The Virginia Cavaliers take on the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Our college baseball odds series has our Virginia Duke prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Virginia Duke.
This is Game 2 of the Super Regionals in the NCAA Tournament. Duke leads the series 1-0 and has two chances to punch a ticket to Omaha for the College World Series.
Duke won Game 1 on Friday in a 5-4 thriller. The teams traded leads — Duke led 2-0, then Virginia led 4-3 — before Duke produced a go-ahead rally in the top of the eighth. The margins were small throughout this game. Virginia almost came up with a big defensive play in the top of the eighth, but the ball squirted out of the UVA centerfielder's glove on an attempt at a diving catch. That small difference between a catch and a base hit helped Duke push across one run for a 5-4 lead.
Virginia put two men on with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. On the final pitch of the game, the Cavaliers thought for a brief moment they had won on a long drive to left field, but the ball was caught right in front of the wall for the final out. It was that kind of game, always hanging in the balance and feeling utterly tenuous on both sides.
If that is an indication of what we'll see for the rest of the weekend, baseball fans are in for A-grade entertainment in Charlottesville.
Here are the Virginia-Duke NCAA Baseball odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
NCAA Baseball Odds: Virginia-Duke Game 2 Odds
Virginia Cavaliers: -1.5 (-125)
Duke Blue Devils: +1.5 (-105)
Over: 11.5 (-120)
Under: 11.5 (-110)
How To Watch Virginia vs Duke Game 2
TV: ESPN2
Stream: ESPN+
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT
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