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Duke sweeps Holy Cross

by Brian Foley
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The Duke Blue Devils continued the strong start with a doubleheader sweep over Holy Cross on Saturday. Game 1 was a rout from the beginning as Duke scored five runs in the bottom of the first to cruise to a 13-1 victory. In Game 2, Holy Cross jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four innings. The Blue Devils fought all the way back including scoring seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to get the lead for good at 10-5 after seven innings. Holy Cross tried to make a comeback with two runs in the top of the eighth but would not get any closer as the final was 10-7. Duke and Holy Cross finish the series on Sunday with a 1pm game.

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Brian Foley is the founder and Lead Editor of College Baseball Daily since its inception in 2005. He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications. He can be contacted by email at editor at collegebaseballdaily.com and followed on Twitter @BFoley82.