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MIAMI – The Wake Forest baseball team (23-12, 8-8 ACC) fell, 3-1, in the opening game of the series against Miami (26-8, 7-6 ACC) on Friday night at Mark Light Field.
Final in game one. pic.twitter.com/ppnKGPBevJ
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 11, 2026
Freshman JD Stein led the Demon Deacons at the plate, finishing 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the seventh inning. Since the start of the month, Stein has raised his batting average by nearly 50 points, going 8-for-22 (.363) with six RBIs and a pair of extra-base hits.
Smooth sailing through four ⛵️ pic.twitter.com/BcjXBrjOSX
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 11, 2026
First baseman Luke Costello roped a two-out double in the first inning for his fifth extra-base hit since the start of April and has hit safely in 10 of the last 12 contests for Wake Forest.
Through six. pic.twitter.com/YjPVxyjZxr
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 11, 2026
Junior Kade Lewis extended his hit streak to six games with a single back up the middle to open the fourth inning.
Deadlocked 🔒 pic.twitter.com/ehe00FkRU8
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 10, 2026
Starting pitcher Chris Levonas suffered just his second loss of the 2026 campaign, allowing just two earned runs on three hits over 5.1 innings with a trio of strikeouts. The sophomore retired the first 12 batters of the game before the Hurricanes got in the hit column in the fifth.
Scoreless second with the first K of the evening 🥏 pic.twitter.com/mwxRDg1FMX
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 10, 2026
Freshman Marcelo Harsch put the Demon Deacon bullpen in good position for the remainder of the series, tossing the final 2.2 innings on just 34 pitches. The Montclair, N.J., native retired the final six batters he faced in order, including needing just seven pitches to get through Miami in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Three flyouts in the first 👌 pic.twitter.com/XUEGLtNIWT
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 10, 2026
FROM COACH WALTER
“We had runners on base every inning, sometimes multiple base runners, and we just couldn’t cash in. We just didn’t get it done when we needed to. I didn’t think either team swung the bat very well today, but they had a well-placed ground ball that got down the line on us, and we didn’t, and that was really the difference in today’s game. It’s disappointing that we’ve wasted another good outing by our pitching staff and didn’t find a way to come out with a win. But this is what Friday night baseball in our league looks like, and we have to come out ready to play tomorrow.” – Head Coach Tom Walter
UP NEXT
The Demon Deacons will look to even the series tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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