No. 1 Wake Forest Baseball Keeps Rolling, Beats NC A&T
No. 1 Wake Forest Baseball Keeps Rolling, Beats NC A&T
Bats were hot for No. 1 Wake Forest Baseball as they served North Carolina A.T. their second loss of the season at World War Memorial Stadium on Tuesday.
No. 1 Wake Forest Baseball extended its win streak to four as the Demon Deacons defeated North Carolina A&T 12-1 at World War Memorial Stadium.
The Demon Deacons got off to an early lead with two runs in the first and bats stayed hot in the second as they extended their lead to seven.
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The Aggies couldn't get the bats swinging until the 5th when they got a glimmer of offense with an RBI by Tre Williams, who would later make his debut on the mound. Wake Forest tacked on four more scores in the final three innings to take the game 12-1 over the Aggies.
Relive the game below.
Bottom Of Ninth Inning:
Why not switch it up? Will Gervase gets his chance on the mound for the Demon Deacons and secures the win allowing no runs. Wake Forest serves NC A&T their second loss of the season.
Top Of Ninth Inning: Williams Makes Pitching Debut
Second baseman Tre Williams makes his pitching debut for the Aggies.
Marek Houston gets a lead-off double to get things going for the Demons. Tellier grounded out to second base.
Kurtz gets his first hit of the night, a SAC RBI single to send Houston home.
Tre Williams gets his first career strikeout against Jake Reinisch.
Bottom Of Eighth Inning: More Pitching Changes For Wake Forest
Cam Nelson steps in Blantz but gets off to a rusty start allowing a double to left center but bounces back with a strikeout against Tre Williams.
Negishi fouled out to third base before Nelson was replaced with Josh Gunther who closed out the inning.
Top Of Eighth Inning: Duff Gets A Chance
Brock Duff, a right-handed sophomore gets his chance on the hill. Wake Forest gets on base twice but doesn't progress any further.
Bottom Of Seventh Inning: Ray Cruises Through 7th
Ray secures his second strikeout in a row. Ash and Wood get retired on fielded hits.
Top Of Seventh Inning: Wake Adds Another
Connor Blantz enters for Simmons. Wake Forest gets the bases loaded quickly with Blantz on the mound. Another Aggie error allows Hawke to run home and extend the lead for the Demon Deacons.
T7: Wake Forest 9, Aggies 1.
Bottom Of Sixth Inning: Three Up, Three Down
Wake Forest sends a new arm to the mound. The right-handed Junior, William Ray steps in. Three up, three down and the Aggies make no damage.
Top Of Sixth Inning: Simmons Dealing
Simmons gets his second and third strikeout of the night on back-to-back batters to get the helmets back on for the Aggies.
Bottom Of Fifth Inning: Aggies Get On The Board
North Carolina A&T leads off with a drag bunt by Enrique Wood. Tre Williams gets a hit out to center field to send Wood home.
Top Of Fifth Inning: Enter Simmons
Trent Simmons takes the mound and gets the job done only allowing one hit but no runs.
Bottom Of Fourth Inning: Aggies Spend Time On Base
Negishi gets hit with a pitch by Leffew to start the second run-through of the order.
Canyon Brown gets his first hit of the night to get on base, and Negishi gets out at second.
Chet Sikes gets walked, and Brown advances to second. On a wild pitch by Leffew, Wake Forest puts two Aggies in scoring position.
Leffew gets his fifth strikeout before loading the bases with another wild inside pitch to tag the elbow of Michael Logan.
Top Of Fourth Inning: Delisi Gets A Turn, Gets Out Of Pinch
Adam Tellier gets on base for the third time tonight, this time with a walk. Nick Kurtz gets a walk and Brewington ends his shift for the night.
Jake Delisi comes in with runners on first and second with no outs. Division II transfer Seaver King, who is the No. 9 ranked prospect, gets walked.
Wake Forest capitalizes on more Aggie mistakes, and Tellier scores on a wild pitch to extend the lead to eight.
