The Demon Deacons fell on Friday night in the series opener against the #9 Virginia Cavaliers. Similar to last weekend, the Deacs were never able to grab a lead in this game and had to play from behind the entire contest.
Blake Morningstar was out of synch and taken out in the fourth inning. He fell to 2-3 on the season with the loss. Let’s take a look at some of the key points in this one.
Errors Haunt Defense
Despite the result, the Deacs had more hits than the Cavaliers in this one by the final margin of 11-7. Virginia was able to score 10 runs because Wake’s defense had three errors that cost them.
Two of these errors were committed by freshman shortstop JD Stein in the 1st and 4th innings, respectively. Kade Lewis committed another in the 6th. The Cavaliers capitalized on these Wake errors, scoring five runs in the 1st, three in the 4th, and two in the 6th…