Baseball Gameday: Wake Forest at No. 14 NC State
4/7/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
| Gameday Central | Wake Forest at No. 14 NC State | |
| Game 32 | Friday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. |
| Coverage | Live Stats | ESPN3 | WatchESPN |
| Game 33 | Saturday, April 9, 4:00 p.m. |
| Coverage | Live Stats | Live Video |
| Game 34 | Monday, April 11, 7:00 p.m. |
| Coverage | Live Stats | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| Location | Raleigh, N.C. (Dail Field at Doak Park) - Facility Info | Tickets | Weather |
| Information | Wake Forest Notes  | NC State Notes | ACC Release | @WakeBaseball  |
The Match-Up
• Wake Forest wraps up its eight-game road swing with an ACC series at NC State on Friday, Saturday and Monday. Friday's game will be broadcast on ESPN3, while the 7 p.m. Monday contest will air live on ESPNU.
Wake Forest Storylines
• Wake Forest has won seven of its past 10 contests, including a 7-6 victory at Davidson most recently.
• The back-and-forth affair featured four lead changes, with the Demon Deacons taking the lead for good in the top of the ninth with a Will Craig sacrifice fly and Joey Rodriguez RBI single. Donnie Sellers tossed a perfect ninth inning to record his fifth save.
• Craig leads the nation in slugging percentage (.950), also ranking atop the ACC in RBIs (41) and batting average (.475).
• Craig has returned to the starting lineup for the past eight games after he tweaked his oblique on March 11. Wake Forest is 17-7 overall and 5-3 in ACC play with Craig, compared to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in ACC action without him.
• Stuart Fairchild and Jonathan Pryor also have on-base percentages over .400. Fairchild is hitting .300 with a .432 OBP, along with 10 doubles, two homers and 20 RBIs. Pryor is hitting .287 with a .446 OBP.
The Opposition & Series History
• Wake Forest's first known baseball game came against NC State on April 14, 1890, with Wake Forest claiming a 35-5 victory.
• NC State has claimed 13 straight series against the Demon Deacons, with Wake Forest's last series win coming in 2002, a year in which the Deacons won 47 games.
• The teams met annually from 1907 to 1955 on Easter Monday, formerly a public holiday in North Carolina, drawing crowds of up to 8,000. Before Wake Forest moved to Winston-Salem, the contests served as a de facto county championship; Wake Forest went 28-13-2.
• The Wolfpack enter with a 20-9 overall mark and 5-5 ACC record, most recently taking two of three at top-25 foe Virginia, and claiming a pair of midweek wins over Charlotte.
• As a team, the Wolfpack strike out more than a batter per inning with a team ERA below 3.00, while seven starters are hitting above .295.
On Deck
• Wake Forest gears up for a home-and-home against UNCG, with games in Winston-Salem on Tuesday and Greensboro on Wednesday. The Spartans are currently a top-50 RPI team.
