2017 Baseball 20-19, 7-11 ACC U SCHEDULE & RESULTS U LOUISVILLE CARDINALS Seventh in the ACC with 11 Home Runs
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2017 Baseball 20-19, 7-11 ACC u SCHEDULE & RESULTS u LOUISVILLE CARDINALS seventh in the ACC with 11 home runs. Conine launched 2/17 vs. Gonzaga ^ L 1-6 Record: 31-5, 15-3 ACC his first career long ball in the ACC opener March 10 2/17 vs. [7] Oregon State ^ L 3-6 NCBWA Ranking: 2 versus Virginia Tech and has a league-high eight homers 2/18 vs. Gonzaga ^ L 1-4 Head Coach: Dan McDonnell in conference play. Conine is the first Blue Devil to blast 2/19 vs. [7] Oregon State ^ L 2-11 double-digit home runs in a single season since Jake 2/21 at North Carolina Central W 14-6 u LEADING OFF Lemmerman in 2010. 2/24 Army West Point W 8-5 Duke hits the road for a three-game ACC series at No. • 12: Career saves for career reliever turned Friday night 2/25 Army West Point L 5-9 2 Louisville Friday-Sunday, April 21-23. The Blue Devils starter Mitch Stallings to rank fourth in program history. 2/26 Army West Point W 5-1 (20-19, 7-11 ACC) travel for three of their next four series This season, Stallings leads the team in innings pitched 2/27 Southern California L 2-0 beginning this weekend. Duke has won two entering the (39.1) and strikeouts (41). He has gone seven complete in 3/3 Princeton W 3-1 each of his past three starts. 3/4 Princeton W 9-2 series after a midweek victory over North Carolina Cen- • 14: Doubles for two-way players Jack Labosky to lead 3/4 Princeton W 7-1 tral. Louisville (31-5, 15-3 ACC) has yet to lose a league 3/5 Princeton W 6-1 series this season and most recently swept Georgia Tech the team and rank fifth in the ACC. Duke’s starting third 3/7 at Liberty L 4-8 in Atlanta before falling Tuesday to No. 10 Kentucky on baseman, Labosky owns a .291 batting average and .511 3/8 Mount St. Mary’s W 10-3 the road. slugging percentage with five home runs. In addition, he’s 3/10 Virginia Tech * W 10-1 served as the team’s closer, logging four saves to rank ?? 3/11 Virginia Tech * W 6-5 (10) u BY THE NUMBERS in the league. 3/11 Virginia Tech * L 5-7 • 2: Sophomores -- Jimmy Herron and Griffin Conine -- • 16: The Blue Devils have given up 16 innings of four or 3/15 [18] East Carolina L 4-9 who have started all 39 games this season. That outfield more runs this year. In contrast, Duke had 12 such innings 3/17 Wake Forest * L 4-8 duo is hitting a combined .321 with 19 doubles, three in 2016 and nine in 2015. 3/18 Wake Forest * W 7-3 triples, 16 home runs, 75 runs and 76 RBI. • 21: Hits for junior Michael Smiciklas during his 15- 3/19 Wake Forest * L 2-11 • 3: Extra base hits allowed by Sunday starter Ryan Day game hit streak March 14 to April 9. Smiciklas batted .420 3/21 Maryland Eastern Shore W 10-3 (2 doubles + 1 triple). Day is one of three ACC starting during that span (21-for-50) and now owns a team-best 3/24 at [20] Virginia * W 19-3 pitchers to not allow a home run this season. Day leads .342 batting average. He blasted Duke’s first grand slam 3/25 at [20] Virginia * L 6-13 the Blue Devils in ERA (2.11) and opposing batting average since 2010 in the Blue Devils’ win over Davidson. 3/26 at [20] Virginia * L 6-13 • 24: Perfect Game national ranking of Duke’s freshman 3/28 Davidson W 8-6 (.210). He ranks seventh in the league in ERA and eighth 3/29 North Carolina A&T W 10-2 in opposing batting average. class, consisting of outfielder Chase Cheek, left-hander 3/31 Pittsburgh * W 14-0 • 4: Number of starts made in 2016 by pitchers currently Bill Chillari, catcher Chris Dutra, right-hander Cameron 4/1 Pittsburgh * L 8-9 (10) on the 2017 Blue Devil roster (James Ziemba 3, Jack Kovachik, left-hander Adam Laskey, infielder/right-hand- 4/2 Pittsburgh * L 2-6 Labosky 1) following the graduations of this past year’s er Matt Mervis, infielder Erikson Nichols, left-hander 4/8 at Miami * L 7-9 rotation: Brian McAfee, Trent Swart and Kellen Urbon. Graeme Stinson and right-hander Coleman Williams. 