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No. 15 Wake Forest Uses Nine-Run Seventh Inning to Claim Midweek Over App State
3/4/2025 7:38:00 PM | Baseball
The nine run frame marked the most runs in an inning since scoring 10 against NC A&T a season ago.
BOONE, N.C. – Behind the biggest inning of the season to this point, the No. 15 Wake Forest baseball team turned a 3-0 deficit into a 14-6 victory over App State at Smith Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
Eight different Demon Deacons (11-3) recorded hits in the contest, led by multi-hit efforts from Ethan Conrad, Kade Lewis, Matt Scannell, Dalton Wentz, Javar Williams and Jack Winnay against the Mountaineers (6-6).
Freshman Chris Levonas made his collegiate debut in the contest, working a scoreless bottom of the first. The righty got his first strikeout as a Demon Deacon with a nasty slider for the second out of the frame.
Relievers Griffin Green and Zach Johnston combined to retire nine-straight over the middle innings to keep the Demon Deacons in the contest.
For the second-straight game, Austin Hawke and Conrad both had extra-base hits. Hawke ripped a double down the left field line to open the second inning, while Conrad ran his home run total to four on the season with a solo shot over the wall in left for back-to-back games with a homer.
Lewis ran his hit streak to four games with a two-out single back up the middle in the top of the fifth and came around to score on freshman Wentz's ACC-leading eighth double of the year.
Pinch hitter Matt Scannell delivered the big blow with a two-run double down the right field line to give Wake Forest its first lead of the game in the top of the seventh. Scannell would score on Williams' RBI single.
After loading the bases again, Lewis added his second hit of the night with a two-out, two-RBI double into left center, before scoring on a two-RBI single by Wentz that cleared the bases and made it 11-3.
The nine-run seventh inning marked the most runs scored in a single inning since the Deacs scored 10 against NC A&T a season ago.
Winnay added two more runs in the ninth on the first triple of the year for Wake Forest, as well as the first of his career, and came home on an RBI fielder's choice from Hawke to cap the scoring for the Demon Deacons.
Freshman Nate Whysong made his collegiate debut in a relief appearance during the eighth inning as he forced the Mountaineers into a double play and a flyout to center. Sophomore Nate Brittain closed out the game for the Deacs as he retired the side in the bottom of the ninth.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTIC
FROM COACH WALTER
"Feels great. We needed that win and this is a tough place to win. They're a good Sun Belt team and a well-coached program. I was really happy that we got most of our runs off their two big bullpen pieces. I was glad we had really good at-bats against them because those are the kind of guys that we're going to see in the ACC. Happy with this win and happy with the way that we pitched the ball. We got some guys in there in Levonas, Whysong, Dressler and Brittain. Some of those guys hadn't pitched at all. I was happy to see those guys out there. We think [Levonas] is going to be a starter for us and really soon so we wanted to make sure he started the inning clean and that he starts to get into that pre-start routine. I was really proud of Lev and how he threw the baseball." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest opens ACC play with a three-game series against Notre Dame. First pitch against the Fighting Irish on Friday, Feb. 7 is set for 6 p.m. ET from David F. Couch Ballpark.
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Eight different Demon Deacons (11-3) recorded hits in the contest, led by multi-hit efforts from Ethan Conrad, Kade Lewis, Matt Scannell, Dalton Wentz, Javar Williams and Jack Winnay against the Mountaineers (6-6).
Freshman Chris Levonas made his collegiate debut in the contest, working a scoreless bottom of the first. The righty got his first strikeout as a Demon Deacon with a nasty slider for the second out of the frame.
Relievers Griffin Green and Zach Johnston combined to retire nine-straight over the middle innings to keep the Demon Deacons in the contest.
For the second-straight game, Austin Hawke and Conrad both had extra-base hits. Hawke ripped a double down the left field line to open the second inning, while Conrad ran his home run total to four on the season with a solo shot over the wall in left for back-to-back games with a homer.
Lewis ran his hit streak to four games with a two-out single back up the middle in the top of the fifth and came around to score on freshman Wentz's ACC-leading eighth double of the year.
