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Deacs Split Twin Bill Against Notre Dame
3/10/2019 10:40:00 PM | Baseball
Wake Forest won the opener, 7-4, before the Irish came from behind to win the nightcap in extra innings, 8-7.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest split a doubleheader against Notre Dame on Sunday afternoon, winning the opener, 7-4, before falling in 10 innings in the nightcap, 8-7.
The Demon Deacons (9-8, 1-2 ACC) return to action on Tuesday, playing host to App State at 5 p.m.
Game 1: Wake Forest 7, Notre Dame 4
The Deacs broke a sixth-inning tie with a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to pull away from the Fighting Irish (6-8, 2-1 ACC), while William Fleming tossed 3.0 hitless innings in relief to earn the win.
Earlier in the game, Brendan Tinsman got the scoring started with a three-run double in the bottom of the first. That lead held up until Notre Dame's Eric Gilgenbach hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth to knot the score at 3-3.
A Patrick Frick RBI single put the Deacs back in front in the bottom of the frame, but an error helped the Irish tie the game at 4-4 in the fifth with a sac fly.
Bruce Steel doubled and scored on a Bobby Seymour RBI groundout for what proved to be the game-winning run in the seventh, but Steel added an RBI double and Shane Muntz drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to provide a pair of insurance runs.
Jared Shuster started and conceded four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks over 6.0 innings with three strikeouts. In Fleming's 3.0 innings of relief, the only baserunner he allowed was a walk to the first batter he faced as he went on to retire the next nine hitters in 27 pitches.
Frick, Cole McNamee, DJ Poteet and Steel recorded two hits apiece to lead the Deacs.
Game 2: Notre Dame 8, Wake Forest 7 (10 Inn.)
The Deacs held a 7-4 lead going into the ninth, but the Irish tied it with three runs and scored another in the 10th to earn an 8-7 win.
Wake Forest had earlier clawed back from a 4-2 deficit, but the bullpen conceded four runs over the ninth and 10th innings.
Chris Lanzilli put the Deacs on the board first with an RBI single in the third, on which a second run scored via an error to make the score 2-0.
Two doubles sparked a three-run fourth inning for Notre Dame, which added another run in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.
Bobby Seymour hit an RBI double to cut the margin to 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth, then the Deacs took a 6-4 lead in the sixth on a Jake Mueller sac fly, a run-scoring wild pitch, and Michael Ludowig RBI single.
Lanzilli led off the seventh with a double and came around to score on a two-out, two-strike RBI single from DJ Poteet to push the advantage to 7-4.
Wake Forest walked three hitters in the top of the ninth, helping set up for Eric Gilgenbach's game-tying two-run single as three different Deacon relievers failed to preserve the lead.
In the top of the 10th, Notre Dame's Brooks Coetzee was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single and third on a sac bunt. Wake Forest then got the soft ground ball it wanted and Patrick Frick accurately delivered it to home, but catcher Brendan Tinsman slipped on a bat near home plate and the go-ahead run slid into home safely.
The Deacs went down in order offensively in both the ninth and 10th innings. Notre Dame reliever Mitch Megias tossed 2.0 perfect innings in relief to earn the win.
Morgan McSweeney started for Wake Forest and struck out five over 6.0 frames. He allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks and left in line for the win. Bobby Hearn and Ryan Cusick recorded scoreless outings out of the pen.
The Demon Deacons (9-8, 1-2 ACC) return to action on Tuesday, playing host to App State at 5 p.m.
Game 1: Wake Forest 7, Notre Dame 4
The Deacs broke a sixth-inning tie with a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to pull away from the Fighting Irish (6-8, 2-1 ACC), while William Fleming tossed 3.0 hitless innings in relief to earn the win.
Earlier in the game, Brendan Tinsman got the scoring started with a three-run double in the bottom of the first. That lead held up until Notre Dame's Eric Gilgenbach hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth to knot the score at 3-3.
A Patrick Frick RBI single put the Deacs back in front in the bottom of the frame, but an error helped the Irish tie the game at 4-4 in the fifth with a sac fly.
Bruce Steel doubled and scored on a Bobby Seymour RBI groundout for what proved to be the game-winning run in the seventh, but Steel added an RBI double and Shane Muntz drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to provide a pair of insurance runs.
Jared Shuster started and conceded four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks over 6.0 innings with three strikeouts. In Fleming's 3.0 innings of relief, the only baserunner he allowed was a walk to the first batter he faced as he went on to retire the next nine hitters in 27 pitches.
Frick, Cole McNamee, DJ Poteet and Steel recorded two hits apiece to lead the Deacs.
Game 2: Notre Dame 8, Wake Forest 7 (10 Inn.)
The Deacs held a 7-4 lead going into the ninth, but the Irish tied it with three runs and scored another in the 10th to earn an 8-7 win.
Wake Forest had earlier clawed back from a 4-2 deficit, but the bullpen conceded four runs over the ninth and 10th innings.
Chris Lanzilli put the Deacs on the board first with an RBI single in the third, on which a second run scored via an error to make the score 2-0.
Two doubles sparked a three-run fourth inning for Notre Dame, which added another run in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.
Bobby Seymour hit an RBI double to cut the margin to 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth, then the Deacs took a 6-4 lead in the sixth on a Jake Mueller sac fly, a run-scoring wild pitch, and Michael Ludowig RBI single.
Lanzilli led off the seventh with a double and came around to score on a two-out, two-strike RBI single from DJ Poteet to push the advantage to 7-4.
Wake Forest walked three hitters in the top of the ninth, helping set up for Eric Gilgenbach's game-tying two-run single as three different Deacon relievers failed to preserve the lead.
In the top of the 10th, Notre Dame's Brooks Coetzee was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single and third on a sac bunt. Wake Forest then got the soft ground ball it wanted and Patrick Frick accurately delivered it to home, but catcher Brendan Tinsman slipped on a bat near home plate and the go-ahead run slid into home safely.
The Deacs went down in order offensively in both the ninth and 10th innings. Notre Dame reliever Mitch Megias tossed 2.0 perfect innings in relief to earn the win.
Morgan McSweeney started for Wake Forest and struck out five over 6.0 frames. He allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks and left in line for the win. Bobby Hearn and Ryan Cusick recorded scoreless outings out of the pen.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fleming, William (1-2)
L: Andrew Belcik (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Eric Gilgenbach 1
RBI: Daniel Jung 1 ; Eric Gilgenbach 3
SH: Ethan Copeland 1
SF: Daniel Jung 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carter Putz 1 ; Niko Kavadas 1 ; Eric Gilgenbach 1 ; Ethan Copeland 1
SB: Spencer Myers 1
CS: Ryan Cole 1
PO: Ryan Cole 1
Batting:
2B: Steel, Bruce 2 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; McNamee, Cole 1 ; Poteet, DJ 1
RBI: Frick, Patrick 1 ; Steel, Bruce 1 ; Seymour, Bobby 1 ; Muntz, Shane 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Frick, Patrick 2 ; Steel, Bruce 2 ; Muntz, Shane 1 ; McNamee, Cole 1 ; Ludowig, Michael 1
SB: Ludowig, Michael 1
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RBI
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