May 25, 2004

Final Stats

Salem, Va. - The 2004 baseball season came to a close for Wake Forest on Tuesday night in the first round of the ACC Tournament with a 15-12 loss to Maryland.

The Terrapins jumped way out in front of the Deacons with nine runs in the game's first two innings. Wake Forest crawled out the hole and brought the tying-run to the plate in the ninth inning with two outs, but J.B. Tucker flied out to the warning track in center field to end the game, and the season.

The Deacons' final record stands at 17-33.

Despite the loss, junior center fielder Matt Miller and senior second baseman Nick Blue recorded memorable individual performances.

Miller's 5-for-5 effort at the plate was a personal best and tied a Wake Forest ACC Tournament record for hits. He scored one run and drove in three.

Blue stole five bases, including two in the ninth inning, to tie the school record for most stolen bases in a single game. In 1984, future big leaguer Tommy Gregg stole five bases against Elon.

They were Blue's 22nd and 23rd thefts of the season and 62nd and 63rd of his career, putting him into sole possession of third place in the Wake Forest record book.

Wake Forest's Justin Keadle took the loss, falling to 2-5 on the year. He lasted 3.1 innings, allowing 10 earned runs on 10 hits with two walks and no strikeouts. The Deacons also used Sean Souders, Charlie Mellies, Daniel Davidson and Kyle Young in relief. They combined to allow three earned runs over the final 5.2 innings.

Kevin Hart got the win for Maryland, improving to 3-8.

The Deacons began their comeback effort with one in the first and six in the third, highlighted by Steve LeFaivre's three-run homer, his 13th of the year and 26th of his career. LeFaivre had four RBI and finished his senior season as Wake Forest's 2004 leader in homers and RBI (47).

The Deacons trailed 15-7 after seven innings, but refused to pack it in. Wake Forest scored two in the seventh, one in the eighth and two in the ninth.

Brad Scioletti (2-for-5) and Doug Riepe (1-for-4) had hits in their final games as Demon Deacons.