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Tommy Hawke

Wake Forest Caps Off Road Trip with 17-9 Win at Gardner-Webb

4/27/2022 10:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Wake Forest moved to 19-2 in non-conference games this season, outscoring opponents 219-110.

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Wake Forest baseball team won their 19th non-conference game of the season with a 17-9 victory over Gardner-Webb on Wednesday night at John Henry Moss Stadium. 

The Demon Deacons (29-13, 10-11 ACC) used their 16th game with double-digit runs and their fourth game with at least 20 hits to claim the lone matchup against the Bulldogs (14-28, 5-10 Big South). 

Timely hitting fueled Wake Forest's offense, tallying a .470 average (8-of-17) and 10 RBIs with two outs. Additionally, the middle of the lineup produced in a huge way as Brendan Tinsman, Adam Cecere and Pierce Bennett registered three RBIs apiece. 

With the game tied after the first full inning, the Demon Deacons tallied nine unanswered runs and back-to-back shutdown innings on the mound from Seth Keener to take hold of a 10-1 heading into the fourth. 

10 Deacs had hit in the midweek win, led by Kyle Joye with a career-high four hits and four RBIs. Joye launched his third home run of the season in the top of the third. 

Tinsman joined Joye with a round-tripper, his 17th of the season. Tinsman came into Wednesday fourth in ACC in home runs and will enter Wake Forest's top 10 single season home run list with his next long fly. 

Six more Demon Deacons notched multi-hit performances as Tommy Hawke and Michael Turconi added a trio of hits while Brock Wilken, Cecere, Bennett and Danny Corona each tallied two. 

In addition to his two hits, Corona scored a career and team-high four runs. 

Keener earned his third victory of the season as the sophomore struck out five while allowing just one earned run and three hits. 

Following Keener's four-inning outing, Derek Crum, Jacob Grzebinski, Eric Adler and Will Andrews combined for eight punchouts over the next five frames. 

Grzebinski and Adler punched out two batters each before Andrews blanked the Bulldogs in the ninth inning with three strikeouts. 

How It Happened

  • Wake Forest got the scoreboard first as Pierce Bennett walked with the bases loaded. 

  • Gardner-Webb tied the game with an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning. 

    • Seth Keener punched out his first batter of the game to end the inning.

  • The Deacs regained the lead in the top of the second, pushing across four runs on RBI-base hits from Tommy Hawke, Cecere and Pierce Bennett. 

    • Hawke lasered a single back up the middle to score Danny Corona (single) before Cecere's two-run base knock scored Kyle Joye (single) and Corona. 

    • Pierce Bennett capped off the inning with a perfectly laid bunt down the third base line with two outs, scoring Wilken, who was hit by a pitch. 

    • Four-straight Demon Deacons reached base to open the inning. Overall, Wake Forest tallied five hits in the inning. 

    • Three of Wake Forest's runs came across with two outs. 

  • The Deacs took their four-run lead (5-1) to the third frame as Keener tossed a shutdown inning in the bottom of the second, highlighted by his second strikeout. 

  • Wake Forest's offense erupted for five runs in the top of the third, extending their lead to 10-1 as 10 batters made a plate appearance and registered five base hits. 

    • Joye lasered a two-run home run to left field, scoring Corona (single).

    • Hawke notched a bunt single and scored on a base hit from Adam Cecere, his third RBI of the game. 

    • After a pitching change, Brendan Tinsman scored on a wild pitch before Bennett notched his second hit of the game to score Cecere to end the big inning. 

  • Keener tossed his second-straight zero in the bottom half of the inning, inducing a ground out, fly out and strikeout. 

    • Keener picked up his third strikeout of the game with two runners on base to end the inning. 

  • Tinsman launched a three-run home run in the top of the fourth, extending Wake Forest's advantage to 13-1. 

    • Hawke (fielder's choice) and Turconi (single) scored on Tinsman's 17th long fly of the season. 

    • Joye notched his second hit of the game to lead off the inning. 

  • Gardner-Webb scored on a balk in the bottom of the fourth, trimming Wake Forest's lead to 13-2. Keener fanned a pair in the inning, increasing his game total to five punchouts. 

  • A two-RBI single from Joye as well as an RBI-single from Wilken increased the Demon Deacon lead to 16-2 in the top of the fifth. 

  • The Bulldogs tacked on two runs on wild pitches in the bottom of the fifth. 

    • Derek Crum took over in the beginning of the inning, inducing a pair of pop ups and an inning-ending strikeout. 

