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Long Ball Powers No. 14 Wake Forest to Series Opening Win over Miami
3/14/2025 11:27:00 PM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons scored seven of their eight runs via the home run on Friday night.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Behind three home runs and a dominant outing from starting pitcher Logan Lunceford, No. 14 Wake Forest cruised to an 8-0 victory over Miami on Friday night at David F. Couch Ballpark.
The Demon Deacons (16-3, 4-0 ACC) are off to the first 4-0 start in conference play since 2003 with the win over the Hurricanes (12-7, 0-1 ACC) to open the series.
Wake Forest has left the yard in all but one game so far this season and has now hit 39 home runs through the first 19 games, including nine in the first four ACC contests.
Junior Jack Winnay launched his team-leading eighth home run in the bottom of the first inning to put the Demon Deacons on the board. The two-run shot with two away marked the 71st and 72nd two-out RBI of the season for Wake Forest.
Third baseman Dalton Wentz launched his second homer of the year with a solo shot to the opposite field to stretch the Wake Forest lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the second.
Leading the ACC by seven RBI entering the night, shortstop Marek Houston increased his advantage with a grand slam in the bottom of the fourth, bringing his total to 38 on the year with his team-leading eighth homer of the season.
Center fielder Ethan Conrad ran his hit streak to 11 games with a 2-for-4 night, singling through the right side twice and coming around to score a run.
Starter Logan Lunceford picked up his first quality start as a Demon Deacon, stifling the Miami lineup over 7.0 scoreless innings to match the longest outing of his career. The junior scattered just three hits and punched out eight batters, retiring the Hurricanes in order in five of his seven innings of work.
Junior Zach Johnston finished the shutout with a pair of no-hit innings in the eighth and ninth, including striking out three of the eight batters he faced.
With the fourth shutout of the 2025 campaign, Wake Forest is now tied for the national lead in the category and are tied for fifth in program history for shutouts in a season just 19 games into the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTIC
FROM COACH WALTER
"Logan Lunceford really set the tone today. He was sharp from the first inning. He was throwing four pitches for strikes and moving his fastball around. I was really impressed with him tonight in keeping a good Miami offensive team off balance all night. Zach Johnston threw the ball really well. We didn't have the best day offensively. We had three balls out of the ballpark, but I'd like to see us grind a little more at our at bats and maybe force their starter out of the game a little sooner. However, a win is a win and anytime you can win the first game of the series, it's huge, especially considering we have a doubleheader tomorrow. Doubleheaders are always tough for everybody, so getting started on the right foot is always important. Hopefully we get a good start out of Matthew Dallas tomorrow and play another good baseball game." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Due to anticipated weather on Sunday, Wake Forest and Miami will conclude the series tomorrow with a doubleheader set to begin at 4 p.m. ET.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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The Demon Deacons (16-3, 4-0 ACC) are off to the first 4-0 start in conference play since 2003 with the win over the Hurricanes (12-7, 0-1 ACC) to open the series.
Wake Forest has left the yard in all but one game so far this season and has now hit 39 home runs through the first 19 games, including nine in the first four ACC contests.
Junior Jack Winnay launched his team-leading eighth home run in the bottom of the first inning to put the Demon Deacons on the board. The two-run shot with two away marked the 71st and 72nd two-out RBI of the season for Wake Forest.
Third baseman Dalton Wentz launched his second homer of the year with a solo shot to the opposite field to stretch the Wake Forest lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the second.
Leading the ACC by seven RBI entering the night, shortstop Marek Houston increased his advantage with a grand slam in the bottom of the fourth, bringing his total to 38 on the year with his team-leading eighth homer of the season.
Center fielder Ethan Conrad ran his hit streak to 11 games with a 2-for-4 night, singling through the right side twice and coming around to score a run.
Starter Logan Lunceford picked up his first quality start as a Demon Deacon, stifling the Miami lineup over 7.0 scoreless innings to match the longest outing of his career. The junior scattered just three hits and punched out eight batters, retiring the Hurricanes in order in five of his seven innings of work.
Junior Zach Johnston finished the shutout with a pair of no-hit innings in the eighth and ninth, including striking out three of the eight batters he faced.
