Wake Forest put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Rolesville Rams as the Wake Forest Cougars made off with an 8-1 victory. The win was nothing new for Wake Forest as they're now sitting on five straight.
Jackson Hardy tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, James Bradbury was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Stephen Crater, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Rolesville's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Leicht, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Wake Forest pushed their record up to 19-3 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Rolesville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.
Wake Forest will look to defend their home field on Friday against Wakefield at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Wake Forest: 1.9, Wakefield: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Rolesville, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Union Pines at 7:00 p.m. Rolesville is facing Union Pines at the right time seeing as Union Pines is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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