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No. 1 Wake Forest Takes Both Games of Saturday Doubleheader
3/2/2024 9:52:00 PM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons remained perfect at home with a 7-5 and 9-8 victory over Binghamton on Saturday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 1 Wake Forest baseball team picked up a pair of wins on Saturday with a 7-5 and 9-8 victory over Binghamton at David F. Couch Ballpark to improve to 8-0 at home this season.
Graduate transfer Cameron Gill played the hero in the Demon Deacons (9-1) first walk-off win of the season in the night cap of Saturday's doubleheader with a single off the right field wall to walk-off the Bearcats (2-6), 9-8.
At the plate, the Deacs had three hitters go 3-for-8 on the day, with Adam Tellier, Seaver King and Jack Winnay all finishing the doubleheader with three hits.
Shortstop Marek Houston also finished with three hits over the twinbill with none bigger than his first home run of the season in the second inning of game two. The sophomore launched a 1-1 pitch over the wall in left center for his second career grand slam to put the Deacs up 5-0.
In his third start of the season in game one, junior lefthander Josh Hartle notched a season-high seven strikeouts to put him 24 away from cracking the top-10 in program history.
His third win of the season and 21st victory of his career now moves Hartle just one win away from entering the top 10 in program history.
In game two, Chase Burns struck out 10 or more for the seventh time in his career with a season-high 11 punchouts on Saturday and has now struckout 246 career batters. The junior righty currently sits at 15.3 K/9 through his first three outings.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game One)
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTICS
FROM COACH WALTER
"I thought Josh Hartle threw the ball better today than he had in the first two weeks. Obviously, he gave up the pair of two-run homers with two outs and two strikes. He typically gets us in the dugout there but I want to give credit to the Binghamton hitters for putting good swings on the ball in those situations. I was really happy with our bullpen at the end of game one. I thought Dave Falco was outstanding. Will Ray pitched well again coming in behind Josh. I'm very happy with the way we threw the ball in game one, we did just enough offensively to get us a win. Seaver King had a great day in the first game. Austin Hawke had another good day. He has been having our best at-bats down in the bottom of the lineup, which is huge for us. The story of the first game was Austin and Seaver doing a really good job at the plate and the bullpen finishing.
In game two, I thought Chase Burns and Josh Gunther both threw the ball well. We just had too many walks in the second game. We allowed 10 walks, which is not like us at all. We walked the leadoff hitter to start the inning four times. We had an 8-2 lead with six outs to get and had to go to the bottom of the ninth. Give credit to our guys, they battled and found a way to win. Marek Houston had a big grand slam early to give us the lead. Jack Winnay had another good swing to get us to 8-2. We coughed it up after that but we showed some toughness. We had a couple of good walks. Austin Hawke and Mitchell Salvino had a great walk there in the last inning and Gill got it done for us. Again, Binghamton has a good club and it feels good to get two wins. We still aren't playing our best baseball yet but we are finding ways to win. So hopefully we can put some things together here soon." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Deacs are back at David F. Couch Ballpark against in-state opponent Elon on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.. For fans not in attendance at The Couch on Sunday, the game can be seen on ACC Network Extra.
Follow The Deacs:
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Graduate transfer Cameron Gill played the hero in the Demon Deacons (9-1) first walk-off win of the season in the night cap of Saturday's doubleheader with a single off the right field wall to walk-off the Bearcats (2-6), 9-8.
At the plate, the Deacs had three hitters go 3-for-8 on the day, with Adam Tellier, Seaver King and Jack Winnay all finishing the doubleheader with three hits.
Shortstop Marek Houston also finished with three hits over the twinbill with none bigger than his first home run of the season in the second inning of game two. The sophomore launched a 1-1 pitch over the wall in left center for his second career grand slam to put the Deacs up 5-0.
In his third start of the season in game one, junior lefthander Josh Hartle notched a season-high seven strikeouts to put him 24 away from cracking the top-10 in program history.
His third win of the season and 21st victory of his career now moves Hartle just one win away from entering the top 10 in program history.
In game two, Chase Burns struck out 10 or more for the seventh time in his career with a season-high 11 punchouts on Saturday and has now struckout 246 career batters. The junior righty currently sits at 15.3 K/9 through his first three outings.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game One)
- Junior Josh Hartle settled in on the mound after allowing a pair of hits to start the game with a 4-6-3 double play and a strikeout looking to strand a runner at third.
- The Deacs took control of the game with a five spot in the bottom half of the first.
- Sophomore Marek Houston and third baseman Adam Tellier both reached on bunt singles to open the inning.
- First baseman Nick Kurtz drew his 12th walk in nine games to load the bases for the Deacs.
- King sent a ball through the right side of the infield into right field to plate the first run for Wake Forest.
- Senior Jake Reinisch drove in his ninth run of the year off a bloop single to left field.
- After a wild pitch plated the Deacs third run, second baseman Austin Hawke drove in his team leading 13th and 14th run to make it 5-0 early in the contest.
- Hartle retired the Bearcats in order in both the second and third inning with a strikeout in each frame.
- Wake Forest extended their lead on Hawke's third RBI of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to center to make it 6-0 after three complete.
- Binghamton got a pair of runs back on a homer in the top of the fourth with two outs.
- Hartle responded with a pair of strikeouts in the fifth for a new season-high seven punchouts.
