Duke hosts Liberty Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park after snapping a six-game losing streak with a win in its series finale against Wake Forest.
Led by seven strong innings from Cornell transfer Brian McAfee, the Blue Devils snapped their six-game losing streak and salvaged the final game of their weekend series at Wake Forest Sunday.
The Demon Deacons jumped on Duke starter Bailey Clark for eight runs in the first inning and tacked on more from there, defeating the Blue Devils 12-0 in the first meeting of a three-game weekend series.
Duke stumbled to the finish line of a 12-game homestand Tuesday, and the Blue Devils are hopeful that a change of scenery this weekend can turn their recent struggles around.
East Carolina rallied from a three-run deficit to edge the Blue Devils 8-6 Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, scoring two runs in the seventh inning and three in the eighth after Duke jumped out to a 6-3 lead.
After a thorough thrashing at the hands of North Carolina this weekend, the Blue Devils have no choice but to go right back to the grind. Duke closes out its 12-game homestand Tuesday, hosting East Carolina at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.
No. 11 North Carolina completed a convincing sweep of the Blue Devils with an 8-2 thrashing Sunday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park after running away with 11-2 and 12-2 wins Friday and Saturday.
The Blue Devils committed a season-high five errors in an 11-2 loss to No. 6 North Carolina at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Friday night.
Nick Hendrix made his first career start March 17, 2015 against Columbia, tossing three innings and collecting three strikeouts in a 5-2 Duke win. His season came to an end the next night on a freak accident.
After Duke’s young players stole the show for much of the first month of the season, two upperclassmen carried the Blue Devils to a win Monday.
Duke will try to regain its momentum and will continue its current 12-game home stand Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Maryland Eastern Shore at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Graduate transfer Brian McAfee threw his first complete game to carry the Blue Devils past No. 14 Virginia 3-0 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Duke avoided a sweep in its first ACC series behind its first complete-game shutout by a starting pitcher since Robert Huber blanked Georgia Tech in 2013.
No. 14 Virginia used a three-run seventh inning to pull ahead and knock off Duke 7-6, earning its second straight victory at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Duke’s offense remained on vacation on the first night of spring break, getting shut out for the second time this season in the Blue Devils’ ACC opener. Junior Connor Jones tossed eight stellar innings to help No. 14 Virginia shut Duke down 6-0 Friday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Duke welcomes defending national champion Virginia to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park this weekend for a three-game series, aiming to put the rest of the conference on notice with a strong start to its league slate.
Three hits were enough for Duke to top Toledo Sunday afternoon, but the Blue Devils’ offensive struggles caught up to them Wednesday.
After a successful weekend at the DBAP, the Blue Devils are trying to keep the positive momentum going as their first stretch of ACC play approaches.
After struggling at the plate Friday and Saturday, Toledo entered Sunday's series finale trying to get its offense on track. But Brian McAfee made sure the Rockets continued to fizzle with another dominant Blue Devil performance on the mound.
A late seventh-inning rally helped the Blue Devils come from behind to defeat Toledo 2-1 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in the first meeting of a three-game weekend series.
After managing just four hits in Wednesday's loss to Campbell, the Blue Devils will have an opportunity to rebound when they return to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park for a three-game weekend series against Toledo.
