Duke's AJ Gracia (Aaron Fitt)

Duke’s unexpectedly terrifying offense upstages marquee mound matchup

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It was the most anticipated matchup on the college baseball calendar this weekend, a marquee showdown between a pair of preseason All-America lefthanders who will almost certainly be first-round picks in this summer’s draft. In the press box, word had it that every MLB organization had multiple scouts in attendance for Friday night’s showdown between Duke’s Jonathan Santucci and Wake Forest’s Josh Hartle.

It only took a few innings for that narrative to blow up, as the two aces combined to allow 11 runs, 17 hits and five walks in 6.1 combined innings[…]