Baseball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. No. 17 Miami

Gameday Central \| Wake Forest vs. No. 17 Miami
Game 49	Friday, May 10, 6 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| ACC Network Extra
Game 50	Saturday, May 11, 4 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| ACC Network Extra
Game 51	Monday, May 13, 7 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \| E SPNU
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. (David F. Couch Ballpark) - Facility Info \| Tickets: $5 \| Weather
Information	Wake Forest Notes \| @WakeB aseball

The Matchup
• Wake Forest welcomes No. 17 Miami to Winston-Salem this weekend for a three-game series on ACC Network Extra (Friday-Saturday) and ESPNU (Monday).

Promotions
• Friday - Superhero Night - Wear your best superhero costume - the winner will receive ticket books to the ACC Baseball Championship. There will also be superhero characters and a face painter.
• Saturday - Military Appreciation & Senior Night - All current and former military members and their families receive free admission. The Deacs will also honor their five graduating seniors before the game: Ben Casstevens, Logan Harvey, Bobby Hearn, Jake Mueller and Tyler Witt.
• Monday - Crowd The Couch - Tickets will cost just $1.

Last Time Out
• The Demon Deacons returned from a break for final exams with an 11-8 victory over Davidson on Tuesday.
• Bruce Steel hit a pair of home runs and totaled three RBIs, while Bobby Seymour was 3-for-5 with a double, home run and five RBIs.
• Shane Muntz hit a home run in his fourth-straight game, also giving him six home runs in his last six games.
• Ryan Cusick started and struck out five over 5.1 innings, allowing a run on four hits and a walk to earn the win.

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 ranked in the top three in the ACC with batting averages of .374. Seymour leads the nation with 77 RBIs on 15 doubles and eight homers. Frick has hit 12 doubles and four homers while drawing a team-best 35 walks. Lanzilli is hitting .342, leading the team with 16 doubles and 15 homers to go along with 60 RBIs, and he's hit five homers the last six games. Muntz is batting .342 with 13 homers and is currently on a 12-game hitting streak with homers in each of the last four.

Opponent & Series History
• Miami leads the all-time series over Wake Forest, 34-11, with the teams last meeting in 2017. That year, the Deacs won their first-ever series in Coral Gables, but the Hurricanes got the last laugh with a win at the ACC Championship which sent them to the semifinals. The Deacs have had more success lately, winning five of the last nine against UM.
• This year, Miami is 34-15 with ACC series wins over Georgia Tech, Pitt, Florida State, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Hurricanes had a seven-game winning streak snapped by UCF on Wednesday night. They're hitting .291 as a team, led by freshman Adrian Del Castillo (.346, 60 RBIs), while also recording a team ERA of 3.74.

On Deck
• Wake Forest ends the regular season with four straight road games, starting with a trip to Radford on Tuesday.

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Players Mentioned

Ben Casstevens

Ryan Cusick

Patrick Frick

Logan Harvey

Bobby Hearn

Chris Lanzilli

Jake Mueller

Shane Muntz

Bobby Seymour

Bruce Steel

Tyler Witt

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