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Soldout Crowd Witnesses No. 16 Wake Forest Battle Virginia Tech
3/29/2025 8:52:00 PM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons battled back in an 11-8 defeat to the Hokies.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 16 Wake Forest baseball team fought to trim an eight-run deficit down to one run but could not complete the comeback, falling 11-8 to Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon at David F. Couch Ballpark.
The Demon Deacons (20-8, 7-4 ACC) set a new regular-season attendance record with 3,559 fans at The Couch on Saturday. The sellout marked the first of the 2025 campaign and the ninth since the start of last year.
Sophomore Kade Lewis continued to swing a hot bat, belting a pair of home runs to push his total to 10 for the season and extend his hit streak to 17 games.
Center fielder Javar Williams joined Lewis with a homer, pushing his streak to 14-straight games with a hit, while Matt Scannell and Luke Costello both also homered for the Demon Deacons.
All nine starters for Wake Forest recorded a hit in the contest against Virginia Tech (19-8, 6-5 ACC), marking the third time this season for the lineup to accomplish the feat.
Reliever Griffin Green tossed the final three innings for the Deacs, allowing just one hit with six punchouts to keep Wake within striking distance.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Top-10 Regular Season David F. Couch Ballpark Crowds
FROM COACH WALTER
"We just have got to get better starting pitching. I mean, that's the bottom line. But you know, playing from behind all weekend so far it's hard. It's hard in this league to play from behind, and we just couldn't grab any momentum. We got it back 8-7, and then we gave up a run right behind that to make it 9-7, and then they spread it out with the two-run home run. Two-out runs killed us today. Their first five runs were with two outs. They had the two-run homer with two outs, and we just couldn't get off the field with two outs. We need to have better at-bats. No reason a guy should go out there and throw 4.1 against us and shut us down like that. We need to have a better approach. But again, when you're playing from behind and pressing, those things happen, so we've got to get better. We need a good start out of Blake Morningstar tomorrow, find a way to win, and right the ship. – Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest and Virginia Tech conclude the series tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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The Demon Deacons (20-8, 7-4 ACC) set a new regular-season attendance record with 3,559 fans at The Couch on Saturday. The sellout marked the first of the 2025 campaign and the ninth since the start of last year.
Sophomore Kade Lewis continued to swing a hot bat, belting a pair of home runs to push his total to 10 for the season and extend his hit streak to 17 games.
Center fielder Javar Williams joined Lewis with a homer, pushing his streak to 14-straight games with a hit, while Matt Scannell and Luke Costello both also homered for the Demon Deacons.
All nine starters for Wake Forest recorded a hit in the contest against Virginia Tech (19-8, 6-5 ACC), marking the third time this season for the lineup to accomplish the feat.
Reliever Griffin Green tossed the final three innings for the Deacs, allowing just one hit with six punchouts to keep Wake within striking distance.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Hokies scored three runs with two outs in the top of the first.
- Wake Forest put a pair of runners on in the bottom half but were unable to score.
- Virginia Tech added a pair on a home run in the second inning.
- Tech pushed the lead to 8-0 after two and a half innings.
- Wake Forest fought back with six runs in the bottom of the third.
- Catcher Matt Conte fought for an eight-pitch walk to put the leadoff man on.
- Graduate transfer Matt Scannell deposited a 2-0 pitch over the wall in right field for his fifth home run of the year to put the Deacs on the board.
- With the count full, shortstop Marek Houston roped a single to left and moved into scoring position on his 15th stolen base of the year.
- Third baseman Kade Lewis went over the wall in right center for his ninth of the year to trim the deficit to 8-4.
- Freshman Dalton Wentz singled to second base to keep the inning going.
- Center fielder Javar Williams deposited the first pitch he saw over the wall in right to plate Wentz and finish off the six-run frame with his second home run of the season.
- Reliever Luke Schmolke worked a quick top of the fourth to get Wake Forest back in the dugout.
- Making his second career start in left field, freshman Luke Costello blasted the first homer of his career to plate the seventh-straight run for the Demon Deacons and cut the Tech lead to 8-7.
- A wild pitch with the bases loaded brought another Virginia Tech run home in the top of the fifth.
- The Hokies pushed their lead to 11-7 in the sixth.
- Lewis left the yard for the second time in the contest in the eighth to make it 11-8.
- Reliever Griffin Green held Virginia Tech to just one hit over 3.0 innings, striking out six to keep Wake within striking distance.
- Virginia Tech took the series with an 11-8 win.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- The Demon Deacons set a new regular-season attendance record with 3,559 fans at The Couch on Saturday. The sellout marked the first of the 2025 campaign and the ninth since the start of last year.
Top-10 Regular Season David F. Couch Ballpark Crowds
| Rank | Attendance | Date | Opponent |
| 1. | 3,559 | March 29, 2025 | Virginia Tech |
| T2. | 3,514 | May 11, 2024 | Clemson |
| T2. | 3,514 | May 10, 2024 | Clemson |
| T2. | 3,514 | Apr. 20, 2024 | Florida State (DH) |
| T2. | 3,514 | Apr. 20, 2024 | Florida State (DH) |
| T2. | 3,514 | Mar. 31, 2024 | North Carolina |
| T2. | 3,514 | Mar. 30, 2024 | North Carolina |
| T2. | 3,514 | Mar. 29, 2024 | North Carolina |
| T2. | 3,514 | Feb. 16, 2024 | Fordham |
| 10. | 3,275 | April 19, 2024 | Florida State |
FROM COACH WALTER
"We just have got to get better starting pitching. I mean, that's the bottom line. But you know, playing from behind all weekend so far it's hard. It's hard in this league to play from behind, and we just couldn't grab any momentum. We got it back 8-7, and then we gave up a run right behind that to make it 9-7, and then they spread it out with the two-run home run. Two-out runs killed us today. Their first five runs were with two outs. They had the two-run homer with two outs, and we just couldn't get off the field with two outs. We need to have better at-bats. No reason a guy should go out there and throw 4.1 against us and shut us down like that. We need to have a better approach. But again, when you're playing from behind and pressing, those things happen, so we've got to get better. We need a good start out of Blake Morningstar tomorrow, find a way to win, and right the ship. – Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest and Virginia Tech conclude the series tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Andrew Sentlinger (2-3)
L: Dallas, Matthew (3-1)
S: Grant Manning (1)
Batting:
2B: Ben Watson 1 ; Henry Cooke 2 ; Garrett Michel 1
HR: Ben Watson 1 ; Garrett Michel 1
RBI: Ben Watson 2 ; Hudson Lutterman 2 ; Garrett Michel 3 ; Treyson Hughes 1 ; Clay Grady 1
SH: Clay Grady 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jared Davis 1 ; Ben Watson 1 ; Sam Tackett 1 ; Henry Cooke 3 ; Hudson Lutterman 2 ; Garrett Michel 2 ; Treyson Hughes 1
HBP: David McCann 1
Batting:
HR: Matt Scannell 1 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Costello, Luke 1 ; Williams, Javar 1
RBI: Matt Scannell 2 ; Lewis, Kade 3 ; Costello, Luke 1 ; Williams, Javar 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Scannell 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 1 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Costello, Luke 1 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Conte, Matt 1
SB: Schaaf, Blake 1
CS: Williams, Javar 1
HBP: Williams, Javar 1
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