Gold’s Grand Slam Leads No. 13 Duke Past No. 12 Virginia Tech, 7-1

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Gold’s Grand Slam Leads No. 13 Duke Past No. 12 Virginia Tech, 7-1

4/1/2023 6:34:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Sophomore Ana Gold crushed a grand slam over the left field wall in the top of the seventh inning to lead the 13th-ranked Blue Devils to a 7-1 victory over the 12th-ranked Hokies at Tech Softball Park on Saturday.

Duke (27-7, 9-4 ACC) maintains its perfect, 7-0, record on the road after handing Virginia Tech (26-7, 8-2 ACC) its second conference loss of the season.

Freshman Cassidy Curd improves to 8-0 on the year, after giving up one earned run off one hit and walking three in 4.2 innings of work.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Aminah Vega put the Blue Devils on the board in the opening frame with a sacrifice fly to score graduate student Deja Davis, who reached on an error.
Vega added another Duke run via the long ball in the top of the fourth inning to extend the lead to 2-0.
The Hokies responded in the bottom half with a solo home run off the bat of Jayme Bailey to cut the Blue Devils' edge in half, 2-1.
Junior Francesca Frelick sparked the offense again in the final frame with a hard-hit double down the left field line. Frelick advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring on an RBI-single up the middle from Davis.
Gold's grand slam plated four additional runs to allow the Blue Devils to pull away for the 7-1 win.

NOTES

Vega tallied her fifth home run of the year, including three in the last five games.
Junior Lillie Walker earned her second save of the season after throwing 2.1 perfect innings, striking out two and walking one.
Gold finished the day batting 1-for-2 with four RBI, one run and one walk.
Gold tallied her second career grand slam after her first came against Georgia Tech on March 4, 2021.

UP NEXT
Duke and Virginia Tech conclude the three-game ACC series with a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. The first game is slated for 12 p.m., and will be broadcast on ACC Network, while the second will follow at 2:30 p.m., on ACC Network Extra.

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