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Baseball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. No. 17 Coastal Carolina
4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
| Gameday Central | Wake Forest vs. No. 17 Coastal Carolina | |
| Game 34 | Tuesday, April 10, 6:00 p.m. |
| Coverage |  | ACC Network Extra |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. (David F. Couch Ballpark) - Facility Info | Free Admission | Weather |
| Information | Wake Forest Notes  | @WakeBaseball  |
The Matchup
• Wake Forest closes out its homestand against another top-20 foe, taking on No. 17 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday on ACC Network Extra.
Last Time Out
• The Demon Deacons took down another top-15 opponent in an ACC series, handing Duke its first ACC series loss of the season.
• Wake Forest clinched the series with a 6-3 victory on Monday night. Colin Peluse scattered three runs over 7.0 innings and Rayne Supple tossed 2.0 shutout innings for the save.
• Bobby Seymour extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-run homer in the first inning, his first of two hits.
Wake Forest Storylines
• The Demon Deacons are a youthful squad in 2018, having started six different freshmen position players, while five rookies have seen time on the mound. Out of the position players, 133 starts have been made by freshmen (44.6 percent), compared to 70 for sophomores (23.8 percent), 94 for juniors (31.6 percent) and none by seniors.
• On the mound, approximately two-thirds of innings pitched have been by underclassmen. None have been thrown by seniors, 107.1 by juniors (35.8 percent), 136.1 innings by sophomores (45.4 percent) and 18.8 frames from the freshmen (19.5 percent).
• Head coach Tom Walter became the third skipper in program history to record 250 wins at the helm of the program. He accomplished the feat at Notre Dame on March 25.
Opponent And Series History
• The Chanticleers hold a 20-16 edge over the Demon Deacons in the all-time series, including a 19-3 win earlier this year. Wake Forest swept a pair of meetings in 2017.
• Coastal Carolina enters with a 23-11 overall record, including a 10-2 mark in the Sun Belt. Coastal won a series over South Alabama over the weekend.
On Deck
• Wake Forest hits the road for a three-game ACC series at Boston College this weekend.
