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@DUKEBASE #GODUKE 2018 BASEBALL GODUKE.COM SCHEDULE PROBABLE LINEUP FEBRUARY All times Eastern CORNELL (0-3, 0-0 IVY LEAGUE) C Chris Proctor Jr. 7-7, .238 16 at Vanderbilt SEC+ L, 1-9 Michael Rothenberg Fr. 5-5, .400 17 at Vanderbilt W, 5-4 1B Joey Loperfi do Fr. 8-8, .348 18 at Vanderbilt SEC+ L, 1-9 DUKE (6-2, 0-0 ACC) 21 N.C. Central ACCN W, 8-2 2B Max Miller Sr. 8-8, .182 23 Bucknell ACCN W, 7-0 MARCH 2-4,2018 || DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK 3B 24 Bucknell ACCN W, 6-4 Jack Labosky Sr. 8-8, .111 25 Bucknell ACCN W, 13-5 SS Zack Kone Jr. 8-8, .300 27 at N.C. Central W, 5-3 FRIDAY // 4 PM SATURDAY // 3:30 PM SUNDAY // 1 PM LF RHP TIM WILLITTES LHP TYLER FERNANDEZ RHP TOMMY MORRIS Jimmy Herron Jr. 8-8, .212 MARCH 0-0, 0.00 ERA 0-1, 67.50 ERA 0-1, 6.23 ERA CF 2 Cornell ACCN 4 p.m. Kennie Taylor Jr. 8-8, .207 3 Cornell ACCN 3:30 p.m. LHP ADAM LASKEY, SO. RHP RYAN DAY, SR. LHP MITCH STALLINGS, SR. RF Griffi n Conine Jr. 8-8, .267 4 Cornell ACCN 1 p.m. 1-1, 2.45 ERA 0-0, 3.75 ERA 0-1, 6.48 ERA 7 Longwood ACCN 4 p.m. DH Michael Smiciklas Sr. 5-4, .182 9 Virginia ACCN 6 p.m. 10 Virginia ACCN 1 p.m. ACC NETWORK BLUE DEVIL IMG GODUKE.COM 11 Virginia ACCN 1 p.m. EXTRA SPORT NETWORK Live Stats & Audio 13 Yale ACCN 6 p.m. Available via Chris Edwards WATCHESPN VS 14 Yale ACCN 6 p.m. WatchESPN app Matt Krause Live Video 16 Miami ACCN 6 p.m. 17 Miami ACCN 1 p.m. .135 BA .232 18 Miami ACCN 1 p.m. LEADING OFF 20 at Campbell BSN 6 p.m. Duke and Cornell take the diamond for the fi rst time since 1969 as the Blue Devils host the Big Red Friday- 21 UMES ACCN 6 p.m. 4 R 46 Sunday, March 204 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Duke and Cornell face off in the series opener at 4 p.m., 23 at Pittsburgh ACCN 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, resume the series at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and conclude the weekend at 1 p.m, Sunday 24 at Pittsburgh ACCN 3 p.m. March 4. ACC Network Extra is set to broadcast all three games available via ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app. 12 H 58 25 at Pittsburgh ACCN 12 p.m. Duke (6-2, 0-0 ACC) enters the weekend on a fi ve-game win streak, picking up two midweek victories over 27 Presbyterian ACCN 6 p.m. North Carolina Central and sweeping Bucknell in a three-game set. Cornell (0-3, 0-0 Ivy) dropped a three- 30 Notre Dame ACCN 6 p.m. game series at Texas A&M to start its season. 1 2B 13 31 Notre Dame ACCN 1 p.m. APRIL BY THE NUMBERS 0 3B 1 22 1 Notre Dame ACCN 1 p.m. 4 Preseason All-America fi rst team honors for Blue Devil returning letterwinners, including 3 at Richmond 3 p.m. all nine starting position players. Preseason fi rst junior outfi elder Griffi n Conine. Baseball America, 0 HR 6 4 Campbell ACCN 6 p.m. D1Baseball, Perfect Game/Rawlings and Collegiate team All-American Griffi n Conine and 2017 MLB 6 at Wake Forest ACCN 6 p.m. Baseball all tabbed the Weston, Fla., native to their Draft pick Jimmy Herron headline that group as both 7 at Wake Forest ACCN 4 p.m. respective lists. outfi elders return for their junior seasons. Duke also 4 RBI 40 9 at Wake Forest ESPNU 7 p.m. returns starting center fi eld Kennie Taylor, second 10 Davidson ACCN 6 p.m. 7 Number of current Blue Devils selected in the baseman Max Miller, shortstop Zack Kone, third .146 SLG% .364 13 at Florida State ACCN 6 p.m. Major League Baseball Draft: OF Griffi n Conine, OF baseman Jack Labosky , catcher Chris Proctor and 14 at Florida State ACCN 2 p.m. Jimmy Herron, INF Wil Hoyle, LHP Adam Laskey, designated hitter Michael Smiciklas. 15 at Florida State ACCN 1 p.m. OF Steve Mann, LHP Chris McGrath and INF/RHP BB 42 7 46 17 East Carolina ACCN 6 p.m. Matt Mervis. Career stolen bases for junior outfi elder Jim- 20 NC State ACCN 6 p.m. my Herron to rank tied for 11th all-time in program 21 NC State ACCN 1 p.m. 13 Newcomers who joined the 2018 Duke roster. history. Herron also ranks 19th all-time in career 26 SO 75 22 NC State ACCN 1 p.m. Graduate student transfer pitchers Ethan DeCaster batting average, 19th in career on base percentage and 21st in career doubles. 