Duke’s Logan Bravo already etched his own hero moment with a game-tying three-run homer against Virginia Tech on Sunday, but the Blue Devils weren’t done wearing their capes.
In the bottom of the eighth, with the game tied at 10 runs apiece, the Hokies’ Carson DeMartini smashed a ball to straightaway center field. With a runner already on first base, it seemed like Virginia Tech found the blow that could end the three-game series.
Duke centerfielder Devin Obee had other ideas, however.
The junior raced all the way back to the warning track, lept into the air, and snatched the ball before it had a chance to disappear over the wall. In an instant, the Blue Devils went from potentially down two to needing one more out to escape the inning.
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Escape the inning, they did, as Duke snagged the third and final out of the eighth inning before any other runs crossed the plate.
The Blue Devils eventually won the game, 13-10, to clinch their first series in Blacksburg in six years.