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Teddy McGraw

Wake Forest Sweeps Duke; Walter Earns 350th Win at Wake Forest

4/10/2022 6:39:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The Demon Deacons sweep their Big Four rival for their first home ACC series victory of the season.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest baseball team capped off the weekend with a 16-11 win inside David F. Couch Ballpark on Sunday to sweep Big Four rival Duke, their third ACC series victory of the season.

The Sunday win marked head coach Tom Walter's 350th victory at the helm of the Wake Forest baseball program. 
 

The Demon Deacons (25-7, 9-6 ACC) used 13 hits and their 12th double-digit scoring game to claim their first sweep over Duke (13-19, 3-11 ACC) since the 2008 season. 

Wake Forest scored runs in six of their eight innings at the plate, highlighted by a six-run third. This marked the Demon Deacons' 16th inning with at least five runs this season. 

Brock Wilken, Brendan Tinsman, Adam Cecere and Nick Kurtz all homered in the series finale, Wake Forest's 14th game with multi-HRs. 

Wilken and Tinsman posted a team-high tying four RBIs as the duo each blasted a three-run home run while Tommy Hawke also notched a multi-RBI performance with a two-RBI single in the eighth. 

Overall, each Demon Deacon starter tallied at least one base hit as a quartet of batters tallied a pair of base knocks. 

Teddy McGraw kept Duke off the scoreboard for the first five innings of the game as the sophomore fanned a career-high seven while allowing just three hits and two earned runs.
 

McGraw pitched perfect 1-2-3 frames in the second, fourth and fifth innings. 

Brennen Oxford came in with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, inducing the next three outs of the game. Jacob Grzebinski took the hill in seventh, tossing 1.1 innings out of the bullpen. 

Crawford Wade sealed the victory in the ninth, striking out a pair of Blue Devils. 

The weekend series was the largest attended (4,085) traditional three-game series since 2016. 

How It Happened

  • Teddy McGraw tossed a scoreless top of the first inning with a pair of strikeouts. 

    • McGraw stranded a pair with an inning-ending strikeout. 

  • Wake Forest took a 2-0 lead with two hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the frame. 

  • McGraw registered a shutdown inning in the top of the second, striking out the Blue Devils in order on nine pitches. 

  • In the bottom of the inning, Wake Forest was unable to capitalize on a bases-loaded opportunity as the Deacs continued to lead 2-0.

  • McGraw worked around a leadoff double with a strikeout, fly out and groundout in the third to preserve the Deacs' lead. 

  • Wake Forest's offense exploded for six runs in the third inning, tallying three hits, a home run, two base runners from hit batters. This marked the 16th time this season Wake Forest scored at least five runs in an inning. 

    • Cecere was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and advanced to second on a fielding error on a fly ball hit by Reinisch. 

    • Pierce Bennett got the scoring started with an RBI-double to left field, scoring Cecere. 

    • Reinisch was plated on an RBI-single from Danny Corona, pushing Wake Forest's lead to 4-0. 

    • Kurtz tallied his 33rd RBI of the season as the freshman brought home Bennett on an RBI-groundout. 

    • Brock Wilken ended the offensive explosion with a three-run home run, his 10th of the season. 

  • McGraw tossed back-to-back three-up, three-down innings in the fourth and fifth, highlighted by his seventh strikeout of his start, a new career high. 

    • In the fifth, McGraw induced a trio of groundouts. 

  • Duke got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth as a sacrifice fly and an RBI-groundout trimmed Wake Forest's lead to 8-2. 

    • McGraw forced the first out of the inning before Brennen Oxford took over. The lefthander induced a ground out and fly out to end the scoring threat. 

  • A three-run home run in the bottom of the inning from Brendan Tinsman extended the Demon Deacon lead to 11-2. 

    • Wilken (walk) and Turconi (single) scored on Tinsman's second long fly of the series. 

  • A leadoff home run from the Blue Devils trimmed Wake Forest's advantage to eight (11-3) in the top of the seventh. 

    • Following the home run, Adam Cecere robbed another Duke home run in left field. 

    • Jacob Grzebinski forced the final two outs of the inning with a pair of groundouts. 

  • The Deacs got that run back in the bottom of the inning as Nick Kurtz launched a solo home run to left field, his eighth of his freshman campaign. 

  • Duke scored seven runs in the top of the eighth, cutting Wake Forest's lead to two (12-10).

  • Undaunted, Wake Forest scored four runs in the bottom of the frame. 

    • Adam Cecere blasted a solo shot to center field with one out.

    • Facing a full count and two outs, Tommy Hawke notched a two-RBI single up the middle to score Bennett and Will Ray. 

    • After Kurtz was walked, Wilken tallied his fourth RBI of the game with an RBI-single to right, scoring Hawke for Wake Forest's final run of the ballgame. 

