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Wednesday, February 22
Durham, N.C.
4 PM
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Blue Devils Welcome Liberty for Midweek Action
2/21/2023 1:15:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM – Duke Baseball continues the 2023 season with its first midweek contest of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 22, hosting the Liberty Flames at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Admission is free for fans and first pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. The Blue Devils opened the 2023 campaign with a 2-1 series win over Saint Joseph's last weekend.
WEDNESDAY (2/22)
Liberty at Duke
4 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP – Jason White
Liberty – LHP – Garrett Gainey
QUICK HITS
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WEDNESDAY (2/22)
Liberty at Duke
4 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.)
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCNX
Duke – RHP – Jason White
Liberty – LHP – Garrett Gainey
QUICK HITS
- Duke and Liberty meet for the 28th time on Wednesday, as the Flames lead the all-time series 15-12. The Blue Devils hold a slight advantage in Durham, winning seven of the 12 contests played.
- Duke Baseball opened the 2023 season last weekend with a 2-1 series win over Saint Joseph's at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Blue Devils posted their first shutout since the 2021 ACC Championship and the first Opening Day shutout since 2019, defeating the Hawks 16-0 on Friday.
- Southpaw Jonathan Santucci tallied the most strikeouts in a season opener by a starter since 2011, tying Chase Bebout's mark of nine strikeouts against the Richmond Spiders.
- The Blue Devils series win saw 15 different debuts throughout the weekend. Jay Beshears, Josh Solomon, Giovanni DiGiacomo and MJ Metz all made their debut in the starting lineup on Opening Day.
- Duke Baseball tallied its 2,200th program victory on Friday.
- Liberty enters play on Wednesday with an 0-3 record, after being swept by No. 18 Southern Miss.
- Duke pitchers recorded 41 strikeouts during the first three games of the season, marking the most since 2019 when the Blue Devils staff recorded 49 in a sweep over Lehigh.
- Graduate transfer MJ Metz paced the Blue Devils offense this past weekend, leading the team with a .429 average at the plate. Metz opened the season a triple shy of the cycle. Metz, Alex Stone and Luke Storm all hit home runs for Duke in the series against Saint Joseph's.
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