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Duke Baseball: Blue Devils sweep Morgantown, headed to Super Regional

By Kevin Connelly

Omaha, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of the stadium during the National Anthem of game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators on June 26, 2017 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Omaha, NE - JUNE 26: A general view of the stadium during the National Anthem of game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators on June 26, 2017 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Baseball team advanced to the Super Regionals after defeating Texas A&M in the Regional Championship in the Morgantown Regional.

For the second year in a row and the second time in school history, the Duke Blue Devils are headed to the Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

Last year Duke did it the hard way by losing its first game in the Regional, but this year the Blue Devils dominated the Morgantown Regional, sweeping the regional and defeating Texas A&M for the second time, this time by a 4-1 margin.

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Once again, Duke was led by its outstanding pitching.

Starter Bill Chillari tossed four and two-thirds innings, allowing just one run on six hits and three strikeouts, while true freshman Jack Carey picked up his first postseason victory in relief after two and one-third shutout innings, walking one, allowing one hit, and striking out two.

The sophomore Matt Dockman came in for a six-out save to punch the Blue Devils’ Super Regional ticket.

Offeneisvle, it was the Kyle Gallagher show.

The left fielder launched a three run homer in the first inning to put the Blue Devils up for good after Texas A&M starter, Chandler Jozwiak struck out the first two batters of the game.

Matt Mervis singled and Michael Rothenberg drew a walk before Gallagher dropped one over the right field fence.

Then in the third innings, Gallagher this time ripped a double which scored Kennie Taylor and that was all the scoring that would be done in this game as the Blue Devils went ahead 4-1.

Gallagher ended the night 3-for-4 with 4 RBI.

However, like the first three games in the Morgantown Regional, Duke had to walk a tightrope out of the first inning and after a double and a walk, the Aggies had runners on the corner and two outs, but Chillari was able to get Logan Foster to groundout into a fielders choice to third base.

The Duke Blue Devils swept the Morgantown Regional, beating Texas A&M on Friday afternoon and Sunday night, and then beating host and No. 15 overall seed West Virginia on Saturday night.

Duke will now headed to Nashville, Tennessee to face the No. 2 overall seed the Vanderbilt Commodores in the Super Regionals next weekend, in a best-of-three series.

No dates or times have been announced for the Super Regionals as of yet.

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