24 at Davidson A-10N 6 p.m. and Sam Granoff join freshmen Chris Crabtree, .220 OB% .389 27 at Virginia Tech ACCN 6 p.m. Thomas Girard, Matt Dockman, Wil Hoyle, Toma 28 at Virginia Tech ACCN 3 p.m. Shigaki-Than, Bryce Jarvis, Steve Mann, Joey 151 Number of consecutive games played for 29 at Virginia Tech ACCN 1 p.m. Loperfi do, Josh Nifong, Michael Rothenberg and senior captain Max Miller. A versatile infi elder, the 0 SB 9 Tyler Wardwell. Through the fi rst four games of two-time captain has seen time at second, shortstop MAY the season, nine of the new Blue Devils have seen and third during that span. 10.12 ERA 4.11 6 Gardner-Webb (DH) ACCN 1 p.m. playing time. 8 Liberty ACCN 6 p.m. 11 North Carolina ACCN 6 p.m. 20 Duke’s national ranking in the Baseball America 11 BB 27 12 North Carolina ACCN 1 p.m. Preseason Top 25, marking the fi rst time in program 13 North Carolina ACCN 1 p.m. history the Blue Devils are ranked entering the K 15 at Liberty LFTV 6 p.m. season. D1Baseball also tabbed the Blue Devils at 12 77 17 at Georgia Tech ACCN 6 p.m. No. 25 on its preseason list. 18 at Georgia Tech ACCN 6 p.m. .954 FLD% .977 19 at Georgia Tech ACCN 12:30 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS | 1 | SERIES HISTORY DUKE vs. CORNELL Duke owns an 8-4-1 all-time record against Cornell. The two teams fi rst met in 1900 and faced off six times from 1900-08. The Blue Devils and the Big Red met six times from 1930-48 before taking the fi eld for a single game in 1969. This weekend’s series marks the fi rst between the two SERIES HISTORY schools during head coach Chris Pollard’s Duke tenure. Series Record ........................................................................8-4-1 Durham, N.C.................................................................6-1 AGAINST THE IVY LEAGUE Not Available ............................................................2-3-1 In program history, Duke has faced all eight programs currently in the Ivy League, posting a 82-37-4 record: Brown (12-3), Columbia (7-1), Cornell Current Streak .........................................................................W4 (8-4-1), Dartmouth (8-5), Harvard (4-2), Penn (11-6-1), Princeton (23-10), Yale (9-6-2). Most recently, the Blue Devils swept Princeton in a four-game Under Pollard ..........................................................................0-0 series at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park March 3-5, 2017. Under head coach Chris Pollard, the Blue Devils are 8-1 against Ivy League opponents: Columbia (2-0), Penn (1-1), Princeton (4-0) and Yale (1-0). Duke is also set to face Yale in a pair of midweek games March 13 and 14 at the DBAP. GAME-BY-GAME A3 1900 Not available L 7-8 DUKE RANKED IN PRESEASON POLLS A10 1903 Not available L 1-5 For the fi rst time in program history, Duke appeared in three preseason polls to start the 2018 season, landing at No. 31 on the National Baseball M26 1907 Durham, N.C. W12 1-1 Writers Association (NCBWA) list, No. 25 on D1Baseball’s chart and No. 20 in Perfect Game’s rankings. M27 1907 Durham, N.C. W 3-2 N/A 1908 Not available L 3-6 BLUE DEVILS PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN ACC COASTAL DIVISION N/A 1908 Not available T10 3-3 Duke was picked to fi nish third in the 2018 ACC Coastal Division in a poll of the conference’s 14 head coaches. Twelve coaches picked North Carolina N/A 1930 Not available W 10-3 to win the Coastal Division, while Virginia received the other two fi rst place votes. The Tar Heels tallied 96 points, ahead of Virginia (83), Duke N/A 1931 Not available W 7-0 (62), Miami (60), Georgia Tech (46), Virginia Tech (27), and Pittsburgh (18). N/A 1941 Durham, N.C. L 5-8 N/A 1942 Durham, N.C. W 7-3 LOPERFIDO, ROTHENBERG OFF TO STRONG STARTS A9 1947 Durham, N.C. W 4-1 Freshmen Joey Loperfi do and Michael Rothenberg have enjoyed strong starts to their collegiate careers. Loperfi do has started all eight games at M30 1948 Durham, N.C. W 18-15 fi rst base and brings a 348 batting average with two doubles, a triple and nine RBI into the weekend. Rothenberg is batting a team-best .400 in M31 1969 Durham, N.C. W 7-4 fi ve starts.