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Demon Deacons Secure Series at Stanford with Run-Rule Victory
4/27/2025 7:42:00 PM | Baseball
Starting pitcher Chris Levonas turned in his first scoreless outing in ACC play to lead Wake Forest.
STANFORD, Calif. – Behind a strong start from freshman righthander Chris Levonas and timely hitting, the Wake Forest baseball team grabbed a 10-0 victory over Stanford, clinching the road series victory Sunday afternoon at Sunken Diamond in Stanford, Calif.
Shortstop Marek Houston collected his 18th multi-hit game of his junior campaign, as the Demon Deacons (29-16, 12-12 ACC) improved to 15-3 in contests where Houston has two hits or more.
Junior Jack Winnay led the Demon Deacons with three RBIs on Sunday afternoon, including a two-run double in the top of the fourth.
Graduate transfer Matt Scannell concluded a stellar weekend at the plate with a 2-for-4 effort against the Cardinal (21-19, 7-17 ACC). Scannell collected multiple hits in each game of the three-game set, finishing 6-for-14 over the series with four runs scored and an RBI.
Starter Chris Levonas finished the afternoon scoreless in four-plus innings of work. The 2024 second-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers scattered three hits and just one walk, allowing no runs with three strikeouts on just 73 pitches thrown.
This marked the third time in the last five outings that the freshman righthander has allowed zero runs.
Levonas turned the ball over to lefthander Joe Ariola in the fifth, who got the Demon Deacons out of the inning unscathed on a diving play from center fielder Cam Nelson and a double play stab from Winnay to end the inning.
After 1.2 innings from Ariola, lefthander Zack Johnston and freshman righthander Duncan Marsten combined to record the final four outs of the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
STAGGERING STATISTIC
FROM COACH WALTER
"Great response from the team these past couple of games, especially as you look at yesterday's topsy turvy game, and then responding with a shutout victory today. Chris Levonas set the tone for us today and came out there strong in the first inning. Matt Conte threw a guy out stealing and we got a zero in the first. We came out there in the second inning and we scored four innings in a row to put this game away. The best part about today was that we didn't need to throw [Luke] Schmolke or Griffin Green. Those guys were available today if we needed them, but I didn't really want them to have to pitch, so I'm really glad we had a chance to spread the lead out and be able to keep those guys fresh. We have another big game on Tuesday against App State, who is close to being an NCAA Tournament team. Those games are really important down the stretch, so we have to find a way to play well on Tuesday." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to North Carolina in the midweek for its annual showdown at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, N.C. The Demon Deacons take on App State on Tuesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. ET.
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Shortstop Marek Houston collected his 18th multi-hit game of his junior campaign, as the Demon Deacons (29-16, 12-12 ACC) improved to 15-3 in contests where Houston has two hits or more.
Junior Jack Winnay led the Demon Deacons with three RBIs on Sunday afternoon, including a two-run double in the top of the fourth.
Graduate transfer Matt Scannell concluded a stellar weekend at the plate with a 2-for-4 effort against the Cardinal (21-19, 7-17 ACC). Scannell collected multiple hits in each game of the three-game set, finishing 6-for-14 over the series with four runs scored and an RBI.
Starter Chris Levonas finished the afternoon scoreless in four-plus innings of work. The 2024 second-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers scattered three hits and just one walk, allowing no runs with three strikeouts on just 73 pitches thrown.
This marked the third time in the last five outings that the freshman righthander has allowed zero runs.
Levonas turned the ball over to lefthander Joe Ariola in the fifth, who got the Demon Deacons out of the inning unscathed on a diving play from center fielder Cam Nelson and a double play stab from Winnay to end the inning.
After 1.2 innings from Ariola, lefthander Zack Johnston and freshman righthander Duncan Marsten combined to record the final four outs of the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Starter Chris Levonas worked around a leadoff single to keep Stanford off the board in the first inning.
- Wake Forest took an early 3-0 lead over the Cardinal in the second.
- Right fielder Matt Scannell launched a triple off the wall in center for his second triple of the year.
- A sacrifice fly from catcher Matt Conte brought Scannell home for the first run of the contest.