Pinch hitter Matt Scannell delivered the big blow with a two-run double down the right field line to give Wake Forest its first lead of the game in the top of the seventh. Scannell would score on Williams' RBI single.
After loading the bases again, Lewis added his second hit of the night with a two-out, two-RBI double into left center, before scoring on a two-RBI single by Wentz that cleared the bases and made it 11-3.
The nine-run seventh inning marked the most runs scored in a single inning since the Deacs scored 10 against NC A&T a season ago.
Winnay added two more runs in the ninth on the first triple of the year for Wake Forest, as well as the first of his career, and came home on an RBI fielder's choice from Hawke to cap the scoring for the Demon Deacons.
Freshman Nate Whysong made his collegiate debut in a relief appearance during the eighth inning as he forced the Mountaineers into a double play and a flyout to center. Sophomore Nate Brittain closed out the game for the Deacs as he retired the side in the bottom of the ninth.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Centerfielder Ethan Conrad earned a 10-pitch walk with one away and Jack Winnay roped a single to left, but the Demon Deacons were unable to score in the first.
- Freshman righthander Chris Levonas earned the start for the Demon Deacons as he put up a scoreless frame in his collegiate debut.
- Wake Forest loaded the bases in the second, but the Deacs were unable to capitalize.
- Sophomore lefthander Haiden Leffew came in relief and pitched a spotless bottom half of the second.
- App State took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third.
- Graduate student Griffin Green bounced back with a scoreless inning in the fourth.
- Wake Forest cut the Mountaineer lead down to one after plating two runs in the top of the fifth.
- Conrad blasted his fourth home run of the season on a 353-foot solo shot over the left field wall to put the Deacs on the board.
- Designated hitter Kade Lewis extended his hit streak to four games with a two-out single before scoring on second baseman David Wentz's double to left.
- Green added his second strikeout of the night for a shutdown inning in the bottom of the fifth to keep the momentum with the Demon Deacons.
- Junior lefthander Zach Johnston needed only nine pitches to retire the side in the bottom of the sixth.
- Wake Forest exploded with a nine-run seventh inning to take an 11-3 lead:
- The Demon Deacons tied the game after drawing four-consecutive walks with zero outs before graduate student Matt Scannell lasered a two-run double down the right field line to make it 5-3.
- Left fielder Javar Williams extended the Wake Forest lead with an RBI single through the left side, scoring Scannell.
- After shortstop Marek Houston singled to load the bases once again, rightfielder Jack Winnay reached on a fielder's choice to drive in another run.
- Lewis notched his second hit of the evening with a two-out, two-RBI double into left center.
- Wentz cleared the bases with a two-RBI single three pitches later.
- The Mountaineers responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning and added two more in the bottom of the eighth.
- Freshman Nate Whysong made his Wake Forest debut, settling the eighth with a double play ball and a flyout to center.
- Wake Forest added three more runs in the ninth to make it 14-6 heading into the final half inning:
- Following a Houston walk and a Conrad single, Winnay rifled a two-RBI triple for his second hit of the evening.
- Winnay scored on a fielder's choice to reclaim the Deacs' eight-run advantage.
- Sophomore Nate Brittain retired the final three batters of the night to close out the Deacs 14-6 victory.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Making his Demon Deacon debut, freshman Chris Levonas worked a scoreless inning, pumping up to 97 mph on the radar gun.
- Levonas worked around a hit batter and a walk with his first collegiate strikeout and got the App State five-hole hitter to pop up a ball to shallow right field to get Wake out of the frame unscathed.
- Freshman Nate Whysong made his collegiate debut in a relief appearance during the eighth inning.
- After the Deacs allowed two runs, Whysong settled the inning with a double play ball and a flyout to center.
- Junior Ethan Conrad blasted his fourth home run of the season, hitting a 353-foot opposite field solo shot over the left field wall in the top of the fifth. Conrad finished the game going 2-for-5 with an RBI.
- The Saugerties, N.Y., native has now homered in back-to-back games after hitting a three-run blast against Maryland on Sunday. Conrad is now tied for second on the team with 19 RBIs this season.
