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Kurtz Powers Deacs to Weekend Sweep at No. 11 Virginia Tech
4/7/2024 4:48:00 PM | Baseball
First baseman Nick Kurtz homered five times in the three-game set with three in the series finale against the Hokies.
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Junior Nick Kurtz added a trio of home runs for his sixth, seventh and eighth in the last five games to catapult No. 21 Wake Forest past No. 11 Virginia Tech, 10-4, and complete the three-game sweep of No. 11 Virginia Tech at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park on Sunday afternoon.
The three game sweep of the Hokies (21-8, 10-5 ACC) marks the first in program history for the Deacs (21-10, 7-8 ACC) on the road in Blacksburg.
With his trio of home runs on Sunday, Kurtz moved into sole possession of the fourth-most career home runs in Wake Forest history with 50. His seven RBI on Sunday also marked a season-high for the Lancaster, Pa., product, and the second-most in a single game in his career.
Kurtz became the first Demon Deacon with three home runs in a game since Brock Wilken against Alabama in the Winston-Salem Super Regional last season.
Transfer Seaver King added his second home run of the weekend with a solo shot for an insurance run in the eighth. The junior finished 1-for-3 and three RBI, adding an RBI groundout in the fifth inning and a sac fly in the ninth.
Starter Michael Massey earned the win to move to 4-1 on the season. The righty held Virginia Tech to three runs (two earned) while striking out three. The combination of Haiden Leffew, Blake Morningstar, Josh Gunther, Zach Johnston and Will Ray held Virginia Tech to just three hits over the final five innings with no earned runs allowed.
HOW IT HAPPENED
STAGGERING STATISTICS
"That was a huge win for us. That gets us closer to .500, which is goal No. 1 to get back to .500 in the league and try to build a resume from there where we can be in consideration to host. This weekend was obviously a huge step in that direction against a really good team. I told the guys afterwards, I'm not sure who had a better weekend: Nick Kurtz or our bullpen.
If they could give a pitcher of the week to a bullpen, they would give it to ours, because our bullpen was very special this weekend. Of course, Nick Kurtz, I don't know if I've ever seen a display like that. Especially on a day like today with the wind blowing in. Seaver King had some really great at bats again today. That home run in the eighth was a huge insurance run. He also had a few situational bats where he drove in runners from third base. I'm really happy with Seaver's at bats today as well. The story of the weekend was our bullpen and Nick Kurtz." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to The Couch for a 6 p.m. start on Tuesday, Apr. 9 against current No. 20 Coastal Carolina. For fans not able to attend, the game can be seen on ACCNX.
Follow The Deacs:
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The three game sweep of the Hokies (21-8, 10-5 ACC) marks the first in program history for the Deacs (21-10, 7-8 ACC) on the road in Blacksburg.
With his trio of home runs on Sunday, Kurtz moved into sole possession of the fourth-most career home runs in Wake Forest history with 50. His seven RBI on Sunday also marked a season-high for the Lancaster, Pa., product, and the second-most in a single game in his career.
Kurtz became the first Demon Deacon with three home runs in a game since Brock Wilken against Alabama in the Winston-Salem Super Regional last season.
Transfer Seaver King added his second home run of the weekend with a solo shot for an insurance run in the eighth. The junior finished 1-for-3 and three RBI, adding an RBI groundout in the fifth inning and a sac fly in the ninth.
Starter Michael Massey earned the win to move to 4-1 on the season. The righty held Virginia Tech to three runs (two earned) while striking out three. The combination of Haiden Leffew, Blake Morningstar, Josh Gunther, Zach Johnston and Will Ray held Virginia Tech to just three hits over the final five innings with no earned runs allowed.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Wake Forest jumped on the board off a two-run homer from first baseman Nick Kurtz in the top of the first. The junior snuck one over the left-center wall to open the scoring for the Deacs.
- The Hokies took advantage of a pair of walks and a Wake Forest error to tie the game at 2-2 after one complete inning.
- Starter Michael Massey put up a scoreless 1-2-3 frame in the bottom of the second to keep the game tied at 2-2.
- For the seventh time in the last five games, Kurtz left the yard, launching a three-run homer to left-center this time to put Wake Forest back on top, 5-2.
- The 49th of his Demon Deacon career moved Kurtz into a tie for fourth all-time at the time.
- Massey fanned his second and third batters of the game for his second-straight inning retiring the side in order.
- The Deacs' defense was the star of the fourth inning, as left fielder Cam Nelson and right fielder Jack Winnay both gunned down runners at the plate in the frame.
