Wake Forest Athletics
Gameday Central: Deacs to Face Coastal Carolina and ECU
3/11/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 11, 2014
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| • Wake Forest continues its Spring Break roadtrip as the Deacs will head to Coastal Carolina on Tuesday before taking on ECU in Wilson, N.C. on Wednesday.
• Tuesday's game at Coastal Carolina will be played at the Myrtle Beach Pelicans stadium while Wednesday's game will be played at Fleming Stadium, home of the Wilson Tobs.
• Live stats for Tuesday can be found at GoCCUSports.com while live stats for Wednesday can be found at WakeForestSports.com along with live updates on Twitter at @WakeBaseball. Live audio will be provided on WakeForestSports.com. Steve Shutt and Lary Sorensen will have the call.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest took 2-out-of-3 games and won the series against Georgia Tech over the weekend. It was the Deacs' first series win in Atlanta over Georgia Tech since 2001.
• The Deacs took game one of the series 9-2 and won game two 12-8 but fell in game three 5-1.
• Will Craig homered twice in the series with a solo shot on Friday and Sunday. Charlie Morgan homered on Friday as well while Matt Conway doubled three times in Saturday's win.
Wake Forest Storylines
• The Wake Forest offense has been firing on all cylinders lately with ACC Player of the Week, Will Craig leading the surge. Craig hit .615 in four games last week with eight hits in 13 at-bats. including two home runs and five RBIs.
• Wake Forest has four walk-off victories this season with last at-bat victories over Marshall, Davidson, Missouri and Stony Brook. Nate Mondou has two of those walk-off hits including a solo home run against Marshall.
• Wake Forest played the majority of the month of February at home in Wake Forest Baseball Park. To begin the season, 12 of the first 13 games of the season are at home.
The Opposition & Series History
• Coastal Carolina leads the all-time series with Wake Forest 16-13. The Chanticleers took the only meeting between the two teams last year in Winston-Salem, a 7-6 loss for the Deacs. Kevin Jordan was 3-for-3 in the game and a homer short of the cycle.
• CCU is 7-8 on the season and has yet to play a road game.
• Wake Forest and ECU are meeting for the first time since 2011. The Deacs lead the series 15-12.
• East Carolina is 8-7 on the season and is led offensively by Ian Townsend with 10 RBIs.
Next Up...
•Wake Forest returns home to Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park this weekend to host Clemson in the first home ACC series of the season.
