Wake Forest Athletics
Friday, March 13
Winston-Salem, N.C.
6 p.m.
Wake Forest University
15-3, 3-1
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Florida State
14-3, 1-0
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2nd innning2
3rd innning3
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5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
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ErrorsE
Florida State
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10
12
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Wake Forest
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No. 12 Wake Forest Drops Series Opener to No. 20 Florida State
3/13/2026 8:35:00 PM | Baseball
The Demon Deacons will look to even the series on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 12 Wake Forest baseball team (15-3, 3-1 ACC) dropped the first game of the series against No. 20 Florida State (14-3, 1-0 ACC) by a score of 10-0 on Friday night at David F. Couch Ballpark.
Junior centerfielder Javar Williams extended his current hit streak to five games as he beat out an infield single in the first inning. Meanwhile, freshman Andrew Costello notched a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the seventh for the Deacs' only other hit.
Freshman reliever Marcelo Harsch recorded his best outing of his career as he totaled three strikeouts across 1.1 scoreless frames.
HOW IT HAPPENED
"It was a disappointing start to the series. That is not the way we drew it up. We knew coming in that Medez was one of the better pitchers in the league. We should have had a better approach. We really didn't take anything away. We let him go out there and do whatever he wanted to do. We didn't take away the fastball or the offspeed pitches. We just sat in between pitches. Part of that is getting down in the game early and getting frustrated. Once they get a lead like that, they are able to just be out there free swinging. We were a little tight. That was a combination of all of those things coming together. Blake (Morningstar) didn't have his good stuff. He didn't have his good fastball. On a day where the wind is blowing out and you don't have your good stuff, you are going to get punished. Give credit to Florida State. When he made a mistake, they caught balls on the barrel and got them out of the yard. We have Lev
(Chris Levonas) going tomorrow. I like the matchup tomorrow. We lost game one of the series. We lost game one of the series at Florida State last year. We'll come ready to play tomorrow and get a good start out of Lev and be in good shape." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will look to even the series against the Seminoles tomorrow night. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
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Junior centerfielder Javar Williams extended his current hit streak to five games as he beat out an infield single in the first inning. Meanwhile, freshman Andrew Costello notched a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the seventh for the Deacs' only other hit.
Freshman reliever Marcelo Harsch recorded his best outing of his career as he totaled three strikeouts across 1.1 scoreless frames.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Florida State opened the game with a two-run home run in the first inning.
- Starting pitcher Blake Morningstar responded with a scoreless frame in the top of the second.
- The Seminoles extended their lead to 4-0 in the third.
- Florida State tacked on three runs in the top of the fourth.
- The Seminoles made it a nine-run game with a pair of runs in the fifth.
- Senior reliever Luke Schmolke limited the damage as he tossed a clean frame in relief.
- Florida State added another run in the sixth.
- Freshman Marcelo Harsch punched out a pair of batters en route to a scoreless seventh inning.
- The Demon Deacons fell to the Seminoles in seven innings, 10-0.
"It was a disappointing start to the series. That is not the way we drew it up. We knew coming in that Medez was one of the better pitchers in the league. We should have had a better approach. We really didn't take anything away. We let him go out there and do whatever he wanted to do. We didn't take away the fastball or the offspeed pitches. We just sat in between pitches. Part of that is getting down in the game early and getting frustrated. Once they get a lead like that, they are able to just be out there free swinging. We were a little tight. That was a combination of all of those things coming together. Blake (Morningstar) didn't have his good stuff. He didn't have his good fastball. On a day where the wind is blowing out and you don't have your good stuff, you are going to get punished. Give credit to Florida State. When he made a mistake, they caught balls on the barrel and got them out of the yard. We have Lev
(Chris Levonas) going tomorrow. I like the matchup tomorrow. We lost game one of the series. We lost game one of the series at Florida State last year. We'll come ready to play tomorrow and get a good start out of Lev and be in good shape." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will look to even the series against the Seminoles tomorrow night. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mendes, Wes (5-0)
L: Morningstar, Blake (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Bavaro, Will 1 ; Fisher, Cal 1 ; Dowd, Brayden 1
HR: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 1 ; Bailey, Myles 1 ; Putnam, Eli 2
RBI: DeLamielleure, Brody 2 ; Dowd, Brayden 2 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 1 ; Bailey, Myles 2 ; Putnam, Eli 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bavaro, Will 1 ; DeLamielleure, Brody 1 ; Dowd, Brayden 2 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 1 ; Bailey, Myles 1 ; Putnam, Eli 2 ; Sheffield, Noah 2
Base Running:
CS: Williams, Javar 1
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