Wake Forest University
Clemson
Clemson Takes Two From Wake Forest
5/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 16, 2003
Winston-Salem, N.C. -- The Wake Forest baseball team dropped a pair of games to Clemson on Friday afternoon at Hooks Stadium. The Tigers won 6-2 in the competion for Thursday's suspended game. In game two, Wake Forest lost 14-3.
Wake Forest came into the day with 2-1 fourth inning lead in game one. However, the Deacons were unable to pick up where they left off. Clemson used the 20 hour layoff to its advantage, scoring two runs in the interrupted fourth inning off Adam Hanson. The Tigers steadily increased their lead while reliever Patrick Hogan fired six shutout innings against the Deacons.
Wake Forest had its best chance when loading the bases with one out in the fifth inning, trailing 4-2, with Ryan Johnson at the plate. But Hogan coaxed Johnson into a inning-ending double play.
Clemson used timely hitting at the plate, scoring five of its six runs with two out.
Hogan earned the win for the Tigers improving to 3-2 while Hanson suffered the loss for the Deacons, falling to 5-4.
In the Thursday portion of the game, Jamie D'Antona gave Wake Forest a 1-0 lead on his 21st home run of the season. Johnson had an RBI groundout that gave the Deacons a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning before the thunderstorms arrived.
In game two, the Tigers pounced on Deacon starter Tim Morley for two runs in the second and six more in the third, constructing an 8-0 lead. Meanwhile, Clemson's Tyler Lumsden, who shutout the Deacons last year, carried a no-hitter into the fifth but Johnson lined a single into right field to lead off the inning.
The Deacons scored two runs that inning, both coming home on a two-run single by Ben Ingold. By that point, however, the Tigers were already ahead 12-0.
Lumsden earned the win to improve to 8-1. He gave up just two runs through six innings on five hits with five strikeouts. Morley (2-5) took the loss for Wake Forest, allowing eight runs on 11 hits in 2.2 innings with two strikeouts and three walks.
Michael Johnson, David Slevin and Ryan Hub each homered for the Tigers. Garrick Evans was 4-for-5 for Clemson. The Deacons were led by Johnson at the plate. He reached base in each of his four plate appearances, picking up two hits and drawing two walks.
Wake Forest (29-20, 8-14 ACC) and Clemson (37-18, 14-9 ACC) will wrap up their series on Saturday afternoon, the regular season finale for both teams at 1:00 p.m. The game will air on Fox Sports South, Comcast and the Sunshine Network and on WBRF, 98.1 FM, the flagship station for Wake Forest athletics.
