4 Wake Forest Baseball Demon Deacons in the Major Leagues
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Demon Deacons in the Major Leagues William Wynne, P Buddy Lewis, 3B/OF Rube Melton, P Washington-NL, 1894 Washington-AL, 1935-49 Philadelphia-NL, 1941-42 Brooklyn-NL, 1943-47 David Robertson, OF Eddie Yount, OF New York-AL, 1912-19 Philadelphia-AL, 1937 Ray Scarborough, P Chicago-NL, 1919-21 Pittsburgh-NL, 1939 Washington-AL, 1942-50 New York-NL, 1922 Chicago-AL, 1950 Doyt Morris, OF Boston-AL, 1951-52 Lee Gooch, OF Philadelphia-AL, 1937 New York-AL, 1952-53 Cleveland-AL, 1915 Detroit-AL, 1953 Philadelphia-AL, 1917 John Gaddy, P Brooklyn-NL, 1938 Max Marshall, OF Larry Woodall, C Cincinnati-NL, 1942-44 Detroit-AL, 1920-29 Dick Newsome, P Boston-AL, 1941-43 Willard Marshall, OF Vic Sorrell, P New York-NL, 1942-49 Detroit-AL, 1928-37 Morrie Aderholt, IF Boston-NL, 1950-52 Washington-AL, 1939-41 Cincinnati-NL, 1952-53 Junie Barnes, P Brooklyn-NL, 1944-45 Chicago-AL, 1954-55 Cincinnati-NL, 1934 Boston-NL, 1945 4 Wake Forest Baseball Demon Deacons In The Major Leagues Rip Coleman, P New York-AL, 1955-56 Kansas City-AL, 1957-59 Baltimore-AL, 1959-60 Craig Robinson, SS Philadelphia-NL, 1972-73 Atlanta-NL, 1974-75 San Francisco-NL, 1975-76 Atlanta-NL, 1976-77 Brick Smith, 1B Seattle-AL, 1987-88 Tommy Gregg, 1B/OF Pittsburgh-NL, 1987-88 Atlanta-NL, 1988-92 Cincinnati-NL, 1993 Florida-NL, 1995 Atlanta-NL, 1997 Tommy Byrne, P New York-AL, 1943; 1946-51 Erik Hanson, P St. Louis-AL, 1951-52 Seattle-AL, 1988-93 Chicago-AL,1953 Cincinnati-NL, 1994 Washington-AL, 1953 Boston-AL, 1995 New York-AL, 1954-57 Toronto-AL,1996-98 Charlie Ripple, P Kevin Jarvis, P Philadelphia-NL, 1944-46 Cincinnati-NL,1994-97 Minnesota-AL, 1997 Elmer Sexauer, P Detroit-AL, 1997 Brooklyn-NL, 1948 Oakland-AL, 1999 Colorado-NL, 2000 Gair Allie, SS San Diego-NL, 2001 Pittsburgh-NL, 1954 Mike Buddie, P Jack Meyer, P New York-AL, 1998-99 Philadelphia-NL, 1955-61 Milwaukee-NL, 2000-01 Sean DePaula, P Cleveland-AL, 1999-2001 Mike MacDougal, P Kansas City-AL, 2001 Former Deacons Active In the Minor Leagues Jamie Athas (Giants) – A Danny Borrell (Yankees) – A Carlos Brackley (Red Sox) – A Dan Conway (Rockies) – A Scott Daeley (Giants) – A Bobby Rodgers (Marlins) – AAA Eric Schmitt (Yankees) – A Corey Slavik (Cubs) – A Cory Sullivan (Rockies) – A Chase Voshell (Cardinals) – A Jeremy Ward (Arizona) – AAA 2002 Media Guide 5 1998 ACC Championship 1998 Roster: 1 Chris Turner 2 Chase Voshell 3 Scott Daeley 4 Stephen Sullivan 5 Jason Mersey 7 Sunny Chiou 8 Jason Aquilante 9 Ben Danosky 10 Scott Siemon 11 Andrew Riepe 14 Ricky Mendez 15 Jeremy Ward 17 Josh Bartlett 18 Danny Borrell 19 Jon Palmieri 20 Matt Briggs 21 Tim Schilling 22 John Hendricks 23 Corey Slavik 24 Josh Otten Borrell Shuts Down Seminoles, Wake Wins ACC Title 26 Matt Price 28 Peter Princi John Hendricks Named Tournament MVP 33 Carlos Brackley 34 Mike MacDougal Durham, N.C. (AP) -- Left-hander Danny Borrell held the Seminoles to three runs on six hits in a com- 35 Eric Schmitt plete game as he led Wake Forest (41-21) to a 6-2 victory over Florida State (49-18) for the Demon 43 Joe Belton Deacons first ACC Championship since 1977. 45 Steven Granese Borrell (3-2) struck out four and walked four in his first start against an ACC opponent. He retired 46 Will Rikard the first seven batters of the game. First baseman Jon Palmieri belted an RBI-double in the first inning as Wake Forest quickly got a 1- Coaching Staff: 0 lead. Palmieri then led off the third with a triple and scored on a base hit by third baseman Corey 44 George Greer Slavik. Slavik came home on a single by catcher Andrew Riepe to increase the Deacons lead to 3-0. 