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Photo by: Callie Moreland
No. 12 Wake Forest Scores Season-High 24 in Rout of North Carolina A&T
5/8/2024 10:02:00 PM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons offense has put up 41 runs in the last two games, after scoring a then season-high 17 on Sunday against Western Carolina.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Fourteen different batters recorded a hit as the No. 12 Wake Forest baseball team cruised to a 24-7 win over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday evening at David F. Couch Ballpark.
After being named a captain earlier today, senior Jake Reinisch continued his torrid stretch with a 2-for-3 effort, including his fourth-straight game with a homerun. The Clifton Park, N.Y. native nailed the batter's eye in center for his 15th of the season. Reinisch finished with four RBI to become the first Demon Deacon to hit the 60 mark this season while also scoring three runs.
Catcher Cameron Gill stayed red hot at the plate as the graduate transfer is now 7-of-8 (.875) over the last four games. Gill finished the contest 2-for-2 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored, launching his second homer of the 2024 campaign deep over the wall in left center.
Transfer Seaver King carried his RBI streak to eight-straight games, adding a pair in a 2-for-5 effort. The Athens, Ga. product paces Wake Forest with 23 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI efforts. Additionally, King crossed the plate a season-high four times on Wednesday.
The Deacs freshman quartet of Antonio Morales, Cam Nelson, Javar Williams and Liam Willson finished the night 5-of-8 (.625), driving in seven of Wake Forest's 24 runs and scored seven times as well between the four first-year players.
Additionally, sophomores Austin Hawke and Marek Houston both added multi-hit nights at the dish. Hawke is six for his last seven (.857) over his last three appearances while Houston has recorded a hit in 25 of the last 31 games with 13 multi-hit performances over the span.
On the mound, sophomore righty Ben Shenosky earned his fourth win of the season, tossing 4.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts. Relievers Will Gervase and Hudson Lee didn't allow a hit over the final two frames with Lee striking out the side in the seventh to end the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTICS
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's good to end this six-game stretch with a win. We needed to do that. Offensively, we had a really good day today and I was happy about that. Jake Reinisch continues to swing the bat well and use all parts of the field. Seaver King, Marek Houston and Cameron Gill all had really good days at the plate. I am really happy with the offense and the guys that came off the bench did a really good job, having good at-bats. It was good to see Will Gervase and Hudson Lee come in there, throw strikes and throw the ball well. Those are guys that might have a big role here down the stretch. It was a good team win and now we have to practice well tomorrow to get ready for Clemson." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play for their final home conference series against No. 2 Clemson on Friday. First pitch against the Tigers is set for 6 p.m. and will air on ACC Network Extra.
Follow The Deacs:
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After being named a captain earlier today, senior Jake Reinisch continued his torrid stretch with a 2-for-3 effort, including his fourth-straight game with a homerun. The Clifton Park, N.Y. native nailed the batter's eye in center for his 15th of the season. Reinisch finished with four RBI to become the first Demon Deacon to hit the 60 mark this season while also scoring three runs.
Catcher Cameron Gill stayed red hot at the plate as the graduate transfer is now 7-of-8 (.875) over the last four games. Gill finished the contest 2-for-2 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored, launching his second homer of the 2024 campaign deep over the wall in left center.
Transfer Seaver King carried his RBI streak to eight-straight games, adding a pair in a 2-for-5 effort. The Athens, Ga. product paces Wake Forest with 23 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI efforts. Additionally, King crossed the plate a season-high four times on Wednesday.
The Deacs freshman quartet of Antonio Morales, Cam Nelson, Javar Williams and Liam Willson finished the night 5-of-8 (.625), driving in seven of Wake Forest's 24 runs and scored seven times as well between the four first-year players.
Additionally, sophomores Austin Hawke and Marek Houston both added multi-hit nights at the dish. Hawke is six for his last seven (.857) over his last three appearances while Houston has recorded a hit in 25 of the last 31 games with 13 multi-hit performances over the span.
On the mound, sophomore righty Ben Shenosky earned his fourth win of the season, tossing 4.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts. Relievers Will Gervase and Hudson Lee didn't allow a hit over the final two frames with Lee striking out the side in the seventh to end the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- North Carolina A&T scratched a run across in the top of the first.
- The Deacs immediately answered with four runs in the bottom half.
- A pair of miscues by the Aggies put a pair of runners on with one out.
- Senior Jake Reinisch tied the game with a single to left field for his 57th RBI of the campaign.
- Left fielder Jack Winnay hit his team-leading 15th double of the year to plate Seaver King and give Wake Forest a 2-1 lead.
- A sacrifice fly from second baseman Adam Tellier extended the lead to two.
- Freshman Antonio Morales capped the scoring with a single to left center for the Deacs fourth run in their first trip to the plate.
- Starter Ben Shenosky settled in with a 1-2-3 top of the second.
- Wake Forest added on with five runs to make it 9-1 after two complete innings.
- Catcher Cameron Gill stayed hot with a one-out single to left field.
- A fielder's choice and a second error by the Aggies put two in scoring position.
- Junior Nick Kurtz was intentionally walked for his ACC-leading 59th free pass of the year.
- Third baseman Seaver King drove in a run for the eight-straight contest with a double down the left field line that left the bat at 114 mph.
- Reinisch left the yard for the fourth-straight game with a three-run shot off the batter's eye to extend the lead to eight.
- The Aggies pushed a run across in the third to make it 9-2.
- Wake exploded for 10 runs in the third inning, marking the first 10 run inning since sending 12 across the plate in the 4th inning against Youngstown State in 2023.
