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Josh Hartle

Strong Start from Hartle; Early Offense Propels Wake Forest to Regional Victory

6/4/2022 6:03:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Freshman left hander Josh Hartle earned his seventh win of the season after allowing one run over seven stellar innings on the mound. The Deacs jumped out to a 4-0 lead thanks to home runs from Michael Turconi, Brendan Tinsman and Brock Wilken in the first.

COLLEGE PARK, Md.- A strong start from freshman left hander Josh Hartle and early offense propelled the Wake Forest baseball team to a 10-4 victory over LIU at the College Park Regional on Saturday afternoon. 

The regional win helped the Demon Deacons (41-18-1) move to 45-30 all time in the NCAA Tournament and claim its 41st victory of the season, the fifth most in program history. 

Wake Forest jumped out early and never looked back as the second-seeded Deacs blasted three home runs in the first inning to take a 4-0 advantage over the Sharks (37-21). 

Working with the lead, Hartle shoved, allowing just one hit and two walks to go along with five strikeouts in six-straight scoreless frames to begin his 14th start of the season, the second most by a rookie in program history. 

In the longest start of his young career, the King, N.C. native became just the sixth Demon Deacon freshman ever to earn seven wins.

Wake Forest tacked on four more runs on five hits in the top of the sixth before responding to two LIU runs with an RBI-double from Lucas Costello and sacrifice fly from Pierce Bennett in the top of the ninth. 

Tinsman rewrote the Wake Forest record book as the Cape Elizabeth, Maine native tied Billy Masse's 34-year old program record with his 24th home run of the season. 

Additionally, Wilken's solo shot that capped off the top of the first moved him into sole possession of second on Wake Forest's single season home run list (22).

The top of the Demon Deacon order combined for 11 hits and eight RBIs, led by Tommy Hawke with a team-high four hits. Tinsman and Cecere added three base knocks apiece. 

Crawford Wade forced a groundout and struck out a pair of LIU batters to end the bottom of the eighth before Jacob Grzebinski recorded the final three outs of the game in the bottom of the ninth, striking out a pair to clinch the win. 

How It Happened

  • Wake Forest jumped out to an early 4-0 lead behind home runs from Michael Turconi (two-run), Brendan Tinsman (solo) and Brock Wilken (solo). 

    • Tommy Hawke opened the game with a walk and came around to score on Turconi's 15th home run of the season. 

    • Adam Cecere followed up Wilken's 22nd long fly of the season with a single to right field following a pitching change. 

  • Josh Hartle sent the Sharks down in order in the bottom of the first, highlighted by his first strikeout. 

  • Hawke reached base again with a bunt single to the pitcher and advanced to second on a throwing error before Pierce Bennett was walked with one out. The next two Deacs were retired to end the inning. 

  • Hartle preserved Wake Forest's 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second, stranding a runner at third with back-to-back punchouts. 

  • After the Deacs were retired in order in the top of the third, Hartle tossed another scoreless inning in the bottom half with a pair of strikeouts, increasing his game total to five. 

  • The Deacs placed a pair on base with back-to-back singles with two outs from Tommy Hawke and Pierce Bennett. 

    • Hawke moved to third on Bennett's base hit to left field to put runners on the corners. The inning ended as LIU threw out a Demon Deacon trying to steal. 

  • Hartle continued to deal in the fourth, retiring the first two batters of the inning with a ground out and a pop up. The freshman worked around a two-out walk with another ground out to keep Wake Forest's lead at four. 

  • Nick Kurtz reached base with two outs in the top of the fifth after a fielding error by the Sharks before a groundout ended the inning. 

  • Hartle tossed a perfect 1-2-3 inning with a trio of groundouts in the bottom of the frame as Wake Forest continued to lead 4-0. 

  • Wake Forest doubled their advantage (8-0) in the top of sixth with four runs on five hits. 

    • The Deacs loaded the bases as Adam Cecere led off the inning with a double to left field before Jake Reinisch walked and Lucas Costello singled. 

