4 game to Akron at home. Their most recent game was a 28-2 thrashing vs App State.
Schedule and results: https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2024/schedule/Duke
Offense: Duke looks really different from last year, when they lost to UVA in game 3 of the super regionals. Only two of their starting position players is back (C Alex Stone and OF Tyler Albright), with a ton of transfers and freshmen in the lineup now. It hasn't really hurt them as they have scored 10.75 runs per game and have as 1.142 team OPS -- with a lot of incoming transfers outperforming their previous stats. The two returning starters are the only ones with an OPS under 1.050. That said, based on their historical #s, there is a good chance that better quality pitching might neutralize them.
Projected lineup:
1/ 2b Zac Morris (transfer from VMI)
2/ 3B Ben Miller (transfer from Penn)
3/ C Alex Stone
4/ 1B Logan Bravo (transfer from Harvard)
5/ RF AJ Gracia (freshman)
6/ CF Devin Obee (has broken out so far -- had a good series against us last year as a backup)
7/ DH Macon Winslow (freshman)
8/ LF Tyler Albright
9/ SS Wallace Clark (transfer from OU)
Pitching: Last season, Duke effectively had one starting pitcher (who has since graduated) after Santucci got hurt, and they relied on a super good bullpen. Santucci is back and hasn't given up a run, and their other starters look pretty good as well. The bullpen has been good again, although their two best returning arms (James Tallon and Fran Oschell) have struggled after being unhittable last year -- but other guys have picked up the slack. It looks like they will throw three lefty starters at us, although their sunday starter role has been in some flux.
Projected rotation:
Fr: LHP Jonathan Santucci: 0.00 ERA, 31/7 K/BB in 17 ip
Sa: LHP Andrew Healey: 3.00 ERA, 16/5 K/BB in 12 ip)
Sun: LHP Kyle Johnson: 0.00 ERA, 11/2 K/BB in 12 ip)
Key bullpen arms:
RHP Charlie Beilenson (0.00 ERA, 0/17 K/BB in 10 ip)
RHP Gabriel Nard (1.17 ERA, 7/1 K/BB in 7.2 ip)
Duke Team Stats: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=cae224bd
Venue: The Couch
Record: 11-1 (0-0)
RPI: 10th
Schedule
Friday: 6p / ACCNX
Saturday: 3p / ACCNX
Sunday: 1p / ACCNX
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Rain looks probably on Saturday, and overall temps are pretty chilly.
Last Year's Results
3/10: W, 8-6
3/11: L, 1-8
3/11: W, 5-3
The Deacs won the series last year, but it was close. Santucci dominated us early (eventually had 11 strikeouts) while Duke touched up Lowder early and were up 4-0 before we came back and won off a 3-run home run by Brock Wilken. We got destroyed in game 2, didn't have a baserunner until the 7th inning and played bad defense. Hartle pitched well in the second game of a double header in the rubber match, but it got scary at the end.
Opponent Overview and Analytics
Duke is 11-1 and have pounded lesser opponents and have some decent wins (Indiana, @Coastal). They did lose a 3-4 game to Akron at home. Their most recent game was a 28-2 thrashing vs App State.
Schedule and results: https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2024/schedule/Duke
Offense: Duke looks really different from last year, when they lost to UVA in game 3 of the super regionals. Only two of their starting position players is back (C Alex Stone and OF Tyler Albright), with a ton of transfers and freshmen in the lineup now. It hasn't really hurt them as they have scored 10.75 runs per game and have as 1.142 team OPS -- with a lot of incoming transfers outperforming their previous stats. The two returning starters are the only ones with an OPS under 1.050. That said, based on their historical #s, there is a good chance that better quality pitching might neutralize them.
Projected lineup:
1/ 2b Zac Morris (transfer from VMI)
2/ 3B Ben Miller (transfer from Penn)
3/ C Alex Stone
4/ 1B Logan Bravo (transfer from Harvard)
5/ RF AJ Gracia (freshman)
6/ CF Devin Obee (has broken out so far -- had a good series against us last year as a backup)
7/ DH Macon Winslow (freshman)
8/ LF Tyler Albright
9/ SS Wallace Clark (transfer from OU)
Pitching: Last season, Duke effectively had one starting pitcher (who has since graduated) after Santucci got hurt, and they relied on a super good bullpen. Santucci is back and hasn't given up a run, and their other starters look pretty good as well. The bullpen has been good again, although their two best returning arms (James Tallon and Fran Oschell) have struggled after being unhittable last year -- but other guys have picked up the slack. It looks like they will throw three lefty starters at us, although their sunday starter role has been in some flux.
Projected rotation:
Fr: LHP Jonathan Santucci: 0.00 ERA, 31/7 K/BB in 17 ip
Sa: LHP Andrew Healey: 3.00 ERA, 16/5 K/BB in 12 ip)
Sun: LHP Kyle Johnson: 0.00 ERA, 11/2 K/BB in 12 ip)
Key bullpen arms:
RHP Charlie Beilenson (0.00 ERA, 0/17 K/BB in 10 ip)
RHP Gabriel Nard (1.17 ERA, 7/1 K/BB in 7.2 ip)
Duke Team Stats: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=cae224bd
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