- After a hit by pitch to Morales and single to the third baseman by freshman Liam Willson, Gill launched his second homer of the year with a three-run 391-foot blast to left center to extend the lead to 12-2.
- Sophomore Marek Houston singled to the shortstop and moved to third on back-to-back walks to King and Reinisch.
- A pinch-hit double from freshman Javar Williams plated a pair to push the Wake lead to 12.
- Morales picked up an RBI with a bases loaded walk, after Tellier was hit by a pitch to reload the bases.
- Willson picked up his second hit of the night as the Deacs went station-to-station to push another run across.
- A wild pitch and sac fly from graduate transfer Tate Ballestero pushed another two runs across for Wake Forest.
- Houston picked up his second hit of the inning with an RBI double that pushed the center fielder to the wall for the Deacs 10th and final run of the third inning.
- A three-run home run by NC A&T trimmed the Wake lead to 19-5 after three and a half innings of play.
- The Deacs scored for the fourth-straight inning on a sacrifice fly from Willson to give Wake Forest an even 20 runs after four frames.
- North Carolina A&T added a pair of runs in the fifth.
- An RBI single from freshman Cam Nelson and two-out, two-RBI single from right fielder Michell Salvino pushed the Wake lead to 23-7.
- Sophomore Will Gervase worked around a two-out walk in the sixth to keep the Aggies off the scoreboard.
- Three-straight singles from second baseman Austin Hawke, Ballestero and first baseman Pirmin Brechbuhl plated the Deacs final run of the night, as Wake Forest scored in all six of their trips to the plate.
- Reliever Hudson Lee struck out the side in the seventh to cap the 24-7 victory for Wake Forest.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Junior Seaver King has been a force at the plate since April, raising his team-leading batting average to .329. Over the last month and change, King is hitting .379, including recording at least one hit in 20 of 22 games after April 1.
- Leading Wake Forest with 23 multi-hit efforts on the year, the Athens, Ga. native has added 11 since the start of April.
- In the last 22 games, King has added 32 RBI, including 11 with two or more.
- With 59 RBI on the year, he now ranks sixth in the ACC and trails teammate Jake Reinisch (60) by one RBI for the Wake Forest team lead.
- King has now reached base in 22-straight contests and recorded a hit and RBI in eight-straight.
STAGGERING STATISTICS
- Junior Nick Kurtz added a pair of walks on Wednesday night against NC A&T.
- Kurtz now has 60 free passes on the year and 171 for his career.
- The Lancaster, Pa. native surpassed Allan Dykstra for second all-time on Wednesday and sits just 10 walks away from breaking the program record.
- Additionally, he is 10 walks away from breaking former teammate Brock Wilken's single season record of 69 free bases.
| Rank | Player | Career Walks |
| 1. | Pat Blair (2010-13) | 180 |
| 2. | Nick Kurtz (2022-Pres. | 171 |
| 3. | Allan Dykstra (2006-08) | 170 |
| 4. | Matt Antonelli (2004-06) | 128 |
| 5. | Brock Wilken (2021-23) | 126 |
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's good to end this six-game stretch with a win. We needed to do that. Offensively, we had a really good day today and I was happy about that. Jake Reinisch continues to swing the bat well and use all parts of the field. Seaver King, Marek Houston and Cameron Gill all had really good days at the plate. I am really happy with the offense and the guys that came off the bench did a really good job, having good at-bats. It was good to see Will Gervase and Hudson Lee come in there, throw strikes and throw the ball well. Those are guys that might have a big role here down the stretch. It was a good team win and now we have to practice well tomorrow to get ready for Clemson." - head coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play for their final home conference series against No. 2 Clemson on Friday. First pitch against the Tigers is set for 6 p.m. and will air on ACC Network Extra.
Follow The Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shenosky, Ben (4-3)
L: BLANTZ, Connor (2-3)
Batting:
2B: WILLIAMS,Tre 1
HR: JACKSON, Camden 1 ; WOOD, Enrique 1
RBI: NEGISHI, Tatsunori 1 ; ASH, TJ 1 ; JACKSON, Camden 2 ; WOOD, Enrique 3
Base Running:
RUNS: WILLIAMS,Tre 1 ; ASH, TJ 1 ; JACKSON, Camden 1 ; LOGAN, Michael 1 ; RODRIGUEZ, Devon 1 ; WOOD, Enrique 1 ; REID, Ellis 1
SB: LOGAN, Michael 1
Batting:
2B: Houston, Marek 1 ; King, Seaver 1 ; Winnay, Jack 1 ; Williams, Javar 1
HR: Reinisch, Jake 1 ; Gill, Cameron 1
RBI: Houston, Marek 1 ; Brechbuhl, Pirmin 1 ; King, Seaver 2 ; Reinisch, Jake 4 ; Nelson, Cam 1 ; Winnay, Jack 1 ; Williams, Javar 2 ; Tellier, Adam 1 ; Morales, Antonio 2 ; Salvino, Mitchell 2 ; Willson, Liam 2 ; Gill, Cameron 3 ; Ballestero, Tate 1
SF: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Willson, Liam 1 ; Ballestero, Tate 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Houston, Marek 2 ; Hawke, Austin 1 ; Kurtz, Nick 2 ; King, Seaver 4 ; Reinisch, Jake 3 ; Nelson, Cam 2 ; Winnay, Jack 1 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Tellier, Adam 1 ; Morales, Antonio 2 ; Willson, Liam 2 ; Gill, Cameron 2 ; Ballestero, Tate 1
CS: Morales, Antonio 1
HBP: Williams, Javar 1 ; Tellier, Adam 1 ; Morales, Antonio 1
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