4/9 at Miami * L 0-7 • 6: The list of current Blue Devils who have been draft- • 26: Hits for the Blues Devils March 24 at Virginia, the 4/10 at Miami * W 5-2 (10) ed: Justin Bellinger (2014 | 11th round | St. Louis Cardi- most in a single game for an ACC team this season. 4/12 at Campbell W 12-10 nals), Griffin Conine (2015 | 31st round, Miami Marlins), • 35: Career stolen bases for sophomore Jimmy Herron 4/14 Boston College *$ L 1-3 Adam Laskey (2016 | 31st round, San Francisco Giants), to rank 15th all-time at Duke. Herron’s .316 career batting 4/15 Boston College *$ L 6-15 Chris McGrath (2014 | 35th round, Seattle Mariners), average is also good for 20th in the program record book. 4/16 Boston College *$ W 9-2 Matt Mervis (2016 | 39th round, Washington Nationals) • 36: Double plays turned by the Blue Devils to rank third 4/19 North Carolina Central W 8-4 and James Ziemba (37th round, Philadelphia Phillies). in the ACC and 26th nationally. 4/21 at [2] Louisville * 3 p.m. • 9: The number of Blue Devils hitting .300 or better • 66: Wild pitches thrown by Duke pitchers this season, 4/21 at [2] Louisville * 6 p.m. against left-handed pitching: Griffin Conine, Jimmy the most in NCAA Division I and nine more than the previ- 4/23 at [2] Louisville * 1 p.m. ous program single-season record (57). 4/26 Presbyterian $ 6 p.m. Herron, Zack Kone, Jack Labosky, Max Miller, Erikson 4/28 at Notre Dame * 6:05 p.m. Nichols, Michael Smiciklas, Kennie Taylor and Peter • 87: Doubles for the Blue Devils this season, good for 4/29 at Notre Dame * 1:05 p.m. Zyla. second in the ACC and ninth nationally. 4/30 at Notre Dame * 11:35 a.m. • 10: Number of Duke left-handed pitchers to see game • 88: Combined career relief appearances for Mitch 5/9 Campbell $ 6 p.m. action this season. Duke has had a left-hander on the Stallings and Ryan Day. Both spent the past two seasons 5/10 at East Carolina 6:30 p.m. mound in 62 percent of its innings this year (215.2-of- primarily in the bullpen prior to moving into Duke’s week- 5/12 Georgia Tech *$ 6 p.m. 346.2 IP). end rotation in 2017. 5/13 Georgia Tech *$ 1 p.m. • 11: Sophomore Griffin Conine leads the Blue Devils in • 106: Career pitching appearances for NCAA Division I 5/14 Georgia Tech *$ 1 p.m. 11 offensive categories: batting average (.338), slugging active leader Nick Hendrix. Hendrix broke David Darwin’s 5/16 Liberty 6 p.m. percentage (.655), on base percentage (.456), runs Duke appearances record (95) with relief stints in both 5/18 at North Carolina * 6:00 p.m. (40), hits (50), RBI (48), triples (2), home runs (11), total ends of Duke’s Virginia Tech doubleheader. 5/19 at North Carolina * 6:30 p.m. bases (97), walks (26), and HBPs (7). In addition, Conine • 123: Number of consecutive games in which junior and 5/20 at North Carolina * 2 p.m. ranks 17th in the ACC in batting average, seventh in runs, team captain Max Miller has played. A versatile infielder, ACC Tournament TBD seventh in home runs, fourth in RBI, sixth in total bases Miller has seen time at second, shortstop and third during (*) ACC game; (^) Sanderson Ford Spring Training College Classic ninth in walks, eighth in on base percentage and fourth in that span. ($) Jack Coombs Field slugging percentage. All times Eastern and subject to change • 11: Sophomore Griffin Conine leads the team and ranks 2017 DUKE BASEBALL • 1 Duke vs. Louisville u PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS u ACC STANDINGS Team Name R/L ERA W-L App GS IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg Atlantic Division Friday, April 21 School ACC Pct. Overall Pct. Duke Mitch Stallings L 3.80 3-3 9 8 47.1 46 22 20 13 49 .250 Louisville 15-3-0 .833 31-5-0 .861 Louisville Brendan McKay L 1.19 5-2 8 8 53.0 31 8 7 12 76 .168 Clemson 14-4-0 .778 31-7-0 .816 Wake Forest 12-6-0 .667 28-11-0 .718 Saturday, April 22 Florida State 9-9-0 .500 24-15-0 .615 Duke TBA — — — — — — — — — — — — NC State 8-10-0 .444 20-17-0 .541 Louisville Kade McClure R 3.08 4-1 9 9 49.2 39 20 17 20 58 .215 Notre Dame 7-11-0 .389 17-20-0 .459 Sunday, April 23 Boston College 3-15-0 .167 12-22-0 .353 Duke Ryan Day R 2.23 3-2 8 8 44.1 35 14 11 9 28 .213 Louisville Nick Bennett L 2.27 3-0 9 7 39.2 29 11 10 9 36 .210 Coastal Division School ACC Pct.