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Wake Forest Defeats Maryland, 13-1, to Even Series
5/21/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 21, 2010
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest starter Michael Dimock allowed just one run over 7.0 solid innings, while Matt Conway and Mike Murray each homered as the Demon Deacons defeated Maryland 13-1 on Friday night at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park.
Wake Forest evens the series and improves to 17-37 overall and 7-22 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Maryland drops to 17-38 and 5-24 in the ACC.
Dimock earned the win on the mound to improve his record to 3-9. The sophomore from Greensboro, N.C., allowed just one run on four hits with six strikeouts over 7.0 innings. After allowing a run in the second, Dimock shut down the Terrapin offense the rest of the way, retiring 12 straight batters at one point and sitting down 16 of the last 18 batters he faced. Maryland starter Eric Potter (2-10) suffered the loss, giving up six runs, five earned, on five hits over 2.0 innings.
Niko Spezial finished off the game for Wake Forest, pitching the final two innings. Spezial struck out four of the six batters he faced and did not allow a base runner.
Conway continued his hot hitting at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a homer, his sixth of the season, an RBI and three runs scored. The freshman first baseman extended his hitting streak to 17 straight games and also recorded his fifth straight multi-hit game. Conway also notched his 17th double of the season, tying the Wake Forest record for doubles by a freshman. With the four hits, Conway upped his batting average on the season to .381, the highest batting average for a freshman in the ACC.
Murray also homered in the game for the Deacs, recording his fifth homer of the season and driving in three runs. The three RBIs increased his season total to a team-high 51 RBIs. Steven Brooks and Mark Rhine each extended their hitting streaks. Brooks went 1-for-3 with two RBIs to stretch his hitting streak to 11 straight games, while Rhine hit safely in his eighth straight game, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Ryan Semeniuk added a pair of hits and drove in two runs.
Gary Schneider had a pair of hits to lead Maryland at the plate. Jack Cleary had the only RBI of the night for the Terrapins.
Wake Forest wasted little time scoring, plating a run in the bottom of the first. Pat Blair led off the game with a single to left-center field and moved to second on a wild pitch with one out. Brooks grounded out to short to move Blair to third. Blair crossed the plate on a passed ball by Cleary.
Maryland scored its only run in the top of the second. Schneider singled to start the inning, but was retired at second on an unsuccessful sacrifice bunt attempt by David Poutier. Rozak advanced Poutier to second with a sacrifice bunt to third for the second out of the inning. Zach Fisher walked and then both base runners moved up a base on a double steal. Cleary singled deep in the hole at shortstop with Poutier scoring on the play.
The Demon Deacons quickly regained the lead, scoring five times in the bottom of the second. Conway started the inning with a double over the head of the center fielder. Schneider, the Terrapin first baseman, made a great catch for the first out of the inning, making a great catch while leaning over the tarp down the right field line to retire Mac Williamson for the first out of the inning. Conway advanced to third after the catch. After a strikeout to Carlos Lopez, Mike Lubanski walked to put runners at the corners. Rhine came up with a clutch two-out hit, looping a single to right field to score Conway. Blair walked to load the bases with two outs. Semeniuk drove in a pair of runs with a single through the left side. Brooks brought home two more runs on a triple off the wall in right-center field to make the score 6-1.
Wake Forest tacked on another run in the third on a leadoff homer from Conway over the wall in left-center field, his sixth homer of the season.
The Deacs tallied three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. With one out, Semeniuk reached on an infield single. Brooks was then hit by a pitch to put two runners on. Murray cleared the bases with a towering three-run blast over the scoreboard in right-center field. The homer was his fifth big fly of the season.
Wake Forest added a run in the seventh when Lubanski scored on a 6-4-3 double play ball off the bat of Blair. The Deacs closed the scoring with two runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk to Lubanski and an RBI infield single by Rhine.
Wake Forest concludes the 2010 season tomorrow with the series finale against Maryland. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. (ET). Senior RHP Brandon Johnson (0-4, 8.79) will start for the Demon Deacons, while sophomore righty Sander Beck (0-8, 7.55) will take the mound for the Terrapins. Wake Forest will honor its six-member senior class in a ceremony before the game.
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