Backing The Pack · May 15, 2022
Wolfpack outsmarts self in 7-4 loss to Duke
Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesSometimes, the most infuriating thing about baseball is the ease in which a coach can out-think himself into a loss. Anyone who’s played or watched the game has seen it happen. Anyone who’s coached the game has done it themselves. Elliott Avent is no exception. Despite turning into a managerial wizard at the midpoint of the 2021 season with seemingly every coaching decision turning into gold over the second half of last year, the man is still bound to screw it up every so often.
Such was the case Sunday afternoon in the Wolfpack’s 7-4 loss to Duke in the series finale in Durham.