Wake Baseball Powers Past Virginia Tech, 13-0
Deacon pitchers combine for a six-hit shut out win.
Feb. 27, 2000
Box Score
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Three Wake Forest pitchers combined for a
six-hit shut out as the Deacons defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 13-0 and
swept the two game series between the Deacons and the Hokies.
Freshman Ben Clayton (3-0) pitched the first six innings giving up
no runs on five hits and striking out six batters to pick up the win. Matt
Briggs pitched the next two innings surrendering only one hit and Ryan
Braun came on to close the game out for the Deacs. Jason Beale (1-1)
pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up seven runs on 10 hits to take the loss for
the Hokies.
Wake Forest scored in every inning except the sixth. The Deacons
put up two runs in the first and then scored one in each of the next four
innings. They finished the scoring out with three runs in the seventh and
four in the eighth.
Center fielder Cory Sullivan went 3-for-4 with one RBI for Wake
Forest. Catcher Dan Conway went 1-for-4 on the day with a three-run home
run, his third of the season. Conway drove in four runs on the day. For
Virginia Tech, Brad Bauder and Ryan Murphy had two hits apiece.
With the win, Wake Forest improves to 7-2 on the season, while
Virginia Tech drops to 3-3 with the loss. Wake Forest will be back in
action on Tuesday, Feb. 29 when it travels to Davidson, NC to take on the
Davidson Wildcats. The first pitch is set for 3 p.m.
