Duke baseball hits two grand slams during ACC title game victory over Florida State

Duke baseball outscored Florida State 16-4 in Sunday’s ACC title game thanks to two grand slams from Ben Miller and Devin Obee.

Duke baseball scored 16 runs during Sunday’s dominant victory over Florida State in the ACC title game, a 12-run victory to give the Blue Devils their second conference title in four years.

Half of those runs came in two fell swoops when Ben Miller and Devin Obee both hit grand slams during the middle innings of the game, growing Duke’s lead from three runs to 10 over the course of one hour.

In the top of the fourth inning, Duke led 5-2 but loaded the bases without any outs to give themselves a chance to create some distance. Miller, the All-ACC First Team third baseman, dug his feet into the box. On his second pitch of the at-bat, he pummeled a ball straight up into the air that kept going…and going…and going all the way over the right-field wall for a grand slam.

Miller’s teammates gifted him the team hard hat for the effort, too, a fun look into how loose Chris Pollard’s team seems to be ahead of the postseason.

Obee, who was later named the tournament’s MVP, also strode to the plate with the bases loaded in the top of the sixth. He promptly launched his third home run in three games, Duke’s second grand slam of the afternoon.

The Blue Devils tacked on two more runs after Obee’s slam, but with a 10-run lead entering the final three innings, it didn’t mean much. The two Duke sluggers ended the game themselves with two cracks of the bat.