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Brendan Tinsman

Wake Forest Suffers Loss at No. 13 Notre Dame

4/23/2022 6:19:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Brendan Tinsman extended his team-high hit streak to nine games with a two-hit performance, highlighted by his 15th home run of the season. Jake Reinisch increased his on-base streak to 38 games.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Wake Forest baseball team lost, 21-3, on Saturday afternoon to No. 13 Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium. 

Redshirt junior Brendan Tinsman got the Demon Deacons (28-11, 10-10 ACC) on the board with a solo home run to right field in the top of the second, marking his team-best 15th long fly of the season. This also extended Tinsman's hit streak to a team-best nine games. 

Tinsman added a single in the top of the fourth, marking his 16th multi-hit performance of the season.

The Fighting Irish extended their lead (25-8, 10-7 ACC) with runs in the second, third and fourth innings before Seth Keener tossed a shutdown inning in the fifth with a pair of punchouts following a sacrifice fly from Chris Katz, his second RBI of the series, in the top of the frame. 

Jake Reinisch extended his on-base streak to 38 games with a two-out walk in the top of the sixth. Reinisch scored from first in the inning as Pierce Bennett doubled for the second time of the game to shallow right field. Reinisch also registered a single to right field in the top of the eighth. 

Josh Hartle made the ninth start of his freshman season and struck out five batters in three innings, tying for the second most punch outs by the left hander this season.

Seth Keener tossed two innings, fanning a trio of batters while allowing just one earned run. 

Derek Crum, Eric Adler and Brennen Oxford tossed one inning a piece. Adler struck out three batters in the seventh, marking the third time in ACC play the righthander has fanned a trio of opponents. 

Due to forecasted weather, the series finale has been pushed up to an 11 a.m. first pitch on Sunday and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra. 

How It Happened

  • Tommy Hawke led off the game with a single up the middle on a full count. After a line out, Hawke was caught trying to steal second before a strikeout ended the top of the first. 

  • Notre Dame pushed across four runs in the bottom of the first on a three-run home run and an RBI-single. 

    • Josh Hartle made his ninth start of the season. The lefthander struck out four batters in the frame. 

    • All four Notre Dame runs were unearned.

  • Brendan Tinsman launched a solo home run to right field to open the top of the second as Wake Forest trimmed into Notre Dame's lead (4-1). 

  • Notre Dame increased their lead to 5-1 in the bottom half of the second with an RBI-groundout. 

    • Hartle punched out his fifth batter of the game for the first out of the inning. The lefthander stranded a base runner with a fly out to center field to end the frame. 

  • The Fighting Irish increased their lead to 8-1 with a three-run home run. 

    • Hartle induced back-to-back groundouts to open the bottom of the third. 

    • A fly out to Pierce Bennett in right field ended the inning. 

    • All three runs were unearned. 

  • Tinsman notched a two-out single to right field, his second base hit of the game, before a fielder's choice ended the top of the fourth. 

  •  Notre Dame extended their lead to 12-1 with four runs on five hits in the bottom of the fourth. 

    • Keener forced all three outs in the inning with a strikeout, pop up and ground out. 

  • The Deacs added a run on a sacrifice fly from Chris Katz that brought home Bennett. 

    • After Bennett's two-bagger, Tommy Hawke and Brock Wilken walked to load the bases with two outs. 

    • A ground out ended the inning and the scoring threat. 

  • Keener returned and threw a shutdown frame in the bottom of the fifth, highlighted by a pair of punchouts. 

    • The sophomore fanned a batter to open the inning and worked around a walk with another strikeout and a fly out to Adam Cecere in left field. 

  • The Demon Deacons tacked on another run in the top of the sixth as Bennett doubled to shallow right field, pushing Jake Reinisch (walk) to third base before a fielding error plated Reinisch. 

    • Reinisch extended his on-base streak to 38 games with his 38th walk of the season. 

  • Notre Dame extended their lead to 17-3 with a pair of two-run home runs and an RBI-double in the bottom of the sixth. 

  • The Fighting Irish increased their lead to 20-3 with a trio of runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run single and wild pitch. 

    • Eric Adler punched out three batters in the inning. 

  • Cecere and Reinisch both singled with two outs in the top of the eighth before a fielder's choice ended the frame. 

  • Notre Dame added a run in the bottom of the eighth, increasing their lead to 21-3. 

    • Following the lone run, Brennen Oxford worked around a one-out walk with fly out and pop out to end the frame. 

  • The Fighting Irish claimed game two, 21-3, as Wake Forest was retired in order in the ninth. 

Words from Walter
"We didn't make a couple plays early in the game that led to some big innings. In that four-run first, we had a chance with two outs and nobody on but we didn't make a block there and it ended up costing us. Then again in the third. Two outs and nobody on and we don't make a play on a ground ball then they single and homer and all the sudden we're down 8-1. It's hard in this league to come back from that kind of deficit. We pitched off toward the end of the game and it got away from us. That happens, but we have a rested and ready bullpen tomorrow. We've got Teddy McGraw on the mound. We'll come out ready to go."

On Deck
Due to forecasted weather, the series finale has been pushed up to an 11 a.m. first pitch on Sunday and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra. 

 

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Jack Findlay (4-0)

L: Hartle, Josh (4-4)

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Batting:

2B: Bennett, Pierce 2

HR: Tinsman, Brendan 1

RBI: Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Katz, Chris 1

SF: Katz, Chris 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 1

CS: Hawke, Tommy 1

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Batting:

2B: Ryan Cole 1 ; Carter Putz 1 ; Jack Zyska 1 ; Tony Lindwedel 1 ; Jared Miller 1

HR: Brady Gumpf 1 ; David LaManna 1 ; Jack Brannigan 1 ; Zack Prajzner 1

RBI: Ryan Cole 1 ; Nick Juaire 1 ; Brady Gumpf 2 ; Carter Putz 2 ; Brooks Coetzee 1 ; Jack Zyska 1 ; David LaManna 5 ; Tony Lindwedel 1 ; Jared Miller 1 ; Jack Brannigan 3 ; Zack Prajzner 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Ryan Cole 1 ; Nick Juaire 1 ; Brady Gumpf 2 ; Carter Putz 3 ; Brooks Coetzee 2 ; Jack Zyska 1 ; TJ Williams 1 ; David LaManna 3 ; Jared Miller 2 ; DM Jefferson 1 ; Jack Brannigan 1 ; Zack Prajzner 3

SB: Brooks Coetzee 1

Game Leaders

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Brendan Tinsman

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RBI
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Pierce Bennett

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Tommy Hawke

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Adam Cecere

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RBI
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Players Mentioned

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Eric Adler

RHP
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Pierce Bennett

INF
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12

Adam Cecere

OF/INF
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20

Derek Crum

OF
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Josh Hartle

LHP
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Tommy Hawke

INF
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Chris Katz

C
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Seth Keener

RHP
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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

C/OF
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Brock Wilken

INF/C
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