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Duke Baseball: Blue Devils avoid catastrophic collapse, sweep Clemson

Needing two or three wins minimum this week, the Duke Baseball team capped off a perfect week with a heart-stopping thriller in the finale of a three game series with Clemson in a 9-8 victory.

After beating Texas Tech on Tuesday and taking the first two games against the Tigers this weekend, things looked to be excellent for the Blue Devils as Duke led 8-2 headed to the bottom of the fifth.

Cooper Stinson seemed to be in control, but running out of gas in the fifth, He gave up a solo home run, then loaded the bases, and then hit a batter with the bases loaded, Matt Dockman came into replace him

Dockman allowed a grand slam to the first batter he faced, which tied the game up at eight with all the momentum on the side of the Tigers.