Wake Forest University
Davidson
Wake Forest Baseball Drills Davidson, 14-6
3/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 28, 2006
DAVIDSON, N.C. --- Wake Forest freshman Allan Dykstra tied a school record with three home runs to lead the Demon Deacons to a 14-6 rout of Davidson Tuesday night at Wilson Field. The Deacons improve to 20-7 overall, while the Wildcats drop to 10-14.
Dykstra went 3-for-5 with a solo home run in the fourth inning, a three-run bomb in the fifth and another solo blast in the ninth. Dykstra tied the school record shared by eight other players. Former All-American Jamie D'Antona was the last Deacon to smack three home runs in a game. D'Antona hit three bombs against Tennessee Tech on May 26, 2001. The first basemen, who drove in five and scored three runs, now leads the Demon Deacons with nine home runs and 27 RBI.
Dykstra was one of six Wake Forest starters with at least two hits. Leading off for the first time this season, junior All-American Matt Antonelli went 2-for-5 with a run scored, RBI and two doubles. Freshman Dustin Hood went 2-for-6 with an RBI and three runs scored. Redshirt junior Brendan Enick went 2-for-3 with a run scored, junior Brian Shust went 2-for-6 with a run scored and RBI, while freshman Evan Ocheltree went 2-for-4 with a run scored, triple and three RBI.
Wake Forest pounded out 16 hits on the night and scored at least one run in eight of the nine innings. Seven different players had RBI and nine different players scored runs.
Redshirt freshman Greg Young (1-0) picked up his first career victory. The southpaw tossed 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. Young did not give up a hit, fanned one and walked one. Junior Josh Ellis and sophomore Ben Hunter each worked 2.0 perfect innings. Ellis fanned five of the six Wildcats he faced, while Hunter struck out two. Hunter extended his scoreless inning streak to 23.2 innings of work, while Ellis pushed his streak to 10.2 innings.
Brant West (3-4) was charged with the loss for Davidson. The lefty tossed 4.0 innings and surrendered six runs, five earned, on seven hits. West walked four and struck out three.
Wake Forest starting pitcher Kip Byrum went just 1.2 innings and did not rended in the decision. The senior allowed five earned runs on six hits. The southpaw walked three and did not register a strikeout.
Wake Forest returns to action this weekend with a ACC series against Virginia Tech. First pitch for Friday's opener is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