  • Crawford Wade slammed the door in the ninth inning, striking out a pair to secure the 16-11 win and the conference sweep.  

Standout Stat
Head coach Tom Walter, the second-winningest coach in program history, won his 350th game at the helm of the Wake Forest baseball program on Sunday.  

In 25 seasons as a head coach, Walter has won 778 games. 

One of the best offenses in the nation, the Deacs continue to produce runs at a high volume. Today's six-run third marked the 16th time this season Wake Forest has scored five or more runs in a single inning. 

  • Feb. 18: Lafayette - 16 runs (fifth inning)

  • Feb. 18: Lafayette - 8 runs (sixth inning)

  • Feb. 22: UNCG - 6 runs (first inning)

  • Feb. 22: UNCG - 6 runs (third inning)

  • Feb. 22: UNCG - 6 runs (eighth inning)

  • Feb. 25: NJIT - 6 runs (second inning)

  • Feb. 25: NJIT - 6 runs (seventh inning)

  • Feb. 26: NJIT - 5 runs (seventh inning)

  • March 1: Elon - 5 runs (seventh inning)

  • March 15: WCU - 7 runs (third inning)

  • March 19: Georgia Tech - 12 runs (fifth inning)

  • March 22: Liberty - 5 runs (ninth inning)

  • March 30: Coastal Carolina - 6 runs (sixth inning)

  • April 1: Boston College - 7 runs (seventh inning)

  • April 2: Boston College- 6 runs (first inning)

  • April 10: Duke - 6 runs (third inning)

Additionally, Wake Forest has now scored double digits in 12 games this season. 

Words from Walter
"It's great to get a win and certainly great to get a sweep, which we needed. As I talked before the weekend, getting some separation between us and .500 (in the ACC) is very important. After pitching it really well for the first 24.2 innings, the last seven outs weren't easy to get, which you expect in this league. It's hard to sweep anybody. You know they're going to keep fighting and they put some good swings on some pitches late in the game. Just glad we didn't have to go to Cam. 

"It was good to see Brock have a big day with his big three-run homer and then his two-out RBI there. The two-out RBIs from Tommy Hawke and Brock were huge. We would have went to Minacci if we had to,  but we certainly didn't want to. Teddy McGraw threw the ball really well. I'm really pleased with his outing. We need to continue to build on the momentum."

On Deck
The Deacs head back on the road to finish off their season series with UNC Greensboro on Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. 

Wake Forest returns home for another home ACC series against Clemson on April 15-17 at David F. Couch Ballpark. 

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: McGraw, Teddy (3-1)

L: Seidl,Billy (2-3)

Duke

Batting:

2B: Stone,Alex 1 ; Hoyle,Wil 1

HR: Schreck,RJ 1 ; Stone,Alex 1 ; Yu,Andrew 1

RBI: Mooney,Alex 1 ; Pauley,Graham 1 ; Schreck,RJ 4 ; Knight,Chad 1 ; Stone,Alex 1 ; Obee,Devin 1 ; Yu,Andrew 1 ; Hoyle,Wil 1

SF: Knight,Chad 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Mooney,Alex 2 ; Pauley,Graham 2 ; Schreck,RJ 1 ; Stone,Alex 2 ; Johnson,Trevor 1 ; Yu,Andrew 2 ; Hoyle,Wil 1

HBP: Mooney,Alex 1 ; Storm,Luke 1 ; Yu,Andrew 1 ; Hoyle,Wil 1

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Batting:

2B: Bennett, Pierce 1

HR: Kurtz, Nick 1 ; Wilken, Brock 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Cecere, Adam 1

RBI: Kurtz, Nick 2 ; Wilken, Brock 4 ; Tinsman, Brendan 4 ; Cecere, Adam 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 1 ; Corona, Danny 1 ; Hawke, Tommy 2

SH: Hawke, Tommy 1

SF: Tinsman, Brendan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Kurtz, Nick 2 ; Wilken, Brock 2 ; Turconi, Michael 2 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Cecere, Adam 2 ; Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Ray, Will 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 2 ; Corona, Danny 1 ; Hawke, Tommy 2

SB: Cecere, Adam 1

HBP: Wilken, Brock 1 ; Cecere, Adam 1 ; Hawke, Tommy 1

Game Leaders

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Nick Kurtz

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Brock Wilken

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Adam Cecere

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Pierce Bennett

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Players Mentioned

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Pierce Bennett

INF
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Adam Cecere

OF/INF
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Danny Corona

INF
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Jacob Grzebinski

LHP
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Tommy Hawke

INF
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Nick Kurtz

OF/INF
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Teddy McGraw

RHP
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Brennen Oxford

LHP
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Jake Reinisch

INF/OF
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Brendan Tinsman

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Michael Turconi

INF
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Crawford Wade

LHP
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Brock Wilken

INF/C
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