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MARCH 20, 2018 | WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. | DAVID F. COUCH BALLPARK | #GoDeacs GAME DETAILS SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY Event Info Head Coach: Tom Walter 16 GEORGETOWN W, 7-2 WAKE FOREST Location ....Winston-Salem, N.C. Season: 9th 17 NAVY L, 2-5 Home Record: 7-5 Venue ..... David F. Couch Ballpark DEMON DEACONS Capacity .................................3,823 18 GARDNER-WEBB ACCN Extra W, 8-4 Away Record: 1-4 GARDNER-WEBB ACCN Extra L, 3-6 Record: 9-11 | ACC: 4-2 National Rank: RV (Coaches, NCBWA) Surface ............................ AstroTurf TV ............................................... N/A 20 at Davidson L, 1-3 Series History 23 at Santa Clara L, 0-2 APP STATE Head Coach: Kermit Smith Overall ...............WF leads, 41-14 24 at Santa Clara L, 6-7 (14) Season: 2nd Walter vs. App..........................8-2 25 at Santa Clara W, 3-1 MOUNTAINEERS Home Record: 1-2 Streak ......................................... W5 28 UNCG ACCN Extra L, 5-11 Away Record: 4-10 Last Meeting .............5/16/2017 MARCH Record: 5-12 | Sun Belt: 0-3 National Rank: NR Result ......................WF 10, App 3 2 UMASS LOWELL ACCN Extra W, 8-1 3 UMASS LOWELL ACCN Extra L, 3-5 PROBABLE PITCHERS 4 UMASS LOWELL ACCN Extra W, 14-7 7 at #24 Coastal Carolina L, 3-19 Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. 9 #3 FLORIDA ST.* ACCN Extra L, 3-7 RHP Cole McNamee (Fr., 0-0, 0.00 ERA) 10 #3 FLORIDA ST.* ACCN Extra W, 4-3 VS #3 FLORIDA ST.* ACCN Extra W, 8-1 RHP Brandon Boone (Jr., 1-1, 4.61 ERA) 13 vs. Charlotte# L, 1-13 16 #11 LOUISVILLE* ACCN Extra W, 2-1 WAKE FOREST VS. APPALACHIAN STATE 17 #11 LOUISVILLE* ACCN Extra L, 6-11 18 #11 LOUISVILLE* ACCN Extra W, 6-3 THE MATCHUP 20 APP STATE 4:00 • Wake Forest plays Appalachian State at David F. Couch Ballpark on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Because the game was moved from 23 at Notre Dame* ACCN Extra 6:05 Boone to Winston-Salem due to expected poor weather, App State will serve as the home team. 24 at Notre Dame* ACCN Extra 2:05 25 at Notre Dame* ACCN Extra 11:30 LAST TIME OUT 27 ELON 6:00 30 at North Carolina* ACCN Extra 6:00 • The Demon Deacons won their second-straight series over a top-15 series, beating No. 11 Louisville twice over the weekend. 31 at North Carolina* ACCN Extra 4:00 • Griffin Roberts struck out 13 Cardinals on Friday and pitched a career-long 8.1 innings, surrendering just one run as he was APRIL named ACC Pitcher of the Week. 1 at North Carolina* 2:00 • A pair of big home runs helped the Deacs to the series win: DJ Poteet hit a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the ninth on 3 DAVIDSON ACCN Extra 6:00 Friday, and a Johnny Aiello grand slam gave Wake Forest a big lead in the first inning on Sunday. 4 at Liberty 6:00 6 DUKE* ACCN Extra 6:00 WAKE FOREST STORYLINES 7 DUKE* ACCN Extra 6:00 • Wake Forest has continued its recent ACC success, winning 10 of the past 12 conference series dating back to 2017, opening 9 DUKE* ESPNU 7:00 2018 with series victories over No. 3 Florida State and No. 11 Louisville. 10 COASTAL CAROLINA ACCN Extra 6:00 • The Demon Deacons are a youthful squad in 2018, having started six different freshmen position players, while five rookies 13 at Boston College* 6:00 have seen time on the mound. Out of the position players, 81 starts have been made by freshmen, compared to 44 for 14 at Boston College* 4:00 15 at Boston College* 1:00 sophomores, 55 for juniors and none by seniors. 17 at UNCG 6:00 • On the mound, More than two-thirds of innings pitched have been by underclassmen. None have been thrown by seniors, 20 CLEMSON* ACCN Extra 6:00 62.1 by juniors, 89.2 innings by sophomores and 29.1 frames from the freshmen. 21 CLEMSON* ACCN Extra 4:00 • The Deacs are coming off their second Super Regional appearance, finishing a game away from the College World Series. 22 CLEMSON* ACCN Extra 1:00 Wake Forest finished the year with a 43-20 record and set program records in ACC wins (19), ACC series wins (eight), All-ACC 24 at Charlotte 6:00 honorees (nine), MLB Draft picks (eight) and home runs (106). 25 LIBERTY* ACCN Extra 6:00 27 at Georgia Tech* ACCN Extra 6:00 OPPONENT AND SERIES HISTORY 28 at Georgia Tech* ACCN Extra 4:00 • Appalachian State enters the game with a 5-12 overall record, including an 0-3 mark in the Sun Belt after being swept over 29 at Georgia Tech* ACCN Extra 1:00 the weekend. MAY • Wake Forest leads the all-time series by a 41-14 margin. The Deacs swept a pair of meetings last year, once in Shelby and 1 at High Point 6:00 once in Boone. 