  • After Wake Forest was held off the scoreboard for the first time of the game in the top of the sixth, the Bulldogs added two more runs on a sacrifice fly and solo home run to trim Wake Forest's lead to 16-6.

  • The Deacs added to their lead (17-6) as Hawke fired a ground-rule double to deep center field to score Corona. 

    • This marked the fourth run Corona scored, setting a new career high. 

  • Jacob Grzebinski tossed a perfect 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh with a pair of strikeouts to preserve Wake Forest's 17-6 advantage. 

  • A two-RBI triple and wild pitch plated a trio of Gardner-Webb runs in the bottom of the eighth as Wake Forest led 17-9 heading into the final frame.  

    • Eric Adler took the mound in the inning, picking up a pair of strikeouts in the frame. 

  • Will Andrews made his third appearance of the season in the bottom of the ninth, blanking the Bulldogs with a trio of strikeouts to close out the 17-9 victory. 

Standout Stat
10 Demon Deacons combined for 21 hits in the Wednesday win, their fourth game this season with at least 20 hits:

  • Feb. 22: vs. UNC Greensboro, 21 hits (23 runs)

  • March 19: at Georgia Tech, 28 hits (27 runs)

  • April 2: at Boston College, 22 hits (20 runs)

  • April 27: at Gardner-Webb, 21 hits (17 runs)

With their five runs in the third inning, the Deacs have now scored five runs or more in an inning 19 times this season:

  • 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)

  • April 16: Clemson- 7 runs (first inning)

  • April 24: Notre Dame - 5 runs (fifth inning)

  • April 27: Gardner-Webb- 5 runs (third inning)

A duo of Demon Deacon set new career highs on Wednesday night. With his first-inning single, Michael Turconi tallied his 51st base knock of the season while Brock Wilken's RBI-single in the top of the fifth marked his 45th RBI of his sophomore season. 

Words from Walter
"A much needed win after yesterday's disappointing loss. I was really happy with our offensive approach today. We scored 17 runs, but we had 10 two-out RBIs today. Of our first 36 plate appearances, we had 25 quality at-bats, which is really good. Kyle Joye had a great day going four for his first four with a homer. Tinny with the three-run homer. Cecere had a great day with three two-out RBIs. Pierce Bennett had another good day. Good to see those guys play well when we needed it. 

"Seth Keener threw the ball well. Our bullpen was okay. We still have some things we need to work out there. It was a good team win. Hopefully we gain some momentum heading into the weekend."

On Deck
Wake Forest returns home to David F. Couch Ballpark for two games against non-conference foe Longwood on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1. 

The first game of the weekend set is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start, while Sunday's contest will begin at 1 p.m. 

Both games will be available on ACC Network Extra. 

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Keener, Seth (3-1)

L: OSTEEN, Luke (0-2)

Wake Forest LogoWake Forest

Batting:

2B: Hawke, Tommy 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1

HR: Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Joye, Kyle 1

RBI: Hawke, Tommy 2 ; Wilken, Brock 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 3 ; Cecere, Adam 3 ; Bennett, Pierce 3 ; Joye, Kyle 4

Base Running:

RUNS: Hawke, Tommy 3 ; Wilken, Brock 2 ; Turconi, Michael 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 2 ; Cecere, Adam 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 1 ; Sehgal, Zach 1 ; Corona, Danny 4 ; Joye, Kyle 2

SB: Hawke, Tommy 1

HBP: Wilken, Brock 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 1 ; Corona, Danny 2

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Batting:

2B: CAPOBIANCO, Pete 1

3B: MARCOS, Jacob 1 ; ROBISON, Curtis 1

HR: BURNS, Alec 1

RBI: JONES, AJ 1 ; BURNS, Alec 1 ; ROBISON, Curtis 2

SF: JONES, AJ 1

Base Running:

RUNS: MARCOS, Jacob 2 ; JONES, AJ 1 ; BURNS, Alec 3 ; ROBISON, Curtis 2 ; CAPOBIANCO, Pete 1

SB: MARCOS, Jacob 1 ; ROBISON, Curtis 1

HBP: MARCOS, Jacob 1 ; BURNS, Alec 1 ; TORRES, Humberto 1 ; CAPOBIANCO, Pete 1

Game Leaders

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Tommy Hawke

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Michael Turconi

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Brock Wilken

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Players Mentioned

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Eric Adler

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Will Andrews

RHP
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Pierce Bennett

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Adam Cecere

OF/INF
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Danny Corona

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Derek Crum

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Jacob Grzebinski

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Tommy Hawke

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Kyle Joye

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Seth Keener

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Brendan Tinsman

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Michael Turconi

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Brock Wilken

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