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DURHAM – Graduate Charlie Beilenson worked the final 2.2 innings on the mound, collecting his 10th save of the season, as No. 9 Duke (33-14) defeated No. 6 East Carolina (37-10), 5-2, in Greenville, N.C. on Tuesday evening. The win on Tuesday marked the first victory at East Carolina since 1996 for the Blue Devils.

Ben Miller open the scoring in the top of the first inning, crushing his 13th home run of the season. Later in the frame, Logan Bravo reached on an error to score AJ Gracia from third to double the Duke lead, 2-0. Sophomore lefty Andrew Healy made his first start on the mound in over a month, working 1.2 innings of no-hit baseball.

In the top of the fourth, Kyle Johnson and Zac Morris hit back-to-back home runs to push the Blue Devils lead to 4-0. Junior Ryan Higgins worked 1.1 hitless innings for the Blue Devils, before East Carolina registered their first hit of the night in the bottom of the fourth inning and scored their first run in the bottom of the fifth inning, 4-1.

Junior Wallace Clark joined the hit parade in the top of the ninth, becoming the final Blue Devil to record a hit in the starting lineup. He doubled down the line in left to score Bravo from second and give Duke a 5-1 lead heading to the bottom half.

The Pirates would scratch across a run on a leadoff double and two infield groundouts, before Beilenson retired the final batter to give Duke its 10th top-25 victory and seventh top-10 victory this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Ben Miller hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning. Logan Bravo reached on an error to third base to score AJ Gracia from third, 2-0.
In the top of the fourth inning, Kyle Johnson hit a solo home run to right center field. Zac Morris hit a solo home run to left field, 4-0.
East Carolina cut into the Duke lead in the bottom of the fifth, 4-1.
Wallace Clark doubled down the line in left to score Bravo from second in the top of the ninth inning, 5-1.
The Pirates scratched across a run in the bottom of the ninth, 5-2.

NOTES
Duke finished the evening 7-for-16 with two outs on Tuesday, tallying three two-out RBI in the win.
The Blue Devils victory over No. 6 East Carolina on Tuesday was the first in Greenville, N.C., since 1996.
Graduate Ben Miller deposited his 13th home run of the season and finished the day 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk. The multi-hit night was his 21st of the season, leading the Blue Devils.
Duke has now compiled 10 top-25 victories in 2024 and seven top-10 wins. Three of the top-10 wins have come on the road.Freshman Chase Krewson tied a career high hitting streak on Tuesday, finishing the day 1-for-5 for his fifth straight game recording a hit.
Freshman Kyle Johnson and Zac Morris hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning. Morris is now tied with Miller for the team lead with 13 home runs, while Johnson was his third of the season. It marked the first time Duke hit back-to-back home runs since Pittsburgh.
Junior Wallace Clark was hit by his 20th pitch of the season against East Carolina. He is now tied for third all-time in a single season with Jack Labosky (2018).
The Blue Devils improved to 193-62 (.757) when scoring first since 2016.
Graduate Charlie Beilenson tallied his 10th save of the season, inching him closer to tying the single season record at Duke. Beilenson worked the final 2.2 innings, allowing one run on one hit. He struck out two batters in the outing and had his scoreless innings streak end in the bottom of the ninth at 22.2 consecutive innings.

QUOTES
“It was a really good college baseball game. I was really proud of our club in a great college baseball environment. It is incredible what East Carolina does, to put this kind of atmosphere in the ballpark on a Tuesday night. It was a Super Regional type of atmosphere and I felt like our club was really poised.” – Head coach Chris Pollard on the atmosphere and energy tonight.
“There is no hiding that there are a ton of implications since it is the only time we meet them this year. It was an important head-to-head and important road game. We have to go on the road to a good Georgia Tech team this weekend and I thought being in this atmosphere was huge. We got back on the skin after being on artificial turf for a month and thought we handled it really well.” – On the meaning of this game and preparations for Georgia Tech this weekend.

UP NEXT
Duke travels South to Atlanta, Ga., for the final road ACC series of the season. The Blue Devils take on Georgia Tech from Russ Chandler Stadium at 6 p.m. on Friday.

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Team Statistics
Pitching
W: Higgins, Ryan (2-1)
L: RITCHIE, Erik (1-1)
S: Beilenson, Charlie (10)
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Duke
Batting
2B: Obee, Devin 1; Clark, Wallace 1
HR: Morris, Zac 1; Miller, Ben 1; Johnson, Kyle 1
RBI: Morris, Zac 1; Miller, Ben 1; Bravo, Logan 1; Clark, Wallace 1; Johnson, Kyle 1
SH: Clark, Wallace 1
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: Morris, Zac 1; Miller, Ben 1; Gracia, AJ 1; Bravo, Logan 1; Johnson, Kyle 1
CS: Krewson, Chase 1
HBP: Miller, Ben 1; Gracia, AJ 1; Stone, Alex 1; Clark, Wallace 1
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East Carolina
BATTING:
2B: WILCOXEN, Justin 1
RBI: JOHNSON, Ryley 1; BERINI, Joey 1
BASERUNNING:
RUNS: WILCOXEN, Justin 2
SB: STARLING, Jacob 1
Game Leaders
Choose a category:
Hitting
Miller, Ben
#34 Miller, Ben
AB 3
R 1
H 2
RBI 1
Bravo, Logan
#23 Bravo, Logan
AB 5
R 1
H 2
RBI 1
Morris, Zac
#22 Morris, Zac
AB 4
R 1
H 1
RBI 1
Gracia, AJ
#29 Gracia, AJ
AB 4
R 1
H 1
RBI 0
Players Mentioned
#47 Charlie Beilenson
RHP 6′ 0″ Graduate Student R/R
#2 Andrew Healy
LHP 6′ 6″ Sophomore L/L
#27 Ryan Higgins
RHP 6′ 2″ Junior R/R
#7 Wallace Clark
INF 6′ 0″ Junior S/R
#15 Kyle Johnson
OF/LHP 6′ 1″ Freshman R/L
#22 Zac Morris
INF 5′ 11″ Graduate Student R/R
#23 Logan Bravo
INF 6′ 5″ Graduate Student R/R
#25 Chase Krewson
OF/LHP 6′ 2″ Freshman L/L
#29 AJ Gracia
OF/LHP 6′ 3″ Freshman L/L
#34 Ben Miller
1B 6′ 1″ Graduate Student R/R
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