Baseball Gameday: Wake Forest at ACC Championship

Gameday Central \| Wake Forest at ACC Championship
Game 56	Wake Forest vs. Florida State - Tuesday, May 21, 3 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| RSN (Fox Sports Go) \| RSN Affiliates
Game 54	Wake Forest vs. No. 13 NC State - Thursday, May 23, 7 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| RSN (Fox Sports Go) \| RSN Affiliates
Location	Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park) - Facility Info \| Tickets \| Weather
Information	Wake Forest Notes \| @WakeB aseball

The Matchup
• No. 10 seed Wake Forest heads into the ACC Championship. The Demon Deacons are joined in Pool C by No. 3 seed NC State and No. 6 seed Florida State. Wake Forest plays the Seminoles on Tuesday afternoon and the Wolfpack on Thursday night, with both games airing on RSN, which includes Fox Sports South.

Last Time Out
• The Demon Deacons closed out the series against Clemson with a 14-5 win on Saturday. Wake Forest was led by Patrick Frick (5-for-6, two RBIs, four runs) and Chris Lanzilli (3-for-4, two walks, two RBIs), while Bruce Steel added a three-run homer and Bobby Seymour totaled three RBIs.
• Ryan Cusick allowed a pair of two-run homers, giving up just four hits in 6.0 innings with five strikeouts to earn the victory. His seven wins are tied for second-most by a freshman in program history.
• Seymour finished the weekend with six hits and 10 RBIs, while Frick added nine hits.

Wake Forest Storylines
• Wake Forest's offense has become one of the powers of the ACC. The Deacs rank in the top five in the league in batting average, runs, home runs and slugging percentage, also ranking in the top 20 nationally in runs, homers and walks.
• A quartet of Deacons have been the catalyst to that offense: Bobby Seymour, Chris Lanzilli, Patrick Frick and Shane Muntz. Seymour and Frick are the top two in the ACC with batting averages of .377 and .374, respectively. Seymour leads the nation with 92 RBIs on 19 doubles and nine homers. Frick has hit 14 doubles and four homers while drawing a team-best 38 walks. Lanzilli is hitting .350, leading the team with 16 homers to go along with 19 doubles and 67 RBIs. Muntz is batting .316 with 14 homers.
• Seymour was named the ACC Player of the Year on Monday, marking the seventh time a Deacon has earned the honor. He was joined as a first team All-ACC pick by Lanzilli.

Opponent & Series History
• Florida State has a 92-30 lead over Wake Forest in the all-time series, including a series win in Tallahassee this year. The Seminoles feature first team All-ACC selections Drew Mendoza and J.C. Flowers, while pitcher Drew Parrish struck out 10 Deacs in 7.0 innings of three-hit, shutout ball on April 26.
• Wake Forest took the rubber game to win the series over then-No. 8 NC State in April. The Wolfpack bounced back by winning series over North Carolina and Clemson the last two weekends, and the team is led by ACC Defensive Player of the Year Will Wilson and fellow first team All-ACC pick Patrick Bailey.

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Cusick

Patrick Frick

Chris Lanzilli

Shane Muntz

Bobby Seymour

Bruce Steel

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