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MIAMI – Timely hitting paved the way for the Wake Forest baseball team (24-12, 9-8 ACC) to even the series against Miami (26-9, 7-7 ACC) as the Demon Deacons used a trio of two-out RBIs and a dominant performance from Troy Dressler to grab a 3-1 victory on Saturday evening at Mark Light Field.
Evened things up 😤 pic.twitter.com/6pAxWtLQAw
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 12, 2026
Junior first baseman Kade Lewis recorded his 15th multi-hit game of the season, collecting a pair of two-out RBI singles in the fourth and sixth innings. The Sartell, Minn., native now has 28 RBIs on the season, with seven of them coming with two outs.
Call on 2 📞 pic.twitter.com/TLLg8Z63wx
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 12, 2026
Sophomore catcher Matt Conte added the third two-out RBI single in the eighth inning, marking his ninth two-out RBI of the season.
Evan Picasso Jones 🎨 pic.twitter.com/KjcahHEteX
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 12, 2026
Sophomore right fielder Luke Costello logged his sixth multi-hit performance of the season, finishing the game with two doubles. Costello has now recorded an extra-base hit in five of the last six games, having totaled five doubles and two home runs in that span.
ANOTHER two-out RBI 😤 pic.twitter.com/7gDgkCBaXt
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 12, 2026
Sophomore starting pitcher Troy Dressler was sensational on the mound for the Demon Deacons, recording four strikeouts while allowing just two hits in 6.0 scoreless innings, marking the longest outing of his career. The Mifflinburg, Pa., native has now totaled 53 strikeouts this season, with 32 of them coming in his last five appearances.
Had to have it 💥 pic.twitter.com/6MEFrv75GX
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 12, 2026
Freshman Evan Jones fanned four Hurricane batters while allowing just one run in 2.2 innings of work, while senior Will Ray recorded the final out of the game to earn his second save of the season.
Tip of the cap 🎩
▪️6.0 innings
▪️2 hits
▪️4 strikeouts
▪️0 runs allowed pic.twitter.com/dW5uBQUE3g— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 11, 2026
FROM COACH WALTER
“Today was kind of a carbon copy of yesterday’s game, but we got the timely hits. Yesterday, they got the timely hits. Both teams pitched the ball really well today, and with the wind blowing in like this, runs are tough to come by. I’m really proud of our guys. [Troy] Dressler was phenomenal. Evan Jones was really good. [I’d] like to see him eliminate a couple of those walks. I’m really proud of Will Ray coming in there and getting that last big out. That’s as good as I’ve ever seen Will Ray. I wanted to have Ray again for tomorrow, so I didn’t want to extend him too much. Jones is such a great matchup for right-handed hitters, so it was an easy decision to leave him in there. When those lefties came back around, I thought about Rhys Bowie in that situation, but again, Rhys is going to give us some long innings tomorrow if we need it. We’ve got [Blake] Morningstar for length tomorrow, so we’ve got a locked and loaded bullpen ready to go tomorrow. We’ve just got to get in their bullpen a little sooner.” – Head Coach Tom Walter
Timely hitting 🤌🤌 pic.twitter.com/sMGGHDe2sk
— Wake Forest Baseball (@WakeBaseball) April 11, 2026
UP NEXT
Wake Forest looks for just their second road series win over the Hurricanes in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
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