    • The scoring started as Hawke singled to the pitcher and Pierce Bennett knocked in an RBI-single. 

    • Tinsman fired a two-RBI single to cap off Wake Forest's second four-run inning of the game. 

  • After conceding a leadoff walk, Hartle retired three-straight batters for a shutdown inning in the bottom of the sixth. 

  • LIU got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh, making it an 8-1 ballgame. 

    • After the Sharks plated their first run, Hartle induced a fly out and groundout to end the inning. 

  • A bunt single from Turconi and base knock up the middle from Tinsman placed a pair of Demon Deacons on base in the top of the eighth, but a fly out and ground out ended the scoring opportunity. 

  • The Sharks tacked on a run in the bottom of the eighth after loading the bases. Crawford Wade struck out back-to-back LIU batters to end the frame and strand a pair. 

  • An RBI-double from Costello and a sacrifice fly from Bennett increased Wake Forest's lead to 10-2 after the top of the ninth.

    • Cecere was plated on Costello's two-bagger off the batter's eye after a leadoff single before Costelo came around to score on Bennett's barrel to deep left field. 

    • Hawke notched his fourth hit of the game in the inning as well. 

  • LIU responded with a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, trimming Wake Forest's lead to 10-4. Grzebinski induced a fly out before striking out his second batter of the inning to clinch the regional victory. 

 

Standout Stats
With the regional victory, Wake Forest claimed itd 41st win of the season, the fifth most in program history. 

40-Win Seasons

  1. 2002 - 47 overall wins (42 regular season, five postseason) 

          1999 - 47 overall wins (39 regular season, eight postseason)

  1. 2001- 44 overall wins (37 regular season, seven postseason)

  2. 2017 - 43 overall wins (38 regular season wins, five postseason) 

          1998- 43 overall wins (36 regular season, seven postseason)

  1. 2000 - 42 overall wins, (38 regular season, three postseason) 

  2. 2022 - 41 overall wins (39 regular season, two postseason)

The Deacs have increased their win total by 21 games from last season (41 wins to 20 wins), the largest year-to-year turnaround in program history.

This year's team became the first squad since 2017 to reach 40 wins and posted the Demon Deacons' seventh 40-win season in program history after their 13-run win against Miami on Friday, May 27.

Freshman Josh Hartle shoved, allowing just one hit and two walks to go along with five strikeouts in six-straight scoreless frames to begin his 14th start of the season, the second-most by a rookie in program history 

Victories 

  1. Kyle Sleeth 2001 10 

  2. Josh Hartle (2022)- 7

           Ryan Cusick (2019)- 7 

           Ben Clayton (2000)- 7 

           Frank Humber 1986)- 7 

           Brick Smith (1978)- 7

The King, N.C. native has now made the second-most starts by a freshman in Wake Forest history (14). 

Tinsman rewrote the Wake Forest record book as the Cape Elizabeth, Maine native tied Billy Masse's 34-year old program record with his 24th home run of the season. 

Single Season Home Runs

  1. Brendan Tinsman (2022)-24

           Billy Masse (1988)-24

  1. Brock Wilken (2022)-22

  2. Bobby Seymour 2021 

           Gavin Sheets 2017 21 

           Jamie D'Antona 2003 21

Additionally, Wilken's solo shot that capped off the top of the first moved him into sole possession of the second-most home runs in Wake Forest history (22). 

This marks just the second time in program history that the Deacs have had multiple 20-plus home run hitters in the same season (2017 - Gavin Sheets, 21 and Johnny Aiello, 20).

Words from Walter
"That was a good win. We needed to get through that game without using McGraw, Keener, Mascolo, Golob and Minacci. We were able to do that and Josh Hartle was the reason. Josh gave us seven really strong innings. He had all four pitches working today so I was really pleased with the way Josh threw the baseball. We pieced together the last six outs. Crawford came in when it was still a tight ball game and got us a ground out and two big strikeouts and then Grizz finished it in the ninth.

