No. 8 Wake Forest Travels to Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 8 Wake Forest plays outside of North Carolina state lines for the final time in the regular season with a three-game set this weekend against Notre Dame at Frank Eck Baseball Stadium.

The Deacs will stick with Chase Burns on the opening night of the series, Josh Hartle on Saturday and Michael Massey on Sunday.

First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on Friday and noon on Sunday on ACC Network Extra while Saturday's contest is set for a national audience on ACC Network at 7 p.m.

Wake took two-of-three from the Irish last year in Winston and will look to win their first series in South Bend since a sweep of the Irish back in 2014.

Stay tuned to the Demon Deacons social media accounts (@WakeBaseball) for all in-game updates and information.

Opponent/Series History

The Deacs and Irish will meet for the 35th time on Friday in the series that dates back to 1949.
Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 19-15, and are an even 7-7 on the road.

Hartle's Heating Up

Junior lefty Josh Hartle has started to find his groove on the bump over the last four weeks of ACC play.
Against Florida State on Saturday, Hartle allowed just two earned runs across 6.2 innings of work with seven strikeouts to just one walk.
Over his last three starts, the King, N.C. product has struck out 30 hitters over 21.2 innings with a 2.55 ERA during the stretch.

Draco Don Diablo

Wake Forest got a huge piece of the backend of its bullpen back at the start of April, with graduate student Cole Roland making his 2024 season debut.
Roland sandwiched a strikeout between a pair of groundballs back to him to complete the win for the Deacs in the ninth on just 12 pitches in his 2024 debut.
The reliever threw the final inning of Saturday's series clinching win at No. 11 Virginia Tech, picking up a pair of strikeouts in the frame.
Roland fanned two in the final inning of the Deacs contest against UNC Wilmington.
Against No. 8 Florida State, he earned his first save of the season on Friday as he retired the side in the ninth with two strikeouts. He followed that up with his first win of the season on Saturday in the series-clinching finale.

Rhino's Revenge Tour

Senior Jake Reinisch has been Mr. Consistent for the Deacs, as he is one of just three Deacs to start every game thus far, and has reached base in all but five games to this point of his final campaign.
So far this season, the New York-native has racked up 46 hits, 40 RBIs, 10 home runs, 24 extra-base hits and 28 walks.
Reinisch had a hit in all three games of the series in the last road series at Boston College, including doubles on Friday and Sunday and three RBI over the three-game set.
Against No. 8 Florida State, he hit a home run in both games of the Saturday doubleheader and helped the Demon Deacons take their third-consecutive ACC series.
Additionally, he ranks high among the Deacs in multiple offensive categories with a .301 batting average, .413 on-base percentage and .601 slugging percentage.
Reinisch has at least two RBIs 13 times this season to go with 11 multi-hit efforts during his senior campaign.
His four hits against Georgetown tied a career high and marked his first time doing so since his four-hit performance against North Carolina last season.

Up Next
Wake Forest plays a pair of midweeks for the first time this season with a Tuesday game in Shelby against App State and Wednesday contest at High Point.

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Players Mentioned

Chase Burns

Josh Hartle

Michael Massey

Jake Reinisch

Cole Roland

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