Delisi strikes out back-to-back Wake Forest batters and Winnay reached on a fielder's choice to send Reinisch out at second.
Bottom Of Third Inning: Leffew With Four Strikeouts On The Night
Wood got out on a hit to left field. Leffew got his third and fourth strikeouts of the night serving up a K to Dalton and Williams.
Top Of Third Inning: Brewington Gets Momentum
After getting out of a pinch in the second, Isaiah Brewington finds his groove striking out two Demon Deacons to send it to the bottom of the third at War Memorial Stadium.
Bottom Of Second Inning: NC A&T Off To Slow Start
North Carolina A&T can't get it moving in the second. Leffew strikeout back-to-back Aggies to end the inning. Wake Forest holds the lead at 7-0.
Aggies Make A Pitching Change
With a score 6-0 and the bases loaded, Avery Caine ended his time on the mound. Redshirt Junior and right-handed pitcher Isaiah Brewington steps up to try and get the Aggies out of trouble.
The Aggies almost got out early with an impressive double play, but the call was overturned after a replay review.
Safe or not?? 🤔
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Aggies nearly ended the inning with this double play that was called back after a review overturned the call to mark the Wake Forest runner safe at third.@CAAsports | @WakeBaseball | @NCAT_Baseball | #CAAbaseball pic.twitter.com/ZKJGyuInRc
Top Of Second Inning: Bats Are Hot For The Deacons
Take Ballestro kicks off the inning with an opposite-field lead-off double, his fifth of the season. Hawke gets the second rouble of the inning to send in the run.
Jack Winnay homered to left field to tack on two more. This was Winnay's fourth homer in as many games.
Tellier gets his second hit of the night, a double down the left-field line to send in another RBI.
Bottom Of First Inning: No Strikeout Streak Tonight For Wake Forest
Leffew gives up one hit but the Aggies strand a runner on third. The score remains Wake Forst 2, NC A&t 0 to end the inning.
Nice leadoff double from @NCAT_Baseball Shemar Dalton against the No. 1 team in the nation, Wake Forest. #AggiePride pic.twitter.com/Frasy697qt
— N.C. A&T Athletics (@NCATAGGIES) February 27, 2024
Top Of First Inning: Aggie Mistakes Lead To Wake Forest Runs
North Carolina A&T gives up two runs on one error and one hit from Adam Tellier. Wake Forest leads 2-0.
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Who Is Pitching For NC A&T Baseball vs. Wake Forest Baseball? It's Avery Caine.
Avery Cain is the starter for the Aggies. Cain is a right-handed pitcher and a graduate student at NC A&T.
NC A&T Baseball Roster And Lineup vs. Wake Forest
- RF - Shemar Dalton
- 2B - Tre Williams
- 1B - Tatsunori Negishi
- C - Canyon Brown
- DH - Chet Sikes
- 3B - AJ Jones
- LF - Michael Logan
- CF - TJ Ash
- SS - Enrique Wood
Who Is Pitching For Wake Forest Baseball vs. NC A&T Baseball? Haiden Leffew.
Haiden Leffew is the starter for Wake Forest. Leffew is a Freshman left-handed pitcher for the Demon Deacons.
Wake Forest Baseball Roster And Lineup vs. NC A&T
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— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) February 27, 2024
Has North Carolina A&T Baseball Ever Won A CAA Championship?
The Aggies are still on the hunt for their first-ever CAA Baseball title. Before joining the CAA, NC A&T was in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference where they won the 2005 and 2018 tournaments.
How Many ACC Baseball Titles Has Wake Forest Won?
The Demon Deacons have won seven ACC Baseball Championship titles.
Has Wake Forest Baseball Won The College World Series?
Wake Forest last won an NCAA National Championship title in 1955.
CAA Baseball Standings On Feb. 26
Here's where the teams are on Tuesday.
