Wake Forest Athletics
GAMEDAY: Deacs Host Cincinnati, Missouri & Radford
2/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 20, 2014
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| | • Wake Forest continues its homestand on Friday when the Deacs host Cincinnati at 5 p.m.
• The Demon Deacons will then take on Missouri on Saturday at 4 p.m. and will wrap up the weekend with a game against Radford on Sunday at 4 p.m.
• Live stats for this weekend's games can be found at WakeForestSports.com along with live updates on Twitter at @WakeBaseball. Live video will be available for all Wake Forest games on WakeForestSports.com.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest defeated Davidson on Tuesday night at Wake Forest Baseball Park in the 12th inning as Kevin Conway was pegged in the elbow with a pitch as the bases were loaded to bring home the game-winner.
• Aaron Fossas pitched five innings of relief while only giving up one hit and one walk with a career-high six strikeouts.
Wake Forest Storylines
• John McLeod earned the win over Georgetown on Sunday as he pitched six innings while only giving up two hits and no runs with 10 strikeouts.
• The bullpen for Wake Forest has been nothing short of dominant in the last three games. Since Monday, the Deacs' bullpen has pitched 17 innings and has only given up three hits, one walk, no runs, no earned runs with 17 strikeouts.
• Wake Forest plays the majority of the month of February at home in Wake Forest Baseball Park. To begin the season, 11 of the first 12 games of the season are at home.
The Opposition & Series History
• Wake Forest leads the overall series with Cincinnati 6-1 and is facing the Bearcats for the first time since 2012 when the Deacs won 7-0 at home.
• The Demon Deacons and Missouri Tigers are tied 1-1 in its series history as Wake Forest won the last meeting 4-3 in 2006.
• Wake Forest has only lost twice to Radford including when the teams last played in 2011.
• Cincinnati is coming off two losses to Elon while Missouri has defeated Southern Miss and Chicago State.
• Radford comes into the weekend with a 1-3 overall record with the one win coming over Georgia Tech.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest travels to UNCG on Tuesday afternoon for its first road game of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.
