Wake Forest University
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest Falls in Series Finale to Georgia Tech
3/21/2021 4:59:00 PM | Baseball
Chris Lanzilli hit his third home run of the season on Sunday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest baseball could not overcome a slow start on Sunday, falling to No. 11 Georgia Tech 8-1 on Sunday in the series finale at David F. Couch Ballpark.
Wake Forest (5-8, 2-6 ACC) registered four hits on the afternoon, highlighted by Chris Lanzilli's pair. The Stoneham, Mass. native's solo homer in the fourth inning marked his third of the season, good for second on the team.
Hunter Furtado pitched two scoreless innings in relief. The freshman struck out three batters across his two frames while giving up just one hit.
Georgia Tech (11-6, 8-4 ACC) scored in the first inning and never looked back, posting 16 hits, including four extra-base hits. On the mound, Sam Crawford and Josiah Siegel combined to strike out eight Demon Deacon batters.
How It Happened
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Rhett Lowder worked himself out of a one-out bases loaded jam, tallying a strikeout and ground-out to keep the score 1-0 after the Yellow Jackets plated one run off four base hits.
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Brock Wilken rocketed a single to second base to become the Deacs' first baserunner in the bottom of inning number one. The Yellow Jackets induced a ground out the following batter to end the inning.
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Lowder tallied a perfect second frame, including his second strikeout of the day to keep the score 1-0.
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Georgia Tech added three runs (two unearned) to add to their lead (4-0) in the top of the third after loading the bases with no one out.
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Chris Lanzilli smoked a solo shot to left field in the bottom of the fourth for Wake Forest's first run of the ballgame.
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The homer was Lanzilli's third of the season
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Lowder's day was done after 4.1 innings, leaving the contest with four strikeouts. Brennen Oxford hit the mound with runners on first and second and one out. The Deacs then turned to Camden Minacci with the bases loaded after Oxford walked his lone batter. The Yellow Jackets added just one run (5-1) as Minacci shut down the scoring threat with a pair of strikeouts.
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Cole McNamee knocked in a single to left field in the bottom of the fifth frame. Parker Pilat also reached base after being hit by a pitch with two outs.
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After walking the opening batter in the top of the sixth, the Deacs turned a double play to empty the bases. Minacci forced a line out to get out of the jam and keep the score 5-1.
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Wake Forest loaded the bases with one out in the next half inning with Lanzilli (single), Seymour (walk) and Shane Muntz (error) all reached base safely. The Deacs were unable to push across any base runners after Georgia Tech retired two consecutive Wake Forest batters as it remained a 5-1 game.
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Georgia Tech's lead increased to 7-1 after a two-run shot in the seventh.
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Hunter Furtado strung together a perfect top half of the eighth inning, highlighted by a pair of strikeouts.
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Brock Wilken was stranded at first after a leadoff walk in the bottom of the eighth as the Yellow Jackets maintained their 7-1 advantage heading into the final inning.
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Seth Keener entered in the game in the top of ninth. After inducing a groundout, a single and double would plate Georgia Tech's eighth run of the game. After Keener earned a strikeout, Cole McNamee took the mound to finish the inning with a pop out.
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The Deacs went down in order in the bottom of the ninth to end the game.
In the Spotlight
Bobby Seymour reached safely for the 18th-straight game on Sunday thanks to a sixth inning walk. The last contest the St. John, Ind. native failed to reach base was on March 1, 2020 versus Sacred Heart.
Words from Walter
"Just a disappointing result and effort. We need to get a whole lot better real soon because we've got probably the toughest part of our schedule coming up here at Florida State who's playing really well, and at Louisville who's playing really well. So we've got to right the ship here in the next few days."
On Deck
Wake Forest will travel to Elon on Tuesday, March 23 for a non-conference matchup. First pitch is slated for 5:00 p.m.
The Deacs jump back into ACC play next weekend with a road trip at Florida State for a three-game set in Tallahassee on March 26-28.
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