{"id":79328,"date":"2026-04-03T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:06:52","slug":"duke-baseball-shut-down-top-15-offense-win-third-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328","title":{"rendered":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight<\/h1>\n

Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game set with the Louisville Cardinals.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils were in control throughout, jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead before thwarting a late-game rally by Louisville to win 6-3.<\/p>\n

Transfer Peter Lemke made an impression in his first start of the season, going 5 2\/3 innings, surrendering just one runs, striking out five Cardinals and keeping their top-15 offense at bay throughout the game.<\/p>\n

On the offensive side of the plate, Jake Lambdin did damage once again, hitting a home run after a\u00a0five-RBI game\u00a0Tuesday. Second baseman Collin Anderson also chipped in, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.<\/p>\n

With the win, Duke moved into a tie for eighth place in the ACC standings, now owning a 6-7 record this season in conference play.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

They’ll hope to improve on that number this weekend, hosting Louisville again on both Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":79329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[298],"class_list":["post-79328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-duke"],"yoast_head":"\nDuke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iSport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Happiness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Happiness\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Happiness\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b\"},\"headline\":\"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"duke\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Football\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328\",\"name\":\"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b\"},\"description\":\"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?p=79328#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/\",\"name\":\"iSport\",\"description\":\"Internet Sport - Your Friendly Sport Mouthpiece\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b\",\"name\":\"Happiness\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Happiness\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/isport.com.ng\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport","description":"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport","og_description":"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game","og_url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328","og_site_name":"iSport","article_published_time":"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Happiness","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Happiness","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328"},"author":{"name":"Happiness","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b"},"headline":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight","datePublished":"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328"},"wordCount":178,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","keywords":["duke"],"articleSection":["Football"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328","url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328","name":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight - iSport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","datePublished":"2026-04-03T17:06:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b"},"description":"Following a strong victory against Davidson on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils were back on the diamond Thursday, opening a three-game","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79328#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Duke baseball shut down top-15 offense, win third straight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/","name":"iSport","description":"Internet Sport - Your Friendly Sport Mouthpiece","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/59224963a139009b7508cb21433c1c1b","name":"Happiness","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9f42df7b8d55b729dccc69c76521620332fd30cb8e9caea5dd1effbba5682c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Happiness"},"url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?author=6"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89150540007-usatsi-28490085.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79330,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79328\/revisions\/79330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}