No. 8 Wake Forest Set For Final Midweek Contest

Tuesday, May 14

Winston-Salem, NC

7 p.m.

Wake Forest University

Liberty

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5/13/2024 5:57:00 PM | Baseball

The Demon Deacons will close out an eight-game home stand at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Liberty.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Following a massive sweep against No. 2 Clemson over the weekend, the No. 8 Wake Forest baseball team is set to take on Liberty on Tuesday at David F. Couch Ballpark in the final midweek game of the regular season.

The game is slated for 7 p.m. and tickets can be purchased here. For those unable to attend, the matchup will be broadcast live on ACCN with live stats available here.

The Demon Deacons will take a season-best nine-game winning streak into the matchup and have outscored opponents by 64 runs (7.1 average) during that span. The series against the Tigers marked the second ACC sweep of the season. It also marked the first time this season the nationally-ranked Tigers have been swept and extended the Wake Forest winning streak over Clemson to seven games dating back to the 2022 season.

On Tuesday, sophomore Ben Shenosky will make his ninth start of the season and 19th appearance. Last time out against NC A&T (May 8), the righty earned his fourth win of the season as he tossed 4.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts.

Offensively, the Demon Deacons were led by sophomore Jack Winnay over the weekend, as he wrapped up his stellar series against the Tigers with a three-hit day on Sunday, including a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh. He finished the weekend 7-for-12 with three home runs and eight RBI. This season, he ranks second on the team with 19 big flies and is one behind Nick Kurtz (20) for the team lead.

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

Opponent/Series History

Tuesday marks the 35th all-time meeting between the two schools, with the Demon Deacons leading the series, 25-9, dating back to 1977.
Wake Forest have won five-consecutive meetings against Liberty, sweeping the home-and-home with the Flames in 2022 and 2023 with a run-differential of plus-22 through those four games.
Earlier this season, the Deacs defeated the Flames, 7-6, in Lynchburg, Va. behind a four-run seventh inning.
- Sophomore Marek Houston notched a career-high four hits, including the game-winning RBI.

Accessibility Information
Wake Forest Athletics strives to provide content at games, social media and on GoDeacs.com that is accessible to all people. In the continued effort to improve accessibility of the technology and digital content at tomorrow's game, fans can access closed captions here for the public address announcer and in-venue content.

Wake Forest Athletics is always open to learning about new ideas and ways we can improve. Please report accessibility challenges, identify content you find inaccessible, or give us general feedback at pantagw@wfu.edu.

Multiple Safety Enhancements Added at David F. Couch Ballpark
To make it easier for all fans to get to their seats handrails have been installed in all stadium aisles at The Couch. Prior to the start of the North Carolina series, the protective netting was extended out to cover all fans in general admission seating from potential balls leaving the playing field. Additional security cameras will be added to ensure the safety of fans attending games this season. For a full list of upgrades to The Couch, click here.

Go Have a Seat

Wake Forest's 597 strikeouts through 52 games currently is tops in the ACC and ranks second nationally.
Additionally, the Deacs rank second in the country with an 11.7 K/9 to this point of the 2024 campaign.
In 2024, Wake Forest has struck out at least 10 in 33 contests and 15 or more in 11.

The Deacs struck out 19 batters on Friday against the Tigers, one shy of their season-best of 20 against the Duke Blue Devils on March 9.

Strike Early. Strike Often.

One of the keys to the Deacs' success last season was scoring first, as Wake Forest went 40-5 in games where they got on the board first.
Under Tom Walter, Wake Forest is 293-116-1 when scoring first, including being 20-8 in the 2024 season.

Walk It Out

Wake Forest was the best team in the country in 2023 at drawing a free 90 feet with 424 on the season, good for 11 more than any other team.
With 26 walks during the weekend sweep against Clemson, Wake has now drawn 336 free passes this season, which leads the ACC and ranks third nationally.
Individually, junior Nick Kurtz leads the nation with 66 walks drawn this campaign and teammate Jake Reinisch ranks 15th in the conference with 36.

Long Ball Success

On Sunday, Wake Forest had five home runs in total with 12 of the 13 runs coming via a home run.
- The 100 Demon Deacon home runs mark the third consecutive season the Deacs have reached the century mark and it is the fourth-highest home run total in program history. Coming into the weekend, only six teams in the country had 100 or more home runs with the Deacs total entering Friday ranking 14th nationally.
- Over the last three seasons, Wake Forest has totaled 352 home runs which leads the ACC and also ranks third nationally during that time and is these are just the only four teams to have 100 or more home runs each season:

Rank	School	Home Runs
1.	Tennessee	415
2.	Florida	373
3.	Wake Forest	352
4.	Campbell	348

Up Next
Following the midweek clash against the Flames, Wake Forest will prepare for the final ACC regular season series of the season as it hits the road to take on No. 17 NC State beginning on Thursday, May 16 at Doak Field at Dail Park.

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