- The Demon Deacons worked five-straight walks to bring home two more runs.
- Levonas retired the side for back-to-back scoreless frames, keeping the Deacs in front through two innings of work.
- The Demon Deacons added an unearned run to extend their lead to 4-0 in the top of the third.
- First baseman Jack Winnay recorded a two-RBI double to add to the Deacs' 6-0 lead in the fourth.
- Wake Forest added four runs in the top of the fifth, pushing the lead to 10-0.
- A double to left center from center fielder Cam Nelson brought the first two runs in.
- Third baseman Kade Lewis singled up the middle of a full-count to bring Nelson home.
- A ground out from left fielder Javar Williams allowed shortstop Marek Houston to score the Deacs' final run of the frame.
- After Levonas worked into the fifth inning, he turned the ball over to lefthander Joe Ariola, who worked out of the inning with two runners.
- Nelson had a nice diving catch, charging on in center and a stab on a liner from Winnay that he quickly doubled off the runner at second to get out of the frame.
- Reliever Zack Johnston entered the contest to finish up another scoreless inning for the Deacs in the top of the seventh.
- Freshman righthander Duncan Marsten closed out the afternoon, taking the bump in the seventh.
- In his first full inning of work of the season, Marsten got the first two batters before closing out the game with two runners on.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Starter Chris Levonas finished the afternoon scoreless in four-plus innings of work. The 2024 second-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers scattered three hits and just one walk, allowing no runs with three strikeouts on just 73 pitches thrown.
- This marked the third time in the last five outings that the freshman righthander has allowed zero runs.
- During a two-start stretch at Elon and High Point, Levonas allowed just two hits over 9.0 innings with 15 punchouts.
- Against High Point, Levonas dazzled in his fifth start of the season, allowing just one hit over 5.0 scoreless innings. The righty doubled his previous season high with 10 strikeouts in the contest.
- Levonas struck out six-straight batters over innings two through four, keeping High Point out of the hit column over his first 4.1 innings of work.
- At Elon, Levonas allowed just one hit over 4.0 innings, recording five of his 12 outs via the punchout.
- This marked the third time in the last five outings that the freshman righthander has allowed zero runs.
STAGGERING STATISTIC
- Wake Forest has held opponents to two runs or fewer 12 times through the first 45 games of the season, including seven shutouts.
- The seven shutouts during the 2025 season ranks second all-time in program history, trailing only the 2023 team, who notched 10 shutouts during their run to the Men's College World Series.
| Rank | Total | Year | Games |
| 1. | 10 | 2023 | 66 |
| 2. | 7 | 2025 | 45 |
| T3. | 5 | 1998 | 66 |
| T3. | 5 | 1961 | 30 |
| T3. | 5 | 1955 | 36 |
FROM COACH WALTER
"Great response from the team these past couple of games, especially as you look at yesterday's topsy turvy game, and then responding with a shutout victory today. Chris Levonas set the tone for us today and came out there strong in the first inning. Matt Conte threw a guy out stealing and we got a zero in the first. We came out there in the second inning and we scored four innings in a row to put this game away. The best part about today was that we didn't need to throw [Luke] Schmolke or Griffin Green. Those guys were available today if we needed them, but I didn't really want them to have to pitch, so I'm really glad we had a chance to spread the lead out and be able to keep those guys fresh. We have another big game on Tuesday against App State, who is close to being an NCAA Tournament team. Those games are really important down the stretch, so we have to find a way to play well on Tuesday." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns to North Carolina in the midweek for its annual showdown at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, N.C. The Demon Deacons take on App State on Tuesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. ET.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Levonas, Chris (3-1)
L: Steeves, Austin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Nelson, Cam 1 ; Lewis, Kade 1 ; Winnay, Jack 1
3B: Scannell, Matt 1
RBI: Nelson, Cam 2 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Winnay, Jack 3 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Conte, Matt 1
SF: Conte, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nelson, Cam 2 ; Houston, Marek 2 ; Lewis, Kade 1 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Scannell, Matt 1 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Hawke, Austin 2
SB: Hawke, Austin 1
Base Running:
CS: Haskins, Trevor 1
HBP: Becerra, Temo 1
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