Duke Sweeps Doubleheader Over Radford

Sunday, May 4

Durham, N.C.

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Duke University

Radford

Duke Sweeps Doubleheader Over Radford

5/4/2025 8:18:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score (PDF - Game One)Postgame Notes (PDF - Game One)Box Score (PDF - Game Two)Postgame Notes (PDF - Game Two)

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke baseball (32-15) swept the post-exam break doubleheader against Radford (24-23), defeating the Highlanders 15-0 and 17-5 on Sunday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field.

Game one began with a masterclass on the mound by junior Andrew Healy, who pitched a perfect game into the fourth inning, before walking his first batter. The southpaw finished his outing with five innings of one-hit baseball and punched out five Radford batters en route to the victory.

The Blue Devils opened the scoring in game one, scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning, before piling on another five-spot in the bottom of the fourth. Duke added to its lead in the fifth, scoring three runs in the frame, before adding a pair to run-rule the first game of Sunday.

In game two, Radford jumped on the Blue Devils with a two-run home run off Owen Proksch before he settled in and struck out five batters across his two innings. Freshman Henry Zatkowski took over in the third, working two innings, before Gabe Nard settled the ship and threw two perfect innings on the mound to improve to 6-2 on the season.

Duke's offense came alive in game two, scoring in five of the six innings they batted in, including blasting five home runs in the contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE

Duke opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning, as AJ Gracia doubled to right center field to score Wallace Clark from second. Ben Rounds doubled to left center field to clear the bases. Macon Winslowpunched a sacrifice fly to center field, 5-0.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Rounds singled up the middle to score Jake Hyde from second. Winslow doubled to left field to score Albright from third. Sam Harris hit a three-run home run to center field, 10-0.
The Blue Devils added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, as Rounds singled to right field to score a pair. Harris drew a bases-loaded walk to score Tyler Albright from third, 13-0.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Jay Slater blooped one to right to score Andrew Bell from second, 15-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO

Radford opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, 2-0.
Duke took the lead in the bottom of the second inning, as Wallace Clark hit a grand slam to right field, 4-2.
The Highlanders cut into the lead in the top of the third inning, 4-3.
The Blue Devils responded in the bottom of the third inning, as Sam Harris reached on an infield single to score Ben Rounds from third. AJ Gracia hit a three-run home run to right center field, 8-3.
Duke added to the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Sam Harris hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Tyler Albright from third, 9-3.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Clark hit a solo home run to right field. Jake Hyde hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Gracia from third. Albright hit a solo home run to left field, 12-3.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Zach Jackson doubled to left center field to score a pair. Hyde hit a three-run home run to center field, 17-3.
Radford scored a pair in the top of the seventh inning, 17-5.

NOTES

Duke officially broke the program record for walks in a single season, adding 19 walks across the two games on Sunday.
The Blue Devils improved to 217-71 (.753) when scoring first and 241-53 (.820) when scoring three-plus runs in an inning since 2016.
Duke batted around for the 14th time this season in game one of the doubleheader, scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning.
Graduate Jake Hyde extended his hitting streak to 13 games on Sunday, finishing the afternoon with a 2-for-6 with three runs scored and five RBI.
Sophomore Sam Harris finished the doubleheader with a 4-for-6 line, scoring three runs and hitting one home run. He paced the Blue Devils with Ben Rounds, with six RBI on the day.
The Blue Devils improved to 52-1 since 2023 when scoring 10-plus runs in a contest, including 16-0 in 2025.
Duke has now outscored its opponents 46-5 over the past three contests, shutting out both Virginia Tech and Radford in consecutive outings.
With its 27th home victory on Sunday, Duke is now two wins inside the friendly confines of Jack Coombs Field from tying the program record of wins at home. The Blue Devils have four scheduled home games remaining on the schedule.

QUOTES

"I told Coach Guerra before the game and just a minute ago in the handshake line that he is doing a really good job with their club. The improvement they have made from last year to this year, considering all the injuries they have had, they have done a great job. I thought today was more of a product of us playing really well, than Radford not. I thought we were really good in all three phases today. I have been here long enough to know the post-exam break games are tough. I thought we were really locked in from the beginning, and the job that Andrew Healy had and how competitive he was allowed us to get on our toes. Our offense was really good today. We looked rested and fresh, which is what you are looking for after the week off." – Head coach Chris Pollard on his overall thoughts on today's doubleheader.
"Obviously, with the two shortened ballgames, we would have liked to go deeper into the pen. We will hopefully be able to script some opportunities to do that on Tuesday, but we were able to get some depth into the ballgame on the offensive side of things. We really liked what we saw when the guys got into the ballgame. I thought Andrew Bell had some great at-bats off the bench. I thought Zach Jackson had a great at-bat there off the bench, as well as Jay Slater. It is awesome for those guys to get in there and get some valuable experience down the stretch." – On the ability to use a variety of guys this late in the season, as they prepare for postseason action.
"It was really important for Healy. He was able to go out there and get all three pitches working. We were able to stretch him out. If you keep having those short starts, you start losing capacity. We made a decision in the midweek to not pitch Reid Easterly in the scrimmage, so we had to get him an inning today. We didn't want him to go 10 days without throwing live, but we got some other guys we need to get some work on Tuesday." – On the ability for Healy to be efficient and stretch out after shortened starts the past few outings.