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APRIL 26-28, 2019 | TALLAHASSEE, FLA. | DICK HOWSER STADIUM | ACCN EXTRA SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY 15 SACRED HEART W, 14-1 16 ILLINOIS L, 2-5 VS 17 GEORGETOWN W, 5-3 19 at Liberty ESPN+ L, 3-9 WAKE FOREST FLORIDA STATE 23 QUINNIPIAC L, 6-8 24 QUINNIPIAC W, 15-5 DEMON DEACONS SEMINOLES ELON L, 3-6 Record: 25-17 | ACC: 11-10 Record: 26-14 | ACC: 12-9 25 at Elon W, 13-7 27 UNCG W, 2-1 (10) Probable Starters Head Coach: Tom Walter Head Coach: Mike Martin MARCH Friday 2 vs. Furman # W, 13-7 Season: 10th Season: 40th WF: Jr. RHP Colin Peluse (3-5, 5.37) 3 FURMAN W, 5-1 Home Record: 17-8 FSU: Jr. LHP Drew Parrish (5-3, 4.53) Home Record: 20-6 FURMAN W, 11-2 Away Record: 7-9 Saturday Away Record: 6-7 5 at #16 Coastal Carolina L, 9-10 (12) WF: So. LHP Jared Shuster (4-2, 6.18) Neutral Record: 1-0 Neutral Record: 0-1 6 at #16 Coastal Carolina L, 8-14 FSU: So. RHP CJ Van Eyk (5-3, 4.14) National Rank: RV (NCBWA) National Rank: RV 8 NOTRE DAME* ACCN Extra L, 4-7 Sunday 9 NOTRE DAME* ACCN Extra W, 7-4 Runs Scored/Game: 8.1 Runs Scored/Game: 6.6 WF: Fr. RHP Ryan Cusick (5-2, 6.90) 10 NOTRE DAME* ACCN Extra L, 7-8 (10) Runs Allowed/Game: 6.3 FSU: So. RHP Conor Grady (6-3, 3.12) Runs Allowed/Game: 5.3 12 APP STATE ACCN Extra W, 5-4 15 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCN Extra L, 3-5 WAKE FOREST AT FLORIDA STATE 16 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCN Extra W, 22-9 17 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCN Extra W, 13-3 THE MATCHUP 19 CHARLOTTE ACCN Extra W, 14-6 • Wake Forest heads to Florida State for a three-game league series this weekend on ACC Network Extra. 22 at Duke* ACCN Extra L, 2-16 23 at Duke* ACCN Extra W, 9-8 LAST TIME OUT 24 at Duke* ACCN Extra W, 5-4 (12) 26 at UNCG ESPN+ L, 5-9 • The Demon Deacons improved to 10-3 in the month of April, cruising to an 18-6 victory at Charlotte on Tuesday. 29 at #10 Louisville* ACCN Extra L, 1-6 • Wake Forest jumped out to a 13-0 lead and hit four homers in the game, including two from Shane Muntz and one at #10 Louisville* ACCN Extra L, 7-10 apiece from Cole McNamee and Bruce Steel. 31 at #10 Louisville* ACCN Extra L, 4-5 • Tyler Witt made the start and allowed one unearned run over 5.0 innings, earning the victory for the second-straight APRIL game after also picking up the win in the series finale against No. 8 NC State. 2 at App State W, 10-6 6 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCN Extra W, 8-3 WAKE FOREST STORYLINES VIRGINIA TECH* ACCN Extra W, 8-7 • The back end of Wake Forest’s bullpen has been impressive all season. William Fleming, Antonio Menendez and 7 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCN Extra L, 9-10 Bobby Hearn each have ERAs under 3.00. Fleming has recorded six saves as the Deacons closer and a 2.06 ERA. 9 HIGH POINT ACCN Extra W, 14-9 Opponents are hitting just .176 against Hearn, who is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA. Menendez has a 5-1 record, earned recent 12 at Pittsburgh* ACCN Extra L, 3-8 wins vs. Pitt and Liberty, and has struck out 53 batters in 41.1 innings. 13 at Pittsburgh* ACCN Extra W, 20-8 • Bobby Seymour is hitting .385 and leads the ACC with 64 RBIs on 11 doubles and seven homers. Chris Lanzilli is at Pittsburgh* ACCN Extra W, 7-6 batting .348 and ranks in the top-10 in the ACC with 16 doubles, 10 homers and 48 RBIs. Patrick Frick ranks third in 16 LIBERTY ACCN Extra W, 6-2 the ACC with a .380 batting average to go along with nine doubles, four homers, 35 RBIs and six stolen bases. 18 #8 NC STATE* ACCN Extra W, 7-3 20 #8 NC STATE* ACCN Extra L, 3-4 #8 NC STATE* ACCN Extra W, 9-8 OPPONENT & SERIES HISTORY 23 at Charlotte W, 18-6 • Florida State has a commanding 90-29 lead in the series history. Wake Forest had never won back-to-back series 26 at Florida State* ACCN Extra 6:00 against the Seminoles until winning each of the last three in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Florida State was ranked in the 27 at Florida State* ACCN Extra 2:00 top 25 all three of those years, and in the top five in 2016 and 2018. 28 at Florida State* ACCN Extra 1:00 • Florida native Bruce Steel has excelled in Tallahassee, hitting three homers and two doubles in five games at FSU. 30 vs. Gardner-Webb^ 6:00 • The Seminoles enter the weekend with a 26-14 overall record and wins in seven of their last eight games. After MAY sweeping Clemson, FSU took 2-of-3 from Virginia and then swept Stetson in a pair of midweek games. Preseason 1 at High Point 6:00 All-American Drew Mendoza has a team-high 12 homers, while two-way player J.C. Flowers has nine homers at the 7 DAVIDSON ACCN Extra 6:00 plate and 10 saves and a 0.52 ERA on the mound. 