- The Bearcats tacked on three runs in the sixth to cut the Demon Deacon lead to just one run.
- Hawke added his fourth RBI of the day, sending his second homer of the year 362 feet over the left field to push the Wake lead back over to two runs.
- The sophomore has at least one RBI in the last eight games, including four multi-RBI efforts.
- Junior Will Ray entered in relief of Hartle and worked a scoreless frame in the seventh to keep the score at 7-5 in favor of the Deacs.
- Ray fanned one and kept the Bearcats scoreless in the top of the eighth inning.
- Graduate student Dave Falco Jr. dominated the top of the ninth as he sat down the Bearcats in order to pick up the save as the Demon Deacons defeated the Bearcats 7-5.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game Two) - Junior Chase Burns started off the game for the Deacs with a scoreless frame and his first strikeout of the night.
- Third baseman Adam Tellier roped his fourth homerun of the season to give the Deacs a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
- Burns settled in and sat down the Binghamton batters in order to keep the score 1-0 through the top of the second inning.
- After the Bearcats walked the bases loaded, sophomore Marek Houston unloaded on a ball to left center that extended the Deacs lead to 5-0.
- Of Houston's five career homers, two have been in grand fashion with his other coming in the Super Regional last year against Alabama.
- Burns fanned two more batters and added another scoreless frame in the top of the third inning.
- The Bearcats got on the board in the fourth on an RBI groundout.
- Burns tallied his eighth and ninth strikeouts in the top of the fifth inning to hold the score at 5-1.
- In his final inning of work, Burns K'd two more batters in the top of the sixth innings but the Bearcats scored on a sac fly to make it a 5-2 ballgame.
- Getting his first career start in left field for the Deacs, Javar Williams picked up his first career hit and first career RBI, flaring a single into left field to extend the Wake Forest lead.
- Jack Winnay added his team-leading fifth home run of the year in the bottom of the 7th to push Wake's lead out to six.
- The Bearcats clawed back with three runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game at 8-8.
- Three-straight walks to open the bottom of the ninth set the stage for Cameron Gill.
- Already 2-for-4 on the night, the graduate transfer added his third hit of the game with a walk-off single off the top of the wall in right field to score Antonio Morales as the Deacs won 9-8.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- In his third start of the season, junior lefthander Josh Hartle notched a season-high seven strikeouts to put him 24 away from cracking the top-10 in program history.
- His third win of the season and 21st victory of his career now moves Hartle just one win away from entering the top 10 in program history.
STAGGERING STATISTICS
- In 169.2 career innings pitched, Chase Burns has now struckout 246 career batters. The righty finished last season ranked third nationally with 14.3 K/9 and currently sits at 15.3 K/9 through his first three outings.
- For the seventh time in his career, the junior struck out 10 or more with a season-high 11 punchouts on Saturday.
- The Demon Deacons improved to 8-0 at home this season and 37-3 since the beginning of the 2023 campaign.
FROM COACH WALTER
"I thought Josh Hartle threw the ball better today than he had in the first two weeks. Obviously, he gave up the pair of two-run homers with two outs and two strikes. He typically gets us in the dugout there but I want to give credit to the Binghamton hitters for putting good swings on the ball in those situations. I was really happy with our bullpen at the end of game one. I thought Dave Falco was outstanding. Will Ray pitched well again coming in behind Josh. I'm very happy with the way we threw the ball in game one, we did just enough offensively to get us a win. Seaver King had a great day in the first game. Austin Hawke had another good day. He has been having our best at-bats down in the bottom of the lineup, which is huge for us. The story of the first game was Austin and Seaver doing a really good job at the plate and the bullpen finishing.
In game two, I thought Chase Burns and Josh Gunther both threw the ball well. We just had too many walks in the second game. We allowed 10 walks, which is not like us at all. We walked the leadoff hitter to start the inning four times. We had an 8-2 lead with six outs to get and had to go to the bottom of the ninth. Give credit to our guys, they battled and found a way to win. Marek Houston had a big grand slam early to give us the lead. Jack Winnay had another good swing to get us to 8-2. We coughed it up after that but we showed some toughness. We had a couple of good walks. Austin Hawke and Mitchell Salvino had a great walk there in the last inning and Gill got it done for us. Again, Binghamton has a good club and it feels good to get two wins. We still aren't playing our best baseball yet but we are finding ways to win. So hopefully we can put some things together here soon." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Deacs are back at David F. Couch Ballpark against in-state opponent Elon on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.. For fans not in attendance at The Couch on Sunday, the game can be seen on ACC Network Extra.
Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hartle, Josh (3-0)
L: Driscoll, Gabe (0-2)
S: Falco Jr. , David (2)
Batting:
HR: Gunning, Mike 2
RBI: Sullivan, Evin 1 ; Gunning, Mike 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Haskell, Logan 1 ; Bade, Devan 1 ; Sullivan, Evin 1 ; Gunning, Mike 2
Batting:
2B: Ballestero, Tate 1 ; Hawke, Austin 1
HR: Hawke, Austin 1
RBI: King, Seaver 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Hawke, Austin 4
SF: Hawke, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Houston, Marek 1 ; Tellier, Adam 1 ; Kurtz, Nick 1 ; King, Seaver 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 2 ; Hawke, Austin 1
SB: Houston, Marek 1
CS: King, Seaver 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1
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