Baseball To Close Fall Ball With Gold & Black Series
10/15/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Oct. 15, 2001
Winston-Salem, NC -- The Wake Forest baseball team will close the book on fall practice this weekend with the Black & Gold series beginning Wednesday afternoon with a 4:00 p.m. intrasquad scrimmage at Hooks Stadium.
In game one of the best-of-three sophomore Kyle Sleeth and freshman Tim Morley will take the hill. Sleeth is coming off an all-star summer in the Cape Cod League and Morley is a highly-touted rookie who was a 17th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On Friday, the team will participate in Scout Day before the series continues on Saturday and Sunday with 12:30 p.m. start times. All games are free and open to the public.
The Deacons are coming off their third ACC Championship in four seasons. Wake Forest returns 10 pitchers and three starters from last season's 44-8 team that made a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Some of the top returners including senior All-American pitcher Dave Bush and last year's National Freshman of the Year Jamie D'Antona.