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What a relief: Blue Devil bullpen fueling Duke baseball's success in 2018
By Mitchell Gladstone | April 17, 2018Duke has developed arguably the best and deepest bullpen in the ACC.
Duke has developed arguably the best and deepest bullpen in the ACC.
The Blue Devils have ridden a lineup that has displayed the ability to score in bunches of late.
Duke’s historic season continued in grand fashion this weekend, with a two-game sweep against No. 9 Florida State.
There is no shortage of big names who have left a mark on Duke, and Thursday night, one of baseball's all-time greats added himself to the list.
Despite dropping two of three to Wake Forest last weekend, Duke remains ranked 10th, setting up a top-10 clash with No. 9 Florida State.
After offensive explosions against nonconference foes Richmond and Campbell last week, the Blue Devils took a step back.
Duke is sporting a 25-3 record since dropping two of three at Vanderbilt to start the season.
Duke managed to continue its offensive fireworks against Richmond Tuesday afternoon on the road at Pitt Field.
The No. 13 Blue Devils trailed 4-1 with just three outs remaining in the series opener Friday night, but rallied to win 5-4.
With the season more than a month old, it’s time to start taking head coach Chris Pollard's Duke squad seriously.
After taking two of three on the road in Pittsburgh, Duke will return home riding its hottest start in 20 years.
The Blue Devils have been a force this season, though they will now be forced to leave their home state for a series.
Duke still has not lost a conference series, though it was unable to complete a sweep of Miami Sunday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Duke enters its second conference series as one of the hottest teams in all of college baseball.
Duke's bats finally came alive with a 10-2 victory against Yale Wednesday.
In a flash, Steve Mann ended the streak of nine consecutive series losses to the Cavaliers by connecting on a sharply-hit ground ball.
The Blue Devils will look to stay hot entering conference play against a top-20 opponent this weekend.
Duke won the opener 8-3 Friday night before taking both the Saturday and Sunday contests by a 7-2 margin.
The moonshot that came off the bat of the Blue Devil right fielder put Duke ahead by a score of 3-1.
After opening the week with an 8-2 win against N.C. Central, Duke cruised past the Bison.