- After a pair of walks, third baseman Seaver King drove in his fourth run of the weekend to give Wake a 6-3 lead in the top of the fifth.
- Freshman Haiden Leffew entered the game for the Deacs and fanned one batter in the bottom half of the fifth.
- The Hokies added one run in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 6-4.
- Freshman Josh Gunther fanned one batter and put up a scoreless frame in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- King added an insurance run with a solo shot to right field to give the Deacs a 9-4 lead over the Hokies.
- Left hander Zach Johnston came in during the bottom half of the eighth inning, as he fanned one batter and sat the Hokies down in order.
- The Deacs added three runs in the top half of the ninth to extend their lead to 10-4.
- Tellier singled which set up Kurtz to drive him home on a two-run home run to left center.
- That home run was the third of the day for Kurtz and marked the first time in his collegiate career that he has hit three home runs in a game.
- Tellier singled which set up Kurtz to drive him home on a two-run home run to left center.
- Winnay doubled down the left field line and graduate transfer Mitchell Salvino came in to pinch run.
- Following a groundout that moved Salvino to third, King drove him in on a sacrifice fly to right field.
- Sophomore Will Ray fanned two batters in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 10-4 Wake Forest victory and a series sweep over Virginia Tech.
- With his two-run shot in the top of the first inning, three-run shot in the top of the third and two-run blast in the ninth, junior Nick Kurtz has now homered in five-consecutive games and has eight total during that span.
- His ninth, 10th and 11th home runs of the season moved him into sole possession for the fourth-most home runs in program history as he is now just the fourth Demon Deacon to reach the 50 career home run mark.
- Additionally, this marks the first time in his collegiate career that he has hit three home runs in a single game, as he's previously recorded two home runs in seven different contests.
- His three home runs also tied the program record for a single game, most recently achieved by former teammate Brock Wilken in the Winston-Salem Super Regional on June 11, 2023.
| Rank | Name | Career Home Runs |
| 1. | Brock Wilken (2021-23) | 71 |
| 2. | Jamie D'Antona (2001-03) | 58 |
| 3. | Jake Austin (1989-92) | 55 |
| 4. | Nick Kurtz (2022-Pres.) | 50 |
STAGGERING STATISTICS
- Wake Forest pitching staff finished the weekend with 38 strikeouts. Previously, the most strikeouts for Virginia Tech at the plate in a three-game set this season was 30 against Charlotte in the Hokies opening weekend of the season.
- The bullpen for the Deacs was elite, allowing just one earned run over their 11.1 innings of work (0.81 ERA) in the three games.
- Virginia Tech entered the weekend with the fourth fewest strikeouts at the plate among ACC teams and were among the best in the nation in putting the ball in play.
"That was a huge win for us. That gets us closer to .500, which is goal No. 1 to get back to .500 in the league and try to build a resume from there where we can be in consideration to host. This weekend was obviously a huge step in that direction against a really good team. I told the guys afterwards, I'm not sure who had a better weekend: Nick Kurtz or our bullpen.
If they could give a pitcher of the week to a bullpen, they would give it to ours, because our bullpen was very special this weekend. Of course, Nick Kurtz, I don't know if I've ever seen a display like that. Especially on a day like today with the wind blowing in. Seaver King had some really great at bats again today. That home run in the eighth was a huge insurance run. He also had a few situational bats where he drove in runners from third base. I'm really happy with Seaver's at bats today as well. The story of the weekend was our bullpen and Nick Kurtz." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to The Couch for a 6 p.m. start on Tuesday, Apr. 9 against current No. 20 Coastal Carolina. For fans not able to attend, the game can be seen on ACCNX.
Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Massey, Michael (4-1)
L: Griffin Stieg (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Winnay, Jack 2 ; Reinisch, Jake 1
HR: Kurtz, Nick 3 ; King, Seaver 1
RBI: Kurtz, Nick 7 ; King, Seaver 3
SH: Tellier, Adam 1
SF: King, Seaver 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Houston, Marek 2 ; Tellier, Adam 2 ; Kurtz, Nick 4 ; Salvino, Mitchell 1 ; King, Seaver 1
HBP: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Nelson, Cam 1
Batting:
2B: Eddie Micheletti Jr. 1 ; Henry Cooke 1
RBI: Ben Watson 1 ; Clay Grady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carson DeMartini 1 ; Eddie Micheletti Jr. 2 ; Ben Watson 1
SB: David McCann 1
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