Wake Forest Athletics
Saturday, April 25
Atlanta, Ga.
12 p.m.
Wake Forest University
28-16, 28-16
11
at
14
Georgia Tech
35-7, 18-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | X | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Demon Deacons Drop Series to No. 3 Georgia Tech
4/25/2026 5:21:00 PM | Baseball
Junior first baseman Kade Lewis finished the game with two home runs and four RBIs.
ATLANTA – The Wake Forest baseball team (28-16, 11-12 ACC) dropped the series against No. 3 Georgia Tech (35-7, 18-5 ACC) with a 14-11 loss on Saturday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium.
For the second consecutive game, junior first baseman Kade Lewis opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the top of the first. Lewis added another home run in the second, bringing his total to 11 on the season.
The Demon Deacons also got home runs from Dalton Wentz, Luke Costello and Matt Conte as Wake Forest has now homered 30 times in the last seven games.
Sophomore Jackson Miller added a pair of doubles for his 10th multi-hit game of the year, while freshman JD Stein added a two-RBI single for his ninth game of two or more RBIs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's a disappointing loss. Obviously, we've got to find a way to win that game being up 10-0. There were a couple big momentum plays in the game. The pickoff at second base I thought was a big momentum play. We had a chance to get that lefty out of the game there. They had the bullpen going, and they had a guy on the mound that hadn't had a ton of success this year and had walked a bunch of guys. After that pickoff, he got it rolling. You got to tip your hat to the young man. He threw the ball well, but we got to do a better job. They did a good job of sitting on curveballs against [Rhys] Bowie and [Marcelo] Harsch. They just kept finding a way. They didn't hit the ball hard, but they found a way to find holes and sold out on pitches. We did not do that. We need to come out tomorrow and we need a good start out of [Cameron] Bagwell. We're going to be short on the mound tomorrow, but we got some bullets left. We got [Ryan] Bosch, [Zach] Johnston, [Will] Ray, [Grant] Nicholson, [Ryan] Brennecke and [Tyler] Wood, so we got lots of bullets left tomorrow. We need to score some runs and find a way to get some zeros." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will look to avoid the sweep in the series finale tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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For the second consecutive game, junior first baseman Kade Lewis opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the top of the first. Lewis added another home run in the second, bringing his total to 11 on the season.
The Demon Deacons also got home runs from Dalton Wentz, Luke Costello and Matt Conte as Wake Forest has now homered 30 times in the last seven games.
Sophomore Jackson Miller added a pair of doubles for his 10th multi-hit game of the year, while freshman JD Stein added a two-RBI single for his ninth game of two or more RBIs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Demon Deacons jumped out to a 6-0 lead as they batted around in the top of the first.
- After a pair of walks by junior Javar Williams and sophomore Luke Costello, junior Kade Lewis lasered a three-run bomb to right field to put the Deacs on the board.
- Sophomore Matt Conte launched a solo shot the opposite way two pitches later to give Wake Forest a 4-0 lead.
- Sophomore Jackson Miller continued the one-out rally as he roped a double down the left field line to score junior Boston Torres from first.
- Junior Blake Schaaf got in on the action as he shot an RBI double into the right-center gap to make it a six-run game.
- Sophomore starting pitcher Troy Dressler picked up a shutdown frame in the bottom of the first.
- Wake Forest continued their offensive onslaught in the second, scoring four runs in the inning.
- Costello rocketed his team-leading 14th home run of the season on a solo shot off the batter's eye to put the Demon Deacons up by seven.
- Lewis launched his second home run of the game a few pitches later to make it 8-0.
- Freshman JD Stein recorded a two-RBI single with two away and the bases loaded to push the lead to double digits.
- Georgia Tech scored three runs in the bottom of the second.
- The Deacs responded immediately as sophomore Dalton Wentz skied a solo home run over the trees in right-center field on the first pitch of the third inning.
- Dressler bounced back with a shutdown third as he fanned a pair of Yellow Jackets in the process.
- Junior right-hander Blake Morningstar needed just eight pitches to retire Georgia Tech in order in the bottom of the fourth.
- The Yellow Jackets tacked on a pair of runs in the fifth to make it 11-5.
- Georgia Tech added four more in the sixth.
- The Yellow Jackets took a 14-11 lead in the bottom of the seventh.
- Freshman Marcelo Harsch pitched a scoreless inning in the eighth.
- The Demon Deacons fell, 14-11.
FROM COACH WALTER
"It's a disappointing loss. Obviously, we've got to find a way to win that game being up 10-0. There were a couple big momentum plays in the game. The pickoff at second base I thought was a big momentum play. We had a chance to get that lefty out of the game there. They had the bullpen going, and they had a guy on the mound that hadn't had a ton of success this year and had walked a bunch of guys. After that pickoff, he got it rolling. You got to tip your hat to the young man. He threw the ball well, but we got to do a better job. They did a good job of sitting on curveballs against [Rhys] Bowie and [Marcelo] Harsch. They just kept finding a way. They didn't hit the ball hard, but they found a way to find holes and sold out on pitches. We did not do that. We need to come out tomorrow and we need a good start out of [Cameron] Bagwell. We're going to be short on the mound tomorrow, but we got some bullets left. We got [Ryan] Bosch, [Zach] Johnston, [Will] Ray, [Grant] Nicholson, [Ryan] Brennecke and [Tyler] Wood, so we got lots of bullets left tomorrow. We need to score some runs and find a way to get some zeros." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will look to avoid the sweep in the series finale tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Underwood, Cooper (2-0)
L: Bowie, Rhys (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Miller, Jackson 2 ; Schaaf, Blake 1
HR: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Costello, Luke 1
RBI: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Lewis, Kade 4 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Costello, Luke 1 ; Miller, Jackson 1 ; Schaaf, Blake 1 ; Stein, JD 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Wentz, Dalton 1 ; Williams, Javar 1 ; Lewis, Kade 2 ; Conte, Matt 1 ; Costello, Luke 2 ; Miller, Jackson 2 ; Torres, Boston 2
SB: Williams, Javar 1
HBP: Miller, Jackson 1 ; Torres, Boston 1
PO: Miller, Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: Burress, Drew 2 ; Advincula, Jarren 1 ; Zuckerman, Ryan 2
HR: Baker, Will 1 ; Advincula, Jarren 1
RBI: Kerce, Carson 1 ; Burress, Drew 2 ; Baker, Will 3 ; Schmidt, Kent 1 ; Advincula, Jarren 6
SF: Schmidt, Kent 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kerce, Carson 2 ; Burress, Drew 3 ; Baker, Will 3 ; Advincula, Jarren 3 ; Zuckerman, Ryan 3
SB: Advincula, Jarren 1
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