- Sophomore Kade Lewis was one of six Demon Deacons with multiple hits against the Mountaineers, finishing the game with two hits, including a two-run double during the nine-run seventh inning.
- With his two hits on Tuesday, Lewis extended his hit streak to four-consecutive games. During that stretch, the Sartell, Minn., native has recorded seven hits, eight RBIs, a home run, and a double.
- Freshman Dalton Wentz continued his excellent start to his freshman campaign against App State as he tied Winnay for a team-high three RBIs on two hits.
- Wentz has been on fire for the Deacs this season as he is tied-for-second on the team with 20 hits, as well as 13 RBIs, eight doubles, and a home run.
- Sophomore Javar Williams recorded his second multi-hit game of the season on Tuesday, including an RBI single.
- Graduate student Matt Scannell provided a major boost for the Wake Forest offense, as his pinch hit, two-RBI double with no outs in the top of the seventh gave the Demon Deacons their first lead of the day. Scannell ended the day with two hits
- Junior Jack Winnay added his seventh multi-RBI game of the season against the Mountaineers, highlighted by a two-run triple in the top of the ninth. Winnay finished the game with two hits and tied Wentz for a team-high three RBIs.
- The triple marked the first of Winnay's collegiate career.
- The Newton, Mass., native picked up right where he left off last season as he currently leads the team with six home runs while also recording 15 hits, 22 RBIs, and 20 runs scored.
- Graduate student Griffin Green and junior Zach Johnston combined for nine-straight outs across 3.2 innings of relief work to keep the Demon Deacons in the ball game.
STAGGERING STATISTIC
- Freshman Dalton Wentz hit his ACC-leading eighth double of the season as part of a 2-for-5, 3 RBI performance.
- The one through six hitters for Wake Forest all recorded hits in the contest and all reached base on multiple occasions, with each batter earning a free pass against the Mountaineers.
- Six Demon Deacons recorded multiple hits against the Mountaineers.
- Tuesday's victory over App State marked the Deacs' seventh-straight victory against the Mountaineers.
- The win also moved the Demon Deacons to 18-4 on the road in the all-time series.
FROM COACH WALTER
"Feels great. We needed that win and this is a tough place to win. They're a good Sun Belt team and a well-coached program. I was really happy that we got most of our runs off their two big bullpen pieces. I was glad we had really good at-bats against them because those are the kind of guys that we're going to see in the ACC. Happy with this win and happy with the way that we pitched the ball. We got some guys in there in Levonas, Whysong, Dressler and Brittain. Some of those guys hadn't pitched at all. I was happy to see those guys out there. We think [Levonas] is going to be a starter for us and really soon so we wanted to make sure he started the inning clean and that he starts to get into that pre-start routine. I was really proud of Lev and how he threw the baseball." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest opens ACC play with a three-game series against Notre Dame. First pitch against the Fighting Irish on Friday, Feb. 7 is set for 6 p.m. ET from David F. Couch Ballpark.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnston, Zach (1-0)
L: Jordan Fisher (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Lewis, Kade 1 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Hawke, Austin 1 ; Matt Scannell 1
3B: Miller, Jackson 1
HR: Brennecke, Ryan 1
RBI: Brennecke, Ryan 1 ; Miller, Jackson 3 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Wentz, Dalton 3 ; Hawke, Austin 2 ; Matt Scannell 2 ; Williams, Javar 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Schaaf, Blake 2 ; Brennecke, Ryan 2 ; Miller, Jackson 3 ; Lewis, Kade 3 ; Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Matt Scannell 1 ; Nicholson, Grant 1 ; Williams, Javar 1
SB: Hawke, Austin 1 ; Williams, Javar 1
PO: Matt Scannell 1
Batting:
HR: Juan Correa 2 ; Graham Smiley 1
RBI: Juan Correa 5 ; Graham Smiley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyler Lichtenberger 1 ; Joseph Zamora 1 ; Juan Correa 2 ; Graham Smiley 2
HBP: Tyler Lichtenberger 2 ; Dillon Moquin 1
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