Wake Forest Athletics
Tuesday, April 7
Durham, NC
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Wake Forest University
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Demon Deacons Drop Midweek Battle to No. 11 Coastal Carolina
4/7/2026 10:33:00 PM | Baseball
The Wake Forest bullpen combined for six strikeouts while allowing just one hit in 4.1 scoreless innings.
DURHAM, N.C. – Despite a stellar performance by the Demon Deacon bullpen, the Wake Forest baseball team (23-11, 8-7 ACC) dropped a tightly contested game to No. 11 Coastal Carolina (24-8, 11-1 Sun Belt) by a final score of 2-1 on Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The Wake Forest bullpen kept the Demon Deacons within striking distance for most of the game, combining for six strikeouts while allowing just one hit in 4.1 scoreless innings.
Freshman Ryan Bosch was effective over 1.0 innings of relief work, stranding a runner at third in the bottom of the fifth to keep the deficit at 2-0.
Freshman right-hander Evan Jones added another solid appearance out of the bullpen, finishing the game with four strikeouts across 1.2 no-hit innings.
Sophomore Rhys Bowie notched a strikeout in 1.0 scoreless frames, while senior Will Ray recorded the final two outs in his first appearance since March 22 against Virginia.
Meanwhile, starting pitcher Duncan Marsten threw a career-high 99 pitches, holding the Chanticleers to a pair of runs over 4.2 innings with seven strikeouts. During his last two midweek starts, Marsten has struck out 13 hitters over 11.0 innings with just three runs allowed.
Offensively, sophomore right fielder Luke Costello hit a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth, marking his 13th extra-base hit of the season. With the double, the Erie, Pa., native has now recorded four extra-base hits in the last four games, including a pair of doubles and two home runs.
Sophomore catcher Matt Conte drove in the only run of the game as he roped a single up the middle to plate Costello for his 25th RBI of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
FROM COACH WALTER
"[I] don't know how you give up three runs in two Tuesdays and lose both those games. I just don't know how that's even possible. I've totally failed this team. [I] didn't have us prepared to play. We didn't compete. We didn't bring energy. We didn't bring toughness. That's 100% on me." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest travels to Miami for a three-game set against the Hurricanes. First pitch on Friday, Apr. 10, is set for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.
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The Wake Forest bullpen kept the Demon Deacons within striking distance for most of the game, combining for six strikeouts while allowing just one hit in 4.1 scoreless innings.
Freshman Ryan Bosch was effective over 1.0 innings of relief work, stranding a runner at third in the bottom of the fifth to keep the deficit at 2-0.
Freshman right-hander Evan Jones added another solid appearance out of the bullpen, finishing the game with four strikeouts across 1.2 no-hit innings.
Sophomore Rhys Bowie notched a strikeout in 1.0 scoreless frames, while senior Will Ray recorded the final two outs in his first appearance since March 22 against Virginia.
Meanwhile, starting pitcher Duncan Marsten threw a career-high 99 pitches, holding the Chanticleers to a pair of runs over 4.2 innings with seven strikeouts. During his last two midweek starts, Marsten has struck out 13 hitters over 11.0 innings with just three runs allowed.
Offensively, sophomore right fielder Luke Costello hit a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth, marking his 13th extra-base hit of the season. With the double, the Erie, Pa., native has now recorded four extra-base hits in the last four games, including a pair of doubles and two home runs.
Sophomore catcher Matt Conte drove in the only run of the game as he roped a single up the middle to plate Costello for his 25th RBI of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Starting pitcher Duncan Marsten got a Coastal Carolina batter to chase on a nasty breaking ball to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the first unscathed.
- The Lake Balboa, Calif., native added his third strikeout of the game en route to a scoreless frame in the second.
- The Chanticleers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third.
- Marsten fought out of another bases-loaded situation to keep Coastal Carolina off the board in the top of the fourth.
- Junior Kade Lewis collected the first hit of the game for Wake Forest, as the Demon Deacons threatened with runners on the corners in the home half of the fourth, but were unable to capitalize.
- The Chanticleers plated another run in the top of the fifth.
- The Deacs put runners on the corners in the bottom of the fifth after singles by junior Boston Torres and freshman JD Stein, but couldn't get on the scoreboard.
- Freshman relievers Ryan Bosch and Evan Jones combined for a scoreless sixth inning, with Jones striking out the final batter of the frame.
- After a one-out double by sophomore right fielder Luke Costello, sophomore Matt Conte roped a single up the middle to make it a one-run game in the bottom of the sixth.
- Jones logged his second and third punchouts of the game to strand a pair of runners in the top of the seventh.
- Wake Forest loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't bring the tying run across.
- Jones and sophomore left-hander Rhys Bowie kept the Demon Deacons within a run with a clean eighth inning, capped off by a 6-3 double play.
- Bowie and senior Will Ray recorded a strikeout each to keep it a 2-1 game in the ninth.
- The Deacs fell to the Chanticleers, 2-1.
FROM COACH WALTER
"[I] don't know how you give up three runs in two Tuesdays and lose both those games. I just don't know how that's even possible. I've totally failed this team. [I] didn't have us prepared to play. We didn't compete. We didn't bring energy. We didn't bring toughness. That's 100% on me." - Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
Wake Forest travels to Miami for a three-game set against the Hurricanes. First pitch on Friday, Apr. 10, is set for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra.
FOLLOW THE DEACS
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bosch, Case (2-0)
L: Marsten, Duncan (1-3)
S: Lynch, Ryan (2)
Batting:
2B: Watson, Rex 1
RBI: Pado, Blagen 1 ; Taylor, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Watson, Rex 1 ; Pado, Blagen 1
SB: Mihos, Dean 1 ; Barrango, Ty 1 ; Pado, Blagen 3 ; Taylor, Jordan 1 ; Estep, Brice 1
HBP: Mihos, Dean 1 ; Pado, Blagen 2
Batting:
2B: Costello, Luke 1
RBI: Conte, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Costello, Luke 1
CS: Schaaf, Blake 1
HBP: Williams, Javar 1
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