Wednesday, April 23
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
7
vs
8
Duke
Duke Comes Back for 8-7 Victory Over Wildcats
4/23/2008 9:54:12 PM | Baseball
Marc Gignac
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Jake Lemmerman drove in Tom Luciano with a one-out single in the top of the ninth inning to lift Duke to an 8-7 baseball victory over Davidson at Wilson Field Wednesday night.
Luciano walked to start the Duke ninth, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Ryan McCurdy. Lemmerman drilled a grounder that took a high hop and tipped off pitcher Mike Frongello's glove and into left field for the game-winning hit.
Sam Payne drew a one-out walk, and Brett Shore followed with a single down the left field line in the Davidson ninth. After Payne was picked off second base, Hugh Eden singled, putting runners on the corners with two outs. With an 0-2 count, Zach Kayne swung through an Alex Hassan slider that wound up hitting him, resulting in a strikeout to end the contest.
The Blue Devils (29-13-1) came all the way back from a 7-0 first-inning deficit by shutting out Davidson and allowing five hits the rest of the contest.
Matt Webb led Davidson (10-25) from the plate with a 3-for-4 performance with an RBI. Brett Shore went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs, Danny Weiss was 2-for-3 and Zach Kayne went 2-for-5. Davidson used eight pitchers in the contest.
The Wildcats struck for seven runs in the bottom of the first inning with the help of six singles, a triple and two Duke errors. Kayne started the rally with a one-out single, and Weiss, Webb, Pat Brady, Shane Hammond and Eden had singles in the inning.
The big blow came with two on and two outs when Shore drilled a triple into the gap in right center field and came around to score on an error on the relay throw to third, making the margin 7-0. The Wildcats left two runners on in the second and the bases loaded in the third but were unable to extend the lead.
Duke chipped away with the help of some timely hitting and five Davidson errors. The Blue Devils got an unearned run in the second, scored three runs in the fourth (two unearned) and Gabriel Saade made the score 7-6 with a one-out, two-run homer over the wall in left center field in the fifth. Duke tied the score 7-7 in the sixth, when Matt Williams led off with a double and scored on a single by Nate Freiman.
The Wildcats return to action Wednesday, May 7, when they host Elon in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. at Wilson Field. It will be the last home series for the Wildcats.
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