ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Wallace Clark and Sam Harris every had three hits, Owen Proksch struck out eight in six innings and Duke beat Oklahoma State 12-5 on Friday evening on the Athens Regional in a sport delayed for over three hours as a consequence of climate.
Duke (38-19) will play Georgia on Saturday within the winner’s bracket. Oklahoma State (28-24) takes on Binghampton in an elimination sport.
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The sport featured seven dwelling runs — 4 by the Cowboys.
Ben Miller hit his nineteenth homer of the 12 months — and Duke’s one centesimal — to start a six-run third inning. Tyler Albright and Jake Berger additionally hit homers within the inning for a 9-0 lead.
Duke had the bases loaded within the fifth earlier than Jake Hyde tripled to attain three for a 12-1 lead.
Proksch (3-3) allowed simply three hits and two earned runs in six innings — with 4 strikeouts coming within the first two innings. Reid Easterly struck out the facet within the ninth.
Oklahoma State had the bases loaded within the third and seventh innings however couldn’t push a run throughout. Proksch struck out Jayson Jones to finish the primary menace and Miller secured a sluggish curler to 3rd and fired to first for a double play.
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Oklahoma State starter Mario Pesca (7-3) allowed 9 earned runs in three innings.
Kollin Ritchie, Garrett Shull, Ian Daugherty and Brock Thompson all homered for the Cowboys.
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