With the fourth shutout of the 2025 campaign, Wake Forest is now tied for the national lead in the category and are tied for fifth in program history for shutouts in a season just 19 games into the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Junior Logan Lunceford started the game by striking out the side, including a nasty breaking ball to close out the top of the first inning.
- Following a single from center fielder Ethan Conrad, junior Jack Winnay mashed the first pitch he saw for a 407-foot bomb as the Deacs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first.
- The Demon Deacon defense kept the Hurricanes off the board in the second inning.
- On the first pitch of the home half, freshman Dalton Wentz notched his second homer of the season to extend the Demon Deacon lead.
- Wake Forest kept Miami off the board again in the third inning following back-to-back plays from second baseman Austin Hawke.
- The Deacs threatened once again as they loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, but were unable to score.
- Right fielder Matt Scannell kept the Hurricanes off the board with a throw from deep right field to gun down a runner at home for the final out of the fourth.
- Shortstop Marek Houston blew the game open with a grand slam to left center to extend the Deacs lead to 7-0 after four innings.
- Lunceford worked a pair of strikeouts in the fifth, bringing his total to six on the evening.
- Needing just six pitches in his final inning of work, Lunceford matched the longest outing of his career with 7.0 scoreless innings.
- After a Miami miscue moved a Wake baserunner to third, Scannell cashed in with an RBI single to center to make it 8-0 in favor of the Demon Deacons.
- Reliever Zach Johnston worked the final two innings to seal the win for the Deacs.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Starter Logan Lunceford picked up his first quality start as a Demon Deacon, stifling the Miami lineup over 7.0 scoreless innings to match the longest outing of his career. The junior scattered just three hits and punched out eight batters, retiring the Hurricanes in order in five of his seven innings of work.
- Lunceford lowered his season ERA to 1.33 and hasn't allowed a run in three of his five outings this season.
- The righty leads the ACC and ranks third in the country with 50 K's. His 16.67 K/9 and 3.33 hits allowed per nine innings both rank in the top 10 in the country.
STAGGERING STATISTIC
- The Demon Deacons have scored 199 runs through the first month of the season, good for 41 more than any other ACC program and lead the league in RBI by over 40 with 192 runs driven in on the year.
- Additionally, Wake Forest leads the ACC in home runs (39), total bases (381), slugging (.601%) and on-base (.453%).
- The Demon Deacons added to their home run total on Friday, hammering three more to push the season total to 39.
- The Deacs came into the game ranked seventh in Division I and leading the ACC in round trippers.
- Wake Forest improves to a staggering 99-19-1 at David F. Couch Ballpark over the last three seasons including jumping out to a 14-2 record at home this season.
- The Demon Deacons are off to the first 4-0 start in conference play since 2003 with the win over the Hurricanes to open the series.
- If the Demon Deacons win the first game on Saturday, it would mark the Deacs' best start in conference play since 1965.
FROM COACH WALTER
"Logan Lunceford really set the tone today. He was sharp from the first inning. He was throwing four pitches for strikes and moving his fastball around. I was really impressed with him tonight in keeping a good Miami offensive team off balance all night. Zach Johnston threw the ball really well. We didn't have the best day offensively. We had three balls out of the ballpark, but I'd like to see us grind a little more at our at bats and maybe force their starter out of the game a little sooner. However, a win is a win and anytime you can win the first game of the series, it's huge, especially considering we have a doubleheader tomorrow. Doubleheaders are always tough for everybody, so getting started on the right foot is always important. Hopefully we get a good start out of Matthew Dallas tomorrow and play another good baseball game." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Due to anticipated weather on Sunday, Wake Forest and Miami will conclude the series tomorrow with a doubleheader set to begin at 4 p.m. ET.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Logan Lunceford (4-0)
L: Nick Robert (2-3)
Base Running:
HBP: Fabio Peralta 1
Batting:
2B: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Hawke, Austin 1
HR: Schaaf, Blake 1 ; Miller, Jackson 1 ; Wentz, Dalton 1
RBI: Matt Scannell 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 4 ; Miller, Jackson 2 ; Wentz, Dalton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Scannell 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 1 ; Brennecke, Ryan 1 ; Miller, Jackson 1 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Keenan, Jimmy 1 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Jones, Evan 1
SB: Williams, Javar 1
HBP: Miller, Jackson 1
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