Box Score SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Four Santa Clara pitchers combined to shut out Wake Forest, 2-0, striking out 16 Demon Deacons and not allowing a runner past second base all night. An RBI single by
Jake Brodt in the first and a
John Cresto solo homer in the fourth inning provided the runs for the Broncos (3-2) in the series opening win.
Wake Forest (2-4) put a pair of runners on base in every inning except in the second and third and each time, the Bronco pitching rose to the occasion.
In the first inning, Bronco starter
Steven Wilson struck out Shane Muntz with runners at first and second to end the inning. The same scenario would play out in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings where a different Bronco pitcher would punch out a Demon Deacon to kill the threat.
Left-hander
Alex Barden, who came in relief of Wilson in the third, struck out Johnny Aiello to strand two Deacs in the fifth frame.
In the sixth, sophomore
Michael Praszker came in relief of Barden with two runners on and struck out Chris Lanzilli.
Redshirt junior
Eric Lex relieved Praszker in the seventh and promptly struck out Wake Forest cleanup hitter Bobby Seymour. Lex would throw 2 1/3 innings to close out the game for his first save as a Bronco.
Steven Wilson struck out five batters in two innings in a predetermined pitching rotation to earn his first win since May 13, 2016. Wilson missed all of last season due to an injury.
The Bronco pitching staff has allowed just one run in the last two games, following a 4-1 win over San Jose State on Feb. 20.
Santa Clara will start right-hander
Alex Waldsmith (0-1, 0.00 ERA) on Saturday against lefty Carter Bach (0-0 1.80 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT.
Tickets: Season or single-game tickets are available. Click
here to purchase online or contact the ticket office in Leavey Center weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at (408) 554-4660 or
BroncoTickets@scu.edu. Group discounts are also available through our ticket office sales and service consultants. Gates to Stephen Schott Stadium, as well as its ticket booth, are open one hour prior to the start of the game.
Parking: Parking is now available in the Guadalupe lot, adjacent to 455 El Camino Real. The Guadalupe lot is reserved beginning 60 minutes before game time through the end of the event for free parking. Baseball parking is no longer allowed in the lot behind Schott Stadium's left field wall. Overflow parking is available in the Leavey Center lot. Spectators that plan to arrive more than an hour prior to game time on weekdays are encouraged to purchase a parking permit for the Leavey lot. All SCU lot parking is free on weekends. ADA parking is available in the lot directly in front of the main gates; there is no general public parking in this lot. Follow signs for parking instructions. Click
here for a campus parking map.
