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T7 | Shuster sets a new career high with strikeout number 13!



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drilled a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to push Wake Forest past No. 3 Louisville in a back-and-forth game at David F. Couch Ballpark on Saturday evening.After the Cardinals (10-4, 1-1 ACC) tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the ninth, Simoneit blasted a line-drive homer over the wall in left field to seal the victory for the Demon Deacons (9-6, 1-1 ACC).was electric on the mound for Wake, striking out a career-high 13 batters over 7.1 innings. He allowed one run on four hits and a walk, blanking the Cardinals after the first inning."We needed that. And we needed that start out of. Obviously he was the difference today keeping a good offense down, 13 strikