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No. 14 Wake Forest Nabs Run-Rule Win at No. 24 Coastal Carolina
3/11/2025 10:49:00 PM | Baseball
All nine Wake Forest batters in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit in the game for the second time in the last four games.
CONWAY, S.C. – No. 14 Wake Forest secured a dominant 16-6 victory in seven innings over No. 24 Coastal Carolina at Spring Brooks Stadium on Tuesday evening for the program's first victory in Conway since 2017.
Offensively, Wake Forest has scored 69 runs over the last five games, including three wins via run rule.
Eleven Demon Deacons recorded hits during the midweek contest, with multi-hit efforts from Ethan Conrad, Matt Conte, Kade Lewis, Dalton Wentz, and Matt Scannell.
Lewis finished the night 4-of-4 at the plate, with three RBI and a triple away from the cycle. The sophomore continued an impressive run with his RBI single in the first inning, as he has now driven in at least one run in the last eight games for the Demon Deacons. Lewis is 17-of-31 (.548) over the span, raising his season average to an astounding .476 through 18 games.
For the second-straight game, sophomore Javar Williams matched his career-high with three RBI of his own, including two on his first double of the season.
Transfer Ethan Conrad roped a three-run homer to put the Demon Deacons up for good in the second and has now hit safely in each of the last 10 games.
Graduate transfer Matt Bedford moved to 2-2 on the mound for the season, combining with Luke Schmolke and Griffin Green to retire nine of 10 Chanticleer hitters over the middle innings to settle the game for Wake Forest.
Schmolke continued an impressive run in relief, having not allowed a run over the last 10.1 innings he's thrown over six appearances.
Sophomore Josh Gunther retired the side in the bottom of the seventh with two strikeouts to secure the victory for the Deacs. The righty has only allowed one earned run in eight of his appearances so far this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTIC
FROM COACH WALTER
"I was really happy with the way we threw the ball from the third inning on. I thought we threw the ball really well. Our at-bats today, up and down the lineup, were so good. It was a good team win. It's hard to win here as we've experienced the past few years. They're a top 25 team for a reason and it was a great, great win. The guys were locked in and they know how big this game is. They know that we haven't won here in a while and they wanted to come out and show people who they were and then they did that." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to The Couch on Friday, Mar. 14 for a three-game series against Miami. First pitch against the Hurricanes is set for 8 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.
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Offensively, Wake Forest has scored 69 runs over the last five games, including three wins via run rule.
Eleven Demon Deacons recorded hits during the midweek contest, with multi-hit efforts from Ethan Conrad, Matt Conte, Kade Lewis, Dalton Wentz, and Matt Scannell.
Lewis finished the night 4-of-4 at the plate, with three RBI and a triple away from the cycle. The sophomore continued an impressive run with his RBI single in the first inning, as he has now driven in at least one run in the last eight games for the Demon Deacons. Lewis is 17-of-31 (.548) over the span, raising his season average to an astounding .476 through 18 games.
For the second-straight game, sophomore Javar Williams matched his career-high with three RBI of his own, including two on his first double of the season.
Transfer Ethan Conrad roped a three-run homer to put the Demon Deacons up for good in the second and has now hit safely in each of the last 10 games.
Graduate transfer Matt Bedford moved to 2-2 on the mound for the season, combining with Luke Schmolke and Griffin Green to retire nine of 10 Chanticleer hitters over the middle innings to settle the game for Wake Forest.
Schmolke continued an impressive run in relief, having not allowed a run over the last 10.1 innings he's thrown over six appearances.
Sophomore Josh Gunther retired the side in the bottom of the seventh with two strikeouts to secure the victory for the Deacs. The righty has only allowed one earned run in eight of his appearances so far this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Wake Forest jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning.
- A hit by pitch off of shortstop Marek Houston and a free pass to junior Ethan Conrad put a pair of runners on with one out.
- With two away in the inning, third baseman Kade Lewis continued his hot start to the season, lacing a 3-0 pitch back up the middle to plate Houston.
- Conrad came around to score on a Coastal miscue to stretch the lead to 2-0.
- The Chanticleers scored two runs to tie the game in the bottom of the first.
- The Demon Deacons reclaimed their lead on a three-run homer off the bat of Conrad to make it 5-2 after an inning and a half.
- A second defensive miscue from Coastal allowed right fielder Matt Scannell to reach base.
- Houston singled through the right side to advance Scannell to third.
- Conrad homered to right field to bring home both runners and give the Deacs a three-run lead headed into the bottom of the second inning.
- Coastal scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to cut into the Wake Forest lead.
- Transfer Matt Bedford kept the Chants at bay with a pair of groundouts sandwiched between a strikeout in the third.
- The Demon Deacons took control of the contest with a seven-run fourth to grab a 12-4 advantage.
- A lead-off double to center from Conrad started the inning for Wake Forest.
- Junior Jack Winnay followed behind with a single up the middle for his first hit of the night.
- With no outs on the inning, Lewis hammered a breaking ball to right center for his fourth home run of the year.
- Singles from designated hitter Dalton Wentz and second baseman Austin Hawke forced a pitching change for the Chanticleers.
- After a wild pitch plated another run, sophomore Javar Williams doubled down the left field line to stretch the Wake Forest lead to seven.
- Junior right-hander Luke Schmolke retired Coastal in order for a shutdown frame in the fourth.
- Wake Forest added three runs to their lead in the top of the frame.
- Lewis notched his fourth hit of the night with a double off the wall in center.
- A single to left from Wentz plated Lewis to extend the lead.
- Hawke worked a quick five-pitch walk and moved into scoring position on a double down the line by catcher Matt Conte.
- For the second-straight game, Williams drove in a career-best three runs with a productive groundout to plate Hawke.
- Scannell grabbed his first RBI of the night with a two-out single to right field and put the Deacs up 15-4 with 10 unanswered runs.
- Graduate student Griffin Green came in relief and worked a scoreless top of the fifth.
- Wake Forest added another run in the sixth, with an RBI double from pinch hitter Chris Katz.
- Coastal got two runs back in the bottom of the sixth.
- Sophomore Josh Gunther retired Coastal in order in the bottom of the seventh to cap the first win at Coastal since 2017.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Sophomore Kade Lewis continued an impressive run with his RBI single in the first inning, as the sophomore has driven in at least one run in the last eight games for the Demon Deacons. Lewis finished the night 4-of-4 with three RBIs, a double, and a home run.
- Lewis' eight-straight games with an RBI marks the longest RBI streak since Nick Kurtz drove in 30 runs over an 11-game stretch during the 2024 season.
- Over the eight-game hit and RBI streak, Lewis is 17-of-31 (.548), 17 RBI, five 2Bs and a pair of home runs.
- Transfer Ethan Conrad has been on a power surge, homering in the last three games, and has left the yard in five of the last six for Wake Forest.
- Conrad tied Houston and Winnay for the team lead with seven homers, as Wake Forest has now homered 36 times this season, added two on the night to its ACC-leading total.
STAGGERING STATISTIC
- The Demon Deacons have scored 191 runs through the first month of the season, good for 44 more than any other ACC program and lead the league in RBI by 48 with 184 runs driven in on the year.
- Additionally, Wake Forest leads the ACC in home runs (36), total bases (360), slugging (.600%) and on-base (.457%).
FROM COACH WALTER
"I was really happy with the way we threw the ball from the third inning on. I thought we threw the ball really well. Our at-bats today, up and down the lineup, were so good. It was a good team win. It's hard to win here as we've experienced the past few years. They're a top 25 team for a reason and it was a great, great win. The guys were locked in and they know how big this game is. They know that we haven't won here in a while and they wanted to come out and show people who they were and then they did that." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to The Couch on Friday, Mar. 14 for a three-game series against Miami. First pitch against the Hurricanes is set for 8 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wood, Tyler (2-2)
L: Horn, Darin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Brennecke, Ryan 1 ; Lewis, Kade 1 ; Rubino, Nick 1 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Williams, Javar 1
HR: Brennecke, Ryan 1 ; Lewis, Kade 1
RBI: Matt Scannell 1 ; Brennecke, Ryan 3 ; Miller, Jackson 1 ; Lewis, Kade 3 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Rubino, Nick 1 ; Williams, Javar 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Scannell 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 2 ; Brennecke, Ryan 3 ; Costello, Luke 1 ; Miller, Jackson 1 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Hawke, Austin 2 ; Conte, Matt 2 ; Williams, Javar 1
SB: Conte, Matt 1
HBP: Schaaf, Blake 1
Batting:
2B: Estep, Brice 1
HR: Bodine, Caden 1
RBI: Bodine, Caden 2 ; Estep, Brice 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 1 ; Alexander, Sebastian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pado, Blagen 1 ; Bodine, Caden 1 ; Tozzi, Domenico 1 ; Sykes, Wells 1 ; Dooley, Ty 2
HBP: Sykes, Wells 1 ; Dooley, Ty 1
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