Making Their Pitch

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Good pitching beats good hitting. You’ve heard that one, right?

Duke baseball pitching coach Brady Kirkpatrick has some thoughts.

“I’m a huge proponent of the cliche that good pitching beats good hitting. Hitters are always at a disadvantage when they step into the box.”

You can never have too much pitching. You’ve also heard that one.

Kirkpatrick again: “We’re lucky enough that we have a lot of returnees from last year, a lot of experience. We definitely have some depth.”

Now, some context. Duke expected Luke Fox and Jonathan Santucci to anchor their 2023 starting rotation. But Fox was lost to an arm injury in the fall of…