No. 13 Virginia Hosts No. 20 Duke in Coastal Division Showdown

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 13 Virginia (34-9, 12-9 ACC) will host a three-game sequence towards No. 20 Duke (29-12, 12-8 ACC) at Disharoon Park. The sequence opener is scheduled for Friday (April 28) at 8 p.m. and can broadcast stay on ACC Community.

HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: ACC Community (Friday) | ACCNX (Saturday & Sunday)
RADIO: WINA (98.9 FM/1070 AM/WINA.com) – Friday & Saturday solely
LIVE STATS: VirginiaSports.com

WEEKEND PROMOS
Friday: Pajama Evening – Youth Pillowcase Giveaway, UVA Scholar Fanny Pack Giveaway, Sabre Rewards Evening
Saturday: Seashore Social gathering – Beachnik Giveaway to first 1,000 followers
Sunday: Youth Day

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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Friday – 8 p.m.
Duke: RHP Alex Gow (3-2, 4.50 ERA, 38.0 IP, 20 BB, 42 SO)
Virginia: RHP Brian Edgington (6-2, 3.13 ERA, 54.2 IP, 17 BB, 55 SO)

Saturday – 4 p.m.
Duke: RHP Ryan Higgins (3-0, 2.97 ERA, 30.1 IP, 9 BB, 27 SO)
Virginia: RHP Nick Parker (3-0, 4.86 ERA, 37.0 IP, 14 BB, 46 SO)

Sunday – 1 p.m.
Duke: TBA
Virginia: RHP Jack O’Connor (4-2, 3.65 ERA, 37.0 IP, 14 BB, 46 SO)

LEADING OFF

• Going into the weekend Duke, Virginia and Miami all sit atop the Coastal Division standings with 12 ACC wins. Duke leads the division by profitable share (.600), having performed one much less recreation than UVA and Miami.
• Duke would be the third nationally ranked group on UVA’s schedule this 12 months. UVA boasts a 7-2 file towards top-25 groups this season and are 3-0 towards nationally ranked foes at residence in 2023. The Cavaliers subsequent ACC sequence is Might 12-14 can be towards Louisville, at present No. 21 within the D1Baseball nationwide ballot.
• Virginia (No. 6) and Duke (No. 12) each rank within the top-15 in RPI. Together with Wake Forest (No. 3) and Boston Faculty (No. 13), the ACC has 4 groups within the top-15.
• UVA’s 34 wins this season are tied for the second-most within the nation and path solely Wake Forest’s 35. Virginia was the primary group in school baseball to eclipse the 30-win ma achieve this with a 16-4 win over Mount St. Mary’s on April 12.
• UVA’s .791 profitable share is the fifth highest of any program within the nation. UVA is one among six groups nationally with out double-digit losses.
• Virginia and Duke are each ranked within the top-10 in group ERA. The Blue Devils are ranked fourth with a 3.42 ERA whereas the Cavaliers sport a 3.57 ERA, the seventh lowest within the nation.
• UVA is the one group within the nation to rank within the top-15 in BOTH batting common (2nd – .335) and ERA (seventh – 3.57)

HOME COOKING

• Virginia boasts a 25-2 mark at residence this season and is tied with Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas Tech for essentially the most residence wins within the nation. Texas Tech is the one one of many 4 groups on the highway this weekend.
• UVA has received 25 or extra video games at residence 14 of the final 20 seasons underneath head coach Brian O’Connor.
• The Cavaliers have received over 77 % of their video games (562-167) at Disharoon Park because the facility opened in 2002.
• UVA is amid an 11-game homestand, the longest stint at residence this season. After returning residence from Notre Dame, UVA won’t go away the Commonwealth for 23 days till its last highway sequence of the common season towards Georgia Tech (Might 18-20).

AGAINST THE BLUE DEVILS

• Virginia is 106-66-1 towards Duke in an all-time sequence that was first performed in 1926, an 8-2 Cavalier victory. Friday’s assembly would be the 173rd all-time assembly between the 2 colleges.
• UVA has 100 all-time wins towards 5 colleges, Duke (106), North Carolina (116), Virginia Tech (107), Maryland (113) and VMI (109).
• Virginia has received 13 of the 14 ACC three-game sequence towards Duke courting again to 1991.
• The Cavaliers opened up ACC play final season by taking two out of three towards the Blue Devils in Durham. UVA clinched the sequence with a 13-1 win over Duke within the opening recreation of a Sunday doubleheader. The Blue Devils halted UVA’s 14-game win streak and prevented the sequence sweep with a 7-6 win within the nightcap.