"Offensively, the top of the order got it done for us today. Tommy Hawke was on base five times. Pierce had a couple hits. Turc had a couple hits. Tinny had three hits, including a homer. Cec had three hits. Our main players got it done today. It was a good day for the Deacs."

College Park Regional Information

Teams and Seeds

  1. Maryland- 45-12 (Big Ten)

  2. Wake Forest- 41-18-1 (ACC)

  3. UConn- 46-13 (Big East)

  4. Long Island- 37-21 (Northeast Conference)

Schedule

  • Game 1: No. 2 Wake Forest- 7, No. 3 UConn- 8 

  • Game 2: No. 1 Maryland- 23, No. 4 Long Island- 2

  • Game 3: No. 2 Wake Forest- 10, No. 4 Long Island- 4

  • Game 4: No. 3 UConn vs. No. 1 Maryland | Sat., June 4 | 7 p.m. | ESPN+

  • Game 5: No. 2 Wake Forest vs. Game 4 loser | Sun., June 5 | 1 p.m.  | TBD

  • Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner | Sun., June 5 | 7 p.m. | TBD

  • Game 7*: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser | Mon., June 6 | 7 p.m. | TBD

    • *-Game 7 will only be necessary if the winner of Game 5 also wins Game 6.

Pairings for Super Regionals
The College Park Regional is paired with the Stanford Regional. The winners of those two regionals will play in a Super Regional the following weekend (Friday, June 10-Monday, June 13). In addition to No. 2 national seed Stanford, the regional features Texas State, UC Santa Barbara and Binghamton.

NCAA Tournament Information
The field of 64 teams was placed in 16 different four-team regions, with teams seeded one through four to compete in a double-elimination format.

Games then start with regionals and continue on to super regionals before the College World Series begins Friday, June 17 at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.

A complete schedule can be found below: 

2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Schedule

  • Regionals: Friday, June 3 through Monday, June 6

  • Super Regionals: Friday, June 10 through Monday, June 13

  • CWS opening celebration day: Thursday, June 16

  • First day of CWS games — Friday, June 17

  • CWS Finals — Start Saturday, June 25 (best out of 3)

On Deck
Wake Forest returns to the diamond on Sunday, June 5 at 1 p.m. against the loser of Saturday night's contest between Maryland and UConn. 

The winner of Sunday's opener will then take the field against the undefeated team at 7 p.m. inside Bob Smith Stadium.

TV designations will be determined at a later time. 

Tickets can be purchased here. 

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hartle, Josh (7-6)

L: WADE, Jalen (4-5)

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Batting:

2B: Cecere, Adam 1 ; Costello, Lucas 1

HR: Turconi, Michael 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Wilken, Brock 1

RBI: Hawke, Tommy 1 ; Bennett, Pierce 2 ; Turconi, Michael 2 ; Tinsman, Brendan 3 ; Wilken, Brock 1 ; Costello, Lucas 1

SF: Bennett, Pierce 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Hawke, Tommy 2 ; Bennett, Pierce 1 ; Turconi, Michael 1 ; Tinsman, Brendan 1 ; Wilken, Brock 1 ; Cecere, Adam 2 ; Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Costello, Lucas 1

CS: Bennett, Pierce 1

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Batting:

2B: WASSON, Christopher 1

HR: POWER, Jack 1

RBI: CIACCIO, Giovanni 1 ; TURNER, Luke 1 ; POWER, Jack 2

Base Running:

RUNS: SURRETT, Seth 1 ; WASSON, Christopher 1 ; TURNER, Luke 1 ; POWER, Jack 1

SB: CIACCIO, Giovanni 1

HBP: SURRETT, Seth 1

Game Leaders

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Adam Cecere

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Lucas Costello

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Ryan Cusick

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Jacob Grzebinski

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Josh Hartle

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Tommy Hawke

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Nick Kurtz

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Jake Reinisch

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Bobby Seymour

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Brendan Tinsman

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Michael Turconi

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Crawford Wade

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Brock Wilken

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