- Charleston, 7-0
- Campbell, 6-1
- N.C. A&T, 6-1
- William & Mary, 6-1
- Delaware, 4-2
- UNCW, 5-3
- Northeastern, 3-2
- Elon, 3-4
- Stony Brook, 3-5
- Hofstra, 2-4
- Monmouth, 1-6
- Towson, 1-6
ACC Baseball Standings On Feb. 26
Here's where the teams are on Tuesday.
Atlantic:
- Florida State, 6-0
- Clemson, 6-1
- Wake Forest, 6-1
- Notre Dame, 5-2
- Boston College, 4-2
- NC State, 4-2
- Louisville, 2-4
Coastal:
- Duke, 7-0
- Virginia, 7-0
- Georgia Tech, 6-1
- Pitt, 6-1
- Miami, 5-2
- North Carolina, 5-2
- Virginia Tech, 5-2
CAA Baseball 2024 Teams Stocked With Talent
The CAA is one of the best mid-major conferences in college baseball this season as Northeastern began the season on various preseason polls and Campbell entered the rankings this week. Mike Sirota of Northeastern and Cole Mathis of College of Charleston are both ranked as top-100 MLB Draft Prospects.
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Wake Forest Baseball 2024 MLB Draft Prospects
One of the reasons Wake is ranked so high, aside from making the national semifinals last year in Omaha, is they are loaded with next-level talent.
First baseman Nick Kurtz is the unanimous No. 2 prospect in college baseball and was even picked first in one mock draft earlier this season. In a review of the Cleveland Guardians draft options, they own the No. 1 pick, Kurtz was the slugger that fit the needs the best.
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Along with Kurtz is Division II transfer Seaver King, who is the No. 9 ranked prospect. JD Dix is the No. 68-ranked prospect.
Pitching-wise, Wake has two of the top pitching prospects in Chase Burns (No. 16) and Josh Hartle (No. 13) while Michael Massey is ranked No. 31.
Neither of those pitchers are expected to pitch against N.C. A&T as they are the Demon Deacons' weekend rotation.
College Baseball Rankings On D1Baseball Poll On Feb. 26
- Wake Forest, 6-1, 1
- Arkansas, 5-2, 2
- LSU, 7-1, 3
- Florida, 5-1, 4
- TCU, 7-0, 5
- Oregon State, 7-1, 7
- Texas A&M, 7-0, 8
- Tennessee, 7-1, 9
- Vanderbilt, 5-3, 6
- Clemson, 6-1, 10
- East Carolina, 5-2, 11
- Duke, 7-0, 12
- Virginia, 7-0, 14
- NC State, 4-2, 13
- Texas, 6-1, 16
- Alabama, 8-0, 17
- North Carolina, 5-2, 15
- Texas Tech, 6-2, 19
- South Carolina, 7-1, 21
- Indiana, 6-1, 23
- Campbell, 6-1, NR
- Coastal Carolina, 5-2, 25
- Auburn, 6-1, NR
- UC Santa Barbara, 3-3, 22
- Dallas Baptist, 7-0, NR
Dropped out: Iowa, UCLA, Kansas St.
Baseball America NCAA Baseball Rankings On Feb. 26
Here are Baseball America's rankings and where they ranked last week:
- Wake Forest, 1
- LSU, 2
- Arkansas, 3
- Oregon State, 4
- Florida, 5
- TCU, 6
- Tennessee, 8
- Virginia, 10
- Vanderbilt, 7
- Clemson, 9
- Texas A&M, 11
- South Carolina, 12
- Duke, 13
- Texas, 14
- East Carolina, 15
- Texas Tech, 17
- North Carolina, 16
- NC State, 19
- Auburn, 20
- UC Irvine, 21
- Indiana, 22
- Coastal Carolina, 23
- Dallas Baptist, 25
- Alabama, 5-0, NR
- Campbell, NR
Wake Forest Baseball Stream Vs. N.C. A&T
Every CAA Baseball home game and conference game is streaming live on FloBaseball and the FloSports app. N.C. A&T joined the CAA in 2022.
Wake Forest will also stream on FloBaseball later this season on April 23 against Elon.
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