DURHAM, N.C. -- The High Point Panthers split games with Duke in Sunday's doubleheader. After dropping game one, 14-2, the Panthers rallied and worked for a 11-0 shutout win in game two.
 

.@EverettVaughan3 strikes out the side and that's a Panther shutout W!!!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/zS6nkUgIp6

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) May 2, 2022

 
Site: Jack Coombs Field (Durham, N.C.)
Game 1 Score: High Point 2, Duke 14
Game 2 Score: High Point 11, Duke 0
Records: High Point (16-28), Duke (19-23)
 
Game 1
An eight-run eighth inning helped the Blue Devils to a 14-2 win in game one of the doubleheader.
 
Javon Fields hit HPU's first inside-the-park home run of the season to put the Panthers on the board in the sixth inning.
 

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Another solo homer from Jackson Melton in the eighth added a run for HPU, but the Panthers were unable to generate the offensive momentum to claw back into the game.
 

That ball is outta here!!

Melton sends a solo shot over the left field fence, HPU trails 6-2#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/DlwOJUgbdH

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) May 1, 2022

 
Game 2
HPU had a better offensive start, getting runners in scoring position several times within the first three innings, but the Panthers still were not able to plate any runs.
 
With severe weather rolling in, HPU started to rally in the fourth inning as Sam Zayicek led off with a single and Melton doubled to put two runners in scoring position. Fields knocked an RBI-single to put the Panthers on the board, but then a near two-hour weather delay paused the game with HPU leading, 1-0.
 

Panthers score first! @SamZayicek scores on @javon_fields_ single!

Unfortunately, we've entered a weather delay ??#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/5xU4gjTmYR

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Coming back from the delay, the Panthers picked up where they left off, as Peyton Carr's ground out scored Melton and moved Fields to third.
 
High Point added five more runs in the fifth after Sam Garcia retired the Blue Devils in the fourth on a pop up, ground out, and his first of five strikeouts.
 

Garcia finishes off the 4th with a K ?? HPU leads 2-0#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/RKREcEFqE2

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Adam Stuart led off with a walk while Andrew Amato singled to put runners on first and second. Cole Singsank and Zayicek were both hit by pitches to move runners two bases each and score Stuart. Melton followed up with a two-RBI double while Zayicek scored on a throwing error on the same play.
 

5 runs in the 5th put the Panthers up 7-0!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/bBgm8tH8x4

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Another wild pitch scored Melton and put High Point ahead with a comfortable 7-0 lead.
 
Garcia continued his dominant outing in the fifth and sixth innings, striking out a combined four batters, including a three-up-three-down inning in the sixth.
 

Number ??#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/1u5ENIy6P1

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Connor Smith relieved Garcia in the seventh, but picked up where he left off, forcing a ground out and two fly outs to retire the Blue Devils in order.
 
HPU had another big inning in the eighth to seal the deal, plating four insurance runs on three hits to hold the 11-0 advantage.
 

+1 @SamZayicek drives in a run with his 3rd hit of the game, Panthers lead 8-0#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/Dm3Lw303dy

— High Point Baseball (@HPUBaseball) May 2, 2022

 
Everett Vaughan pitched the final two innings for the Panthers, striking out the side in the ninth for a four-strikeout performance.
 

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Up Next: High Point travels across the Triad to take on Big South foe North Carolina A&T. First pitch of the weekend series is set for Friday night at 6 p.m.