25 Bobby Moranda FSU third baseman Jose Zabala walked and scored on a base hit by centerfielder Brian Cox as 37 Kyle Wagner the Seminoles cut Wake Forest's lead to 3-1. Cox extended his hitting streak to 19 games. Statistical Leaders: Wake Forest made the score 5-1 on a two-run single by Riepe in the fifth inning. Rightfielder Ben Batting Average Danosky doubled and scored on a base hit by Slavik in the sixth to add one more run to the Deacons' Jon Palmieri .438 total. Home Runs Second Baseman Brooks Badeaux walked and came home on a sacrifice fly by catcher Jeremy Jon Palmieri, Ben Danosky 12 Salazar as the Seminoles made the score 6-2. Earned Run Average Right-hander Chris Chavez (7-4) gave up five runs and ten hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched in the loss. John Hendricks 3.14 Chavez struck out three and walked two in the appearance. Win-Loss Record Rightfielder Matt Diaz set a new ACC Tournament record with 14 hits with a single in the ninth John Hendricks 13-4 inning. The previous record of 13 was held by Bert Hefferman of Clemson set in 1995. Wake Forest 102 021 000 - 6 13 2 May 17, 1998 Florida State 000 101 001 - 3 6 0 Durham, N.C. - Durham Athletic Park Win: Borrell (3-2) Loss: Chavez (7-4) Save: None. Wake Forest 6 (41-21) Florida State 3 (49-18) Box Score Extras: E - Slavik (17), Voshell (17). DP - FSU 1; WF 2. LOB - FSU 7; Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI WF 12. 2B - Danosky(14), Palmieri (29), Jernigan (13). 3B - Daeley cf 4 1 3 0 Badeaux 2b 4 1 0 0 Palmieri (4). HBP - Jernigan, Palmieri, Borrell, Daeley, Danosky rf 4 1 2 0 Zabala 3b 2 1 0 0 Danosky. SH - Chiou(7). SB - Cox 2(26). CS - Jernigan (6). Palmieri 1b 3 2 2 1 Cox cf 4 0 1 1 HB - Borrell, Chavez, Ginn 3. Ginn faced 2 batters in the 8th. Slavik 3b 5 1 3 2 Salazar c 3 0 0 1 Umpires - Home: Mike Kiernan. 1st: Mickey Fuqua. 2nd: Rikard lf 4 1 1 0 M. Diaz rf 3 1 1 0 Danny Borrell Scott Erby. 3rd: John Kramer. Start: 1:12 pm Time: 2:49 Borrell dh 3 0 0 0 Cash 1b 4 0 0 0 Attendance: 2650 Riepe c 4 0 2 3 Henderson dh4 0 0 0 Chiou 2b 4 0 0 0 Jernigan lf 3 0 2 1 C. Voshell ss 5 0 0 0 Groves ss 4 0 2 0 Totals...... 36 6 13 6 Chavez p 0 0 0 0 Z. Diaz p 0 0 0 0 WF IP H R ER BB K Ginn p 0 0 0 0 Borrell 9.0 6 3 2 4 4 Proctor p 0 0 0 0 Jon Palmieri Totals...... 31 3 6 3 FSU IP H R ER BB K Chavez 4.1 10 5 5 2 3 Z. Diaz 4.2 3 1 1 1 1 Ginn 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Proctor 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 Scott Daeley 8 Wake Forest Baseball 1999 ACC Championship 1999 Roster: 1 Chris Turner 2 Chase Voshell 3 Scott Daeley 4 Stephen Sullivan 5 Jason Mersey 8 Jason Aquilante 9 Ben Danosky 10 Scott Siemon 11 Andrew Riepe 14 Ricky Mendez 16 Adam Heaps 17 Josh Bartlett 18 Danny Borrell 19 Jon Palmieri 20 Matt Briggs 22 John Hendricks 23 Corey Slavik 26 Matt Price Deacons Capture Back-To-Back ACC Championships 27 Ricky Paugh 28 Todd Achilles Andrew Riepe Named Tournament MVP 33 Carlos Brackley 35 Eric Schmitt Durham, N.C. (AP) -- Wake Forest repeated as ACC baseball champions Saturday night, rallying for 40 Mike MacDougal nine unanswered runs while getting some clutch relief pitching from David Bush in a 9-5 victory over 41 J.J. Moult 43 Joe Belton Clemson in the tournament title game. 45 David Bush Wake Forest (44-13) set a single-season mark for wins while capturing its ninth straight Atlantic Coast Conference tourney victory - one shy of the league record set by Georgia Tech in the mid-1980s. Coaching Staff: "Nobody would have believed this. Four years ago we were playing in the play-in game and to win 44 George Greer back-to-back titles and to beat teams like Florida State, this is just a great bunch of guys," said senior 25 Bobby Moranda star Jon Palmieri. 7 Mike Rikard The Demon Deacon starting pitchers have been masterful in their last eight ACC postseason games, each going at least eight innings. But Danny Borrell was wild and didn't make it out of the Statistical Leaders: fourth inning against the Tigers (37-24), who were playing in the title game about an hour after knock- Batting Average ing top-seeded Florida State from the double-elimination event. Jon Palmieri .412 But Bush, a freshman from Devon, Pa., retired nine straight Clemson batters to allow the Demon Home Runs Deacons time to battle back from a 5-0 deficit. Bush, recruited as a catcher, ended up retiring 16 of Danny Borrell 20 the 17 batters he faced, striking out six as Wake Forest won its sixth ACC title. Earned Run Average "You can't do any better than that," Wake Forest coach George Greer said of Bush's performance. Mike MacDougal 2.62 Bush, who pitched a scoreless inning earlier in the day, caught the last out - a popup. Win-Loss Record "It couldn't come down quick enough," Bush said.