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Freshmen Power Deacs to Comeback Victory over Appalachian State
4/30/2024 10:54:00 PM | Baseball
Sixth inning home runs from Antonio Morales and Liam Willson and a pair of late RBI from senior Jake Reinisch pushed the Deacs past the Mountaineers on Tuesday.
SHELBY, N.C. – Coming back from a five-run deficit, No. 13 Wake Forest picked up their second one-run victory in the last week with a 10-9 win over App State on Tuesday night at Keeter Field.
Freshman Antonio Morales homered for the second time in as many games, sending an 0-1 laser over the wall in left center to tie the game at 7-7 in the fifth. Cracking the starting lineup for the first time, freshman Liam Willson put the Deacs on top four pitches later with a solo bomb over the center field wall to put the Deacs on top.
Third baseman Seaver King added a multi-hit effort for the 20th time this season, finishing 2-for-4 with a single in the first and a double down the left field line in the third. Senior Jake Reinisch joined King with a pair of hits for his 13th multi-hit game of the season, including his two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth.
On the mound, redshirt junior Crawford Wade recorded his first win of the season as he added 1.1 innings of relief, allowing just one baserunner. Also in relief, sophomore Zach Johnston allowed just two hits and no runs in 2.1 innings of work. Graduate student Cole Roland earned his third save of the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
STAGGERING STATISTICS
FROM COACH WALTER
"Our freshman picked us up big today with two-out RBIs from Antonio Morales and Liam Willson right behind him. Obviously, Jake Reinisch with the two out RBIs there in the eighth inning to give us the cushion.
Ben Shenosky did a great job coming in and settling the game down. Zach Johnston was great, he had some huge outs. Cameron Gill made two really big plays on the caught stealing and the foul tip to end the game.
That was a gritty team win, we grinded it out. It wasn't pretty but we'll take it." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest continues midweek action at High Point tomorrow. First pitch against the Panthers is set for 6 p.m.
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Freshman Antonio Morales homered for the second time in as many games, sending an 0-1 laser over the wall in left center to tie the game at 7-7 in the fifth. Cracking the starting lineup for the first time, freshman Liam Willson put the Deacs on top four pitches later with a solo bomb over the center field wall to put the Deacs on top.
Third baseman Seaver King added a multi-hit effort for the 20th time this season, finishing 2-for-4 with a single in the first and a double down the left field line in the third. Senior Jake Reinisch joined King with a pair of hits for his 13th multi-hit game of the season, including his two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth.
On the mound, redshirt junior Crawford Wade recorded his first win of the season as he added 1.1 innings of relief, allowing just one baserunner. Also in relief, sophomore Zach Johnston allowed just two hits and no runs in 2.1 innings of work. Graduate student Cole Roland earned his third save of the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- App State scored three runs in the top of the first for an early lead.
- The Deacs scored one run in the bottom of the first inning to cut the lead to 3-1 on an RBI single from junior Seaver King.
- App State added two runs in the top half of the second inning.
- Sophomore Ben Shenosky fanned three batters and put up a scoreless frame in the top of the third inning.
- Wake Forest added one run in the bottom of the third inning as first baseman Nick Kurtz drew his second walk of the night and came home on a pair of wild pitches and a Mountaineer miscue.
- Shenosky kept the Mountaineers scoreless with his second-straight scoreless frame in the fourth.
- App State extended their lead to 7-2 with a two-run homer in the fifth.
- Wake Forest stormed back with a six-run frame, including five runs with two outs, to grab an 8-7 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
- After a trio of walks, Houston scored on a wild pitch to ignite the Deacs scoring frenzy.
- With two away in the inning, center fielder Antonio Morales hammered a grand slam to center field for his second homer in the last two games to knot the score at 7-7.
- In his first start in the Old Gold & Black, freshman Liam Willson gave the Deacs the lead with his first career hit sailing over the center field wall to put Wake Forest on top.
- Relievers Crawford Wade and Zach Johnston combined for a huge shutdown frame in the top of the sixth inning as the Deacs held the lead at 8-7.
- Johnston retired the Mountaineers in order in the top of the seventh for back-to-back scoreless frames.
- In the top of the eighth, Johnston fanned a batter and put up the third-straight scoreless frame for the Deacs.
- The Deacs extended their lead to 10-7 on a two-RBI double off the top of the wall by senior Jake Reinisch in the bottom of the eighth .
- Cole Roland picked up his third save with the final three outs in the ninth.
- In his Wake Forest debut, freshman Liam Willson recorded the first hit and home run of his young career with a solo shot to give the Demon Deacons the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- The Reston, Va. native deposited a 2-1 pitch beyond the center field wall in his third career at-bat for a no doubter.
STAGGERING STATISTICS
- Junior Nick Kurtz walked a game-high three times Tuesday night against App State. Kurtz now has 50 free passes on the year and 161 for his career, which ranks third all-time as now he is just 19 away from the program record.
| Rank | Player | Career Walks |
| 1. | Pat Blair (2010-13) | 180 |
| 2. | Allan Dykstra (2006-08) | 170 |
| T3. | Nick Kurtz (2022-Pres.) | 161 |
| T3. | Matt Antonelli (2004-06) | 128 |
| 5. | Brock Wilken (2021-23) | 126 |
FROM COACH WALTER
"Our freshman picked us up big today with two-out RBIs from Antonio Morales and Liam Willson right behind him. Obviously, Jake Reinisch with the two out RBIs there in the eighth inning to give us the cushion.
Ben Shenosky did a great job coming in and settling the game down. Zach Johnston was great, he had some huge outs. Cameron Gill made two really big plays on the caught stealing and the foul tip to end the game.
That was a gritty team win, we grinded it out. It wasn't pretty but we'll take it." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest continues midweek action at High Point tomorrow. First pitch against the Panthers is set for 6 p.m.
Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wade, Crawford (1-0)
L: LaSpaluto, Grey (7-1)
S: Roland, Cole (3)
Batting:
2B: St. Laurent, Austin 1
HR: Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Boyd, CJ 1 ; Miller, Kameron 2
RBI: Holderbach, Drew 3 ; Boyd, CJ 1 ; Miller, Kameron 4 ; Zamora, Joseph 1
Base Running:
RUNS: St. Laurent, Austin 1 ; Holderbach, Drew 2 ; Boyd, CJ 2 ; Miller, Kameron 2 ; Wilder, Hunter 1 ; Zamora, Joseph 1
SB: Wilder, Hunter 1
CS: Wilder, Hunter 1
HBP: Wilder, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: King, Seaver 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 1
HR: Morales, Antonio 1 ; Willson, Liam 1
RBI: King, Seaver 1 ; Reinisch, Jake 2 ; Morales, Antonio 4 ; Willson, Liam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Houston, Marek 2 ; Tellier, Adam 2 ; Kurtz, Nick 3 ; Winnay, Jack 1 ; Morales, Antonio 1 ; Willson, Liam 1
SB: Reinisch, Jake 1
HBP: Kurtz, Nick 1
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