DURHAM, N.C. – Junior Cooper Stinson struck out nine as the Blue Devils defeated Pittsburgh, 3-1, on Friday evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in the first game of a three-game series with the Panthers.
Senior Joey Loperfido, and graduate students Peter Matt and Erikson Nichols led the Blue Devils (5-4, 2-2 ACC) offensively as all three finished the night 2-for-4. Matt also recorded two RBI.
Stinson has settled into Duke's rotation as its Friday night arm and made his third start of the 2021 season.