2 at Elon 6:00 8 RADFORD ACCN Extra 6:00 11 at NC State* ACCN Extra 6:30 ON DECK 12 at NC State* ACCN Extra 6:30 • Wake Forest returns to ACC play with a three-game series at Notre Dame over the weekend. 13 at NC State* ACCN Extra 1:00 15 HIGH POINT ACCN Extra 6:00 POSSIBLE STARTERS 17 VIRGINIA* ACCN Extra 6:00 18 VIRGINIA* ACCN Extra 6:00 Pos. Name Yr. Avg. HR RBI SB-Att. Notes 19 VIRGINIA* ACCN Extra 1:00 C Logan Harvey Jr. .140 0 0 0-0 Started 59 games in 2017 and batted .263 22-28 ACC Baseball Championship Durham, N.C. 1B Bobby Seymour Fr. .286 1 5 0-0 Has three doubles and 11 walks JUNE 2B Jake Mueller Jr. .341 0 8 7-10 28 hits and seven steals are the most on the team 1-4 NCAA Regional Campus Sites 3B Johnny Aiello Jr. .247 4 17 3-3 Hit grand slam against Louisville on Sunday 8-11 NCAA Super Regional Campus Sites SS Chase Mascolo So. 1-13 0 0 0-0 Perfect in 17 defensive chances 16-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. LF Michael Ludowig Fr. .227 0 7 1-1 Had a 3-RBI game against Louisville CF DJ Poteet Fr. .246 4 10 2-2 Hit walk-off homers vs. No. 3 FSU, No. 11 Louisville Home games in BOLD CAPS. * - ACC game RF Nick DiPonzio So. .188 1 2 2-3 Tallied two hits on Sunday # - at BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte, N.C.) DH Shane Muntz Fr. .246 2 9 0-0 Fourth on the team in RBIs All Times are ET QUICK FACTS ACC PRESEASON POLL ALL-ACC GALORE • Wake Forest was picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic • Wake Forest had a program-record and ACC-leading nine GENERAL INFORMATION Division in the ACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll. FSU student-athletes named All-ACC last year. Name of School Wake Forest University was projected to win the division and overall conference. • First-team selections included Ben Breazeale, Stuart City / Zip Winston-Salem, N.C. / 27109 Fairchild and Gavin Sheets. Johnny Aiello, Parker Dunshee, Founded 1834 Overall Champion Connor Johnstone, Jake Mueller and Griffin Roberts were Enrollment 5,102 (Undergraduate) Florida State (10) second-team selections, and Jonathan Pryor was named to Nickname Demon Deacons North Carolina (3) the third team. School Colors Old Gold & Black Wake Forest (1) • The nine honorees is a program record for the Deacs, Home Facility David F. Couch Ballpark (3,823) surpassing the previous mark of seven set in 2001. Surface AstroTurf Atlantic Division Coastal Division Dimensions 1. Florida State (13) - 95 1. North Carolina (12) - 96 GOLD GLOVES LF-310, LC-370, CF-400, RC-367, RF-300 2. Louisville - 78 2. Virginia (2) - 83 • The Demon Deacons set a new program record with a Affiliation NCAA Division I 3. Clemson - 70 3. Duke - 62 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference 4. NC State - 53 4. Miami - 60 .978 fielding percentage last year, breaking a mark that President Dr. Nathan O. Hatch 5. Wake Forest (1) - 52 5. Georgia Tech - 46 stood for more than 20 years. The previous record was .976, Athletic Director Ron Wellman 6. Boston College - 25 6. Virginia Tech - 27 set in 1994. Athletic Department Phone (336) 758-5616 7. Notre Dame - 19 7. Pitt - 18 • Wake Forest recorded a .985 fielding percentage over the Ticket Office Phone (336) 758-3322 last 35 games, a mark that would have led the nation. DRAFTED DEACS PROGRAM HISTORY • Wake Forest had eight players selected in the 2017 MLB WALTER CLIMBING THE CHARTS First Year of Baseball 1891 Draft, bettering the previous program record of six. A list of • Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter entered the season All-Time Head Coaches 25 the Deacs drafted last year is below. with 239 victories, a mark which ranks third in program Overall All-Time Record 2,151-1,617-28 (.570) Rd. - Name, Pos., Yr. - Team (Overall Pick) history. All-Time ACC Record 561-688-4 (.449) 2 - Stuart Fairchild, OF, Jr. - Cincinnati Reds (38) • Last year, he surpassed John Caddell’s (1926-39) mark of ACC Championships 6 2 - Gavin Sheets, 1B, Jr. - Chicago White Sox (49) 183 for third. George Greer (1988-04) leads with 608, and (1962, 1963, 1977, 1998, 1999, 2001) 7 - Parker Dunshee, RHP, Sr. - Oakland Athletics (201) College W.S. Appearances 2 (1949, 1955) Marvin Crater (1976-87) is second with 269.