10 MIAMI* ACCN Extra 6:00 11 MIAMI* ACCN Extra 4:00 ON DECK 13 MIAMI* ESPNU 7:00 • Wake Forest has two midweek games next week before finals, first playing Gardner-Webb at Keeter Stadium. 14 at Radford 6:00 16 at Clemson* ACCN Extra 6:00 WHAT’S INSIDE 17 at Clemson* ACCN Extra 6:00 18 at Clemson* RSN 12:30 Wake Forest Notes .............................. 1-2 Starter/Bullpen Breakdown ......................... 8 21-26 ACC Championship Durham, N.C. Quick Facts......................................... 2 Deacs in the Pros................................... 8 JUNE Roster ............................................. 3 Home Run Breakdown/National Rankings ........... 9 1-4 NCAA Regional Campus Sites Coaching Staff...................................... 4 Hitter Profiles (Numerical Order) ............... 10-15 8-11 NCAA Super Regional Campus Sites Streaks ............................................ 5 Pitcher Profiles (Numerical Order) .............. 15-21 16-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. David F. Couch Ballpark ............................. 5 Wake’s Record When... .......................... 22 ACC Standings/Schedule............................ 6 Game-by-Game Summary........................ 23 * - ACC game Stat Rankings/Big Innings........................... 6 Season/Career Stats & Series Breakdown ......... 24 # - at BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte, N.C.) The Last Time... ................................... 7 Series History .................................... 25 ^ - at Keeter Stadium (Shelby, N.C.) Games by Position.................................. 8 Season Stats ..................................... 26 All times listed are ET QUICK FACTS BOMBS AWAY DRAFTED DEACS • Wake Forest got its bats going in the series victory • Wake Forest had three players selected in the 2018 GENERAL INFORMATION over Virginia Tech (April 6-7), hitting a total of nine MLB Draft, as well as two signees. home runs in the three-game series. Name of School Wake Forest University Rd. - Name, Pos., Yr. - Team (Overall Pick) • The Deacons mashed four longballs in the first game, CBA - Grant Lavigne (signee), 1B - Rockies (42) City / Zip Winston-Salem, N.C. / 27109 including two from Bruce Steel and one apiece by Founded 1834 CBA - Griffin Roberts, RHP, Jr. - Cardinals (43) Brendan Tinsman and Chris Lanzilli. 13 - Rayne Supple, RHP, Jr. - Rockies (396) Enrollment 5,102 (Undergraduate) • Wake Forest added three more in the game two 14 - Johnny Aiello, 3B, Jr. - Blue Jays (416) Nickname Demon Deacons victory, receiving two from Bobby Seymour and 40 - Ryan Cusick (signee), RHP - Reds (1,189) School Colors Old Gold & Black another from DJ Poteet. Poteet tacked on two more longballs in Sunday’s effort. • Roberts, Supple, Aiello and Lavigne all signed Home Facility David F. Couch Ballpark (3,823) • The nine home runs in an ACC series were the most contracts and began their pro careers. Surface AstroTurf for Wake Forest since hitting 10 against the Hokies in • Cusick did not sign and is at Wake Forest as a Dimensions 2015. freshman pitcher. LF-310, LC-370, CF-400, RC-367, RF-300 • The Deacs added four more on Tuesday (April 9), Affiliation NCAA Division I including two from Brendan Tinsman. That gave the SHIFTING STAFF Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Deacs a multi-homer effort in four-straight games. • Wake Forest elevated Bill Cilento to Associate Head President Dr. Nathan O. Hatch • After hitting four over the weekend at Pitt, two Coach with a multi-year contract. Cilento has been on Tuesday vs. App State, four against NC State, and staff with Tom Walter for 10 years as hitting coach and Athletic Director Ron Wellman four at Charlotte on Tuesday, Wake Forest leads the Athletic Department Phone (336) 758-5616 recruiting coordinator. ACC with 60 home runs. After hitting just five in nine • Deacon alum John Hendricks has joined the staff as Ticket Office Phone (336) 758-3322 February games, the Deacs hit 25 over 20 games in pitching coach. The 2000 Wake Forest graduate still March. So far in April, the Deacs have hit 30 through PROGRAM HISTORY 13 games. leads Wake Forest with 34 career wins, and spent the last nine years working in Major League Baseball First Year of Baseball 1891 LUCK O’ THE IRISH? including most recently as the National Pitching All-Time Head Coaches 25 • Chris Lanzilli set a new program record with 10 RBIs Supervisor for the New York Mets. Overall All-Time Record 2,192-1,653-28 (.570) in the 13-3 win over Boston College on St.