Feb. 10, 2005
Final Stats
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Wake Forest baseball team opened with a pair of hits in the first inning, but Winthrop starting pitcher Kevin Slowly
then held the Demon Deacons hitless over the next seven innings in a 8-0
defeat Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. The Deacs
return to action at the Coca Cola Classic Saturday afternoon against
Western Kentucky. First-pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Slowly (1-0) worked 7.2 shutout innings to pick up the victory. The
junior limited the Demon Deacons to a pair of singles in the opening
frame before retiring 18 of the final 20 batters, including the last 15
he faced. Slowly struckout nine and walked a pair.
Winthrop jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Wake Forest starting pitcher Tim Morley plunked Chris Carrara to lead
off the inning. After Carrara advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt,
Morely retired Daniel Carte for the first out of the inning, but Jacob
Dempsey blooped a double down the left field line to plate Carrara.
Morley then issued a walk, but appeared as though he would get out of
the inning with just the one run, but Ryder Mathias bobbled the throw
from Grant Achilles to allow the second run to score.
The Eagles added to their lead with an unearned run in the third and two
more in the fourth inning. Winthrop put the game out of reach with two
more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, one of which was unearned.
All in all, the Deacs committed five errors which allowed five unearned
runs in the first six innings.
Morley (0-1) went 4.1 innings and allowed five runs, but only one was
earned in a tough-luck loss. The senior southpaw fanned four, walked a
pair and scattered seven hits. Sophomore Charlie Mellies relieved Morley
and worked 2.2 innings, allowing two earned runs on three hits. Mellies
struckout one, but walked three. Kip Byrum made his Wake Forest debut
and came on to finish the eighth inning. The lefty allowed a couple
hits, but did yield any runs.
Sophomore right-handed hurler Josh Ellis will take the mound on Saturday
afternoon for the Deacs against the Hilltoppers.