MIDWEEK SUCCESS

• The Cavaliers went 2-0 within the midweek with a 7-4 win over Liberty on Tuesday and a 13-4 victory over Towson on Wednesday.
• The potent Cavalier offense was held hitless over the primary 5 innings towards Liberty and trailed 4-1 after six innings. UVA scored seven unanswered runs to return away with the victory. It was the primary win after trailing after the sixth inning in 29 video games courting again to final season.
• The Cavaliers pounded out 19 hits towards Towson on Wednesday, the fifth time UVA has recorded 19 or extra hits in a recreation this season. Kyle Teel turned the third Cavalier since 2013 and the second this season to file 5 hits in a recreation.
• Virginia is 22-0 this season towards non-conference opponents and has received 26-straight common season video games towards non-conference foes courting again to final season. The Cavaliers are the one group within the nation with no loss in non-conference play in 2023.

OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER

• Virginia enters the weekend No. 1 within the nation in hits (515) and doubles (120). The Cavaliers .335 group batting common is the second highest of any group in NCAA D-I.
• The Cavaliers have scored 399 runs this season the third-most of any group within the nation and are averaging 9.3 runs per recreation, essentially the most within the ACC and the seventh-most within the nation.
• There are 37 gamers in D-I baseball batting over the .400 mark, two of them are within the Cavalier lineup – Kyle Teel (.424) and Griff O’Ferrall (.413). UVA is one among 4 colleges with a number of gamers batting .400 (Omaha – 2, Sam Houston – 2, Wofford – 2).
• No different duo within the nation has extra hits mixed than Teel (73) and O’Ferrall (71). Teel is in a three-way tie for the nationwide lead in hits.
• Virginia has struck out 275 instances as a group this season, the fewest of any group within the ACC.
• Virginia has the fourth largest scoring/run differential within the nation.

Highest DI Scoring Margin/Run Differential

ON THE MOUND

• The Cavalier pitching employees boasts the seventh-lowest group ERA (3.57) within the nation.
• Of the 384 strikeouts (Eighth most in NCAA) recorded by Cavalier pitching, 146 have come trying, essentially the most of any employees within the nation.
• The Cavalier hurlers additionally boast school baseball’s Eighth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.15) and rank 14th in WHIP (1.29).
• Brian Edgington has gone 5 or extra innings in eight of his 10 begins this season. He’s looking for his seventh win which might set up a brand new career-high in his fifth 12 months of faculty baseball.
• Edgington comes into Friday night time with the ninth-lowest ERA within the ACC. Amongst lively pitchers, his 241 profession strikeouts are tied with LSU’s Paul Skenes for the 16h most within the school baseball. Solely Rhett Lowder has extra profession Ks than Edgington of lively ACC pitchers.
• The Cavaliers are 7-2 in video games that Nick Parker has began this season, solely dropping a 6-4 choice towards Pitt and a one-run loss final weekend at Notre Dame.
• Parker has allowed 12 earned runs in ACC play this season, tied for the eighth-fewest amongst certified ACC pitchers. Solely one of many 4 runs that crossed towards him at Notre Dame was earned in 4.2 innings of labor, his longest outing since getting back from harm.
• Jack O’Connor acquired the nod within the opening recreation of final Sunday’s doubleheader at Notre Dame and struck out six over 4 innigns of labor. 5 of the ten hits he allowed went for additional bases, together with a pair of homers.
• O’Connor’s 3.65 ERA is the third lowest of any power-5 freshman this season and ranks eleventh within the ACC.

PLAYER NOTABLES

• Anticipated to make his 102nd-straight begin as UVA’s catcher on Friday, Teel leads the ACC in batting common (.424), doubles (19), hits (73) and hits per recreation (1.70). He reached base safely in all however two video games this season. Teel is in a three-way tie for the nationwide lead in hits (Jonah Cox – Oral Roberts;
  Ryan Galanie – Wofford).
• Casey Saucke has put collectively a multi-hit effort in 5 of the final six video games and is 11-for-23 with eight runs scored, a house run and 5 RBI in that span. He recreation UVA one among its two leads within the sequence finale at Notre Dame with an reverse subject, two-run homer.
• Sophomore Griff O’Ferrall began all 101 of UVA’s video games at shortstop the previous two seasons and batted leadoff in 100 of them. He has scored a run in 19 of his final 21 video games and ranks second within the ACC with 53 runs scored. O’Ferrall lead the group and ranks sixth within the ACC with 14 stolen bases. He’s been profitable in 31 of his 34 profession makes an attempt (91 %), the second highest of any Cavalier with over 30 stolen bases.
• Ethan Anderson moved into second on the group in RBI with a four-RBI night time towards Towson, upping his season complete to 44. He ranks fourth within the ACC in hits (67) and seventh within the ACC in RBI (44).

GELOF CHASING MORE HISTORY

• Regardless of being restricted to 1 RBI in his final 4 video games, Jake Gelof maintains his nationwide RBI lead with 68.
• Already this system’s single-season file holder in RBI with 81 final season, he’s trying to change into the primary Cavalier with two seasons of 70 or extra RBI. Presently solely Gelof and UVA Baseball Corridor of Famer Phil Gosselin are the one two Cavaliers to have two seasons of 60 or extra RBI. 

Most RBI in Single Season in UVA Historical past

Most Profession RBI in UVA Historical past