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No. 2 Wake Forest Downs No. 17 Miami; Clinches Third ACC Series of Season in Front of Second-Largest Crowd in Program History

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In front of the second-largest crowd in program history, the No. 2 Wake Forest baseball team posted a 4-1 win over No. 17 Miami Saturday afternoon inside David F. Couch Ballpark, securing its third ACC series victory of the season.  

Wake Forest (21-3, 6-2 ACC) has compiled a 43-8-1 record inside David F. Couch Ballpark over the last two seasons, highlighted by its 17-1 mark this year. Overall, the Deacs have outscored opponents, 498-171, at The Couch since last year. 

After taking two games against Duke and Notre Dame in the first two conference weekends, the Saturday win marks the first time Wake Forest has won its first three ACC series to open a season since 2017. 

After both teams found the scoreboard in the first, Sean Sullivan tossed four-straight zeros to keep the Hurricanes at bay. 

Wake Forest took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the fifth courtesy of a Tommy Hawke RBI-single and never looked back, extending its lead in the next inning after back-to-back extra base hits from Brock Wilken and Pierce Bennett

Another RBI-double from Bennett ultimately pushed lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth before Camden Minacci slammed the door in the ninth to register his sixth save of the season. It marked his 14th save as a Demon Deacon, the eighth most in program history.

Sullivan earned his fourth win of the season on Saturday, tossing five innings with eight strikeouts while allowing just three hits and two walks. The sophomore struck out five of…

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