Wake Forest University
23-16, 10-9
NC State
30-9, 12-7
Deacs Knock Off No. 8 Wolfpack, 7-3
4/18/2019 10:04:00 PM | Baseball
Colin Peluse tossed 6.0 innings of three-hit ball to lead Wake Forest to the victory.
Peluse tossed 6.0 innings of three-hit ball, allowing one run while matching his career high with seven strikeouts, earning the win to improve to 3-5.
The Demon Deacons (23-16, 10-9 ACC) out-hit the Wolfpack (30-9, 12-7 ACC), 11-7, also drawing nine walks.
After Wake Forest had potential rallies thwarted by double plays the first two innings, the Deacs mounted a two-out rally in the third.
Chris Lanzilli (2-for-3, 2 walks) started it off with a solo homer, his 10th of the year to tie for the team lead. Three-straight singles from Bobby Seymour (2-for-4, 2 RBIs, walk), Brendan Tinsman and Michael Ludowig (3-for-3, double, walk) and an NC State error brought in two runs, making the score 3-0.
A sac fly cut NC State's deficit to 3-1 in the fifth, but the Deacs answered right back with a Tinsman RBI groundout to push the lead back to 4-1.
Seymour, the ACC's RBI leader, collected his 54th and 55th runs batted in of the season with a two-run single in the sixth to increase the advantage to 6-1.
Bruce Steel knocked in Ludowig in the seventh for Wake Forest's final run, before NC State's Luca Tresh closed out the scoring with a two-run homer in the eighth.
William Fleming closed out the victory with 1.2 shutout frames, while Antonio Menendez also had a scoreless outing out of the pen.
Game two of the series is currently scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday. Stay tuned to GoDeacs.com in the morning for potential updates due to inclement weather.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peluse, Colin (3-5)
L: Dalton Feeney (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Patrick Bailey 1 ; Vojtech Mensik 1
HR: Luca Tresh 1
RBI: Will Wilson 1 ; Luca Tresh 2
SF: Will Wilson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyler McDonough 1 ; Luca Tresh 1 ; Vojtech Mensik 1
SB: Vojtech Mensik 1
Batting:
2B: Ludowig, Michael 1
HR: Lanzilli, Chris 1
RBI: Lanzilli, Chris 1 ; Seymour, Bobby 2 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Ludowig, Michael 1 ; Steel, Bruce 1
SH: Turconi, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frick, Patrick 1 ; Lanzilli, Chris 1 ; Seymour, Bobby 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Ludowig, Michael 1 ; Poteet, DJ 1 ; McNamee, Cole 1
CS: Lanzilli, Chris 1
