Parker Dunshee and Griffin Roberts combined to strike out 12 Hurricanes while walking just one.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- No. 24-ranked Wake Forest took advantage of a gem on the mound in a 2-1 victory over Miami at Mark Light Field on Friday night.
Parker Dunshee tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out nine while allowing just six hits and one walk to earn the win and improve to 5-1.
Griffin Roberts picked up his second save, tossing the final 2.0 innings and striking out three while allowing one hit and no walks.
The Demon Deacons (20-7, 7-3 ACC) had just one hit heading into the ninth inning, but that was a two-run single by Keegan Maronpot which proved to be the difference in the game.
In the second, Ben Breazeale and Johnny Aiello walked. After Bruce Steel reached on a fielder's choice, he stole second base and Maronpot blooped a single into center to plate Breazeale and Steel and put the Deacs in front, 2-0.
Miami (11-15, 4-6 ACC) got its only run in the third on an RBI double by James Davison.
Dunshee and Roberts escaped potential trouble in five straight innings from the fourth through eighth. Miami had a leadoff double in the fourth before two strikeouts and a groundout.
In the fifth, the Hurricanes put two on with two outs before an inning-ending flyout. Romy Gonzalez led off the sixth with a single and was sacrificed to second, where he was stranded. The leadoff hitter in the seventh was hit by a pitch and sacrificed to second, but Dunshee fanned the last two batters he faced to escape.
Miami put the tying run on second on a Gonzalez single and stolen base with one away in the eighth, but Roberts avoided any damage with a groundout, HBP and strikeout, before cruising through a 1-2-3 ninth.
Breazeale gave Wake Forest its second hit in the top of the ninth. The Deacs walked six times compared to just one for Miami, including two by Stuart Fairchild.
For Miami, Jesse Lepore was the tough-luck loser, allowing two runs in 6.0 innings while striking out four. Andrew Cabezas struck out five in 2.0 perfect innings out of the pen, and Gonzalez led the Hurricanes offensively with three hits.
DUNSHEE MOVING UP
• With nine more strikeouts Friday, Parker Dunshee leapfrogged Frank Humber (266) and Kyle Sleeth (271) by tallying his 273rd strikeout, good for fourth in program history. He is 39 away from the record, 15 from second and four from third.
• He also tied Marc Palmieri for the sixth-most career wins in program history by tallying his 24th.
• In the month of March, Dunshee posted a 4-0 record and 3.09 ERA. After striking out 21 batters over his first four starts, he has fanned 33 over his last three outings.
DEACS MARCHING ON
• Wake Forest wraps up the month of March with a 15-3 record.
• That is the most wins for the Demon Deacons since also finishing April 2002 with a 15-3 record. The Deacs went on to host a regional that season.
ON DECK
• Wake Forest and Miami square off in game two of the series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.--
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- No. 24-ranked Wake Forest took advantage of a gem on the mound in a 2-1 victory over Miami at Mark Light Field on Friday night.
Parker Dunshee tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out nine while allowing just six hits and one walk to earn the win and improve to 5-1.
Griffin Roberts picked up his second save, tossing the final 2.0 innings and striking out three while allowing one hit and no walks.
The Demon Deacons (20-7, 7-3 ACC) had just one hit heading into the ninth inning, but that was a two-run single by Keegan Maronpot which proved to be the difference in the game.
In the second, Ben Breazeale and Johnny Aiello walked. After Bruce Steel reached on a fielder's choice, he stole second base and Maronpot blooped a single into center to plate Breazeale and Steel and put the Deacs in front, 2-0.
Miami (11-15, 4-6 ACC) got its only run in the third on an RBI double by James Davison.
Dunshee and Roberts escaped potential trouble in five straight innings from the fourth through eighth. Miami had a leadoff double in the fourth before two strikeouts and a groundout.
In the fifth, the Hurricanes put two on with two outs before an inning-ending flyout. Romy Gonzalez led off the sixth with a single and was sacrificed to second, where he was stranded. The leadoff hitter in the seventh was hit by a pitch and sacrificed to second, but Dunshee fanned the last two batters he faced to escape.
Miami put the tying run on second on a Gonzalez single and stolen base with one away in the eighth, but Roberts avoided any damage with a groundout, HBP and strikeout, before cruising through a 1-2-3 ninth.
Breazeale gave Wake Forest its second hit in the top of the ninth. The Deacs walked six times compared to just one for Miami, including two by Stuart Fairchild.
For Miami, Jesse Lepore was the tough-luck loser, allowing two runs in 6.0 innings while striking out four. Andrew Cabezas struck out five in 2.0 perfect innings out of the pen, and Gonzalez led the Hurricanes offensively with three hits.
DUNSHEE MOVING UP
• With nine more strikeouts Friday, Parker Dunshee leapfrogged Frank Humber (266) and Kyle Sleeth (271) by tallying his 273rd strikeout, good for fourth in program history. He is 39 away from the record, 15 from second and four from third.
• He also tied Marc Palmieri for the sixth-most career wins in program history by tallying his 24th.
• In the month of March, Dunshee posted a 4-0 record and 3.09 ERA. After striking out 21 batters over his first four starts, he has fanned 33 over his last three outings.
DEACS MARCHING ON
• Wake Forest wraps up the month of March with a 15-3 record.
• That is the most wins for the Demon Deacons since also finishing April 2002 with a 15-3 record. The Deacs went on to host a regional that season.
ON DECK
• Wake Forest and Miami square off in game two of the series on Saturday night at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.--
