Wake Forest Athletics
Gameday Central: Wake Forest at Boston College
3/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 20, 2014
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| | Deacs Travel North to Boston to Face the Eagles
• Wake Forest heads north to Boston as the Demon Deacons will face Boston College this weekend.
• Due to the cold winter in Boston, the Deacs and Eagles will play a doubleheader on Friday on the campus of at Friedman Diamond at Northeastern University before playing a third-game of the series at Conaty Park at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
• Live stats can be found at BCEagles.com along with live updates on Twitter at @WakeBaseball. Live audio can be heard on WakeForestSports.com.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest fell to Davidson 7-6 on Wednesday night as the Wildcats scored six in the sixth inning to down the Demon Deacons in non-conference play.
• Wake Forest led 3-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning but Davidson responded with six runs. Charlie Morgan homered for Wake Forest in the third to put Wake Forest up 2-1 and the Deacs scored one in the sixth and seventh along with two runs in the ninth but Davidson held on for the win.
• Connor Johnstone got the start on the mound for the Deacons and struck out a career-high six batters in 5.0 innings.
Wake Forest Storylines
• Will Craig continued to hit last week after he was named the ACC Player of the Week. He hit two home runs in the series against Clemson including a solo shot in the 4-3 win on Friday night.
• 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.
• The Demon Deacons are 9-3 in one-run games this season and are 10-0 when leading after eight innings.
The Opposition & Series History
• The series between Wake Forest and Boston College is tied at 12-12.
• Wake Forest swept a doubleheader with BC last season on April 20 as Justin Van Grouw set the tone on the mound for the Deacs by pitching a career-long 8.2 innings in the first game. He gave up just three hits and one run while striking out five batters.
• The Deacs then took the third game of the series Joey Rodriguez walk-off single in the 11th inning.
• Boston College is 6-12 this season and has yet to win an ACC game as the Eagles were swept by Miami and No. 3 Virginia.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest plays a home-and-home mid-week series with Elon as the Deacs will host the Phoenix on Tuesday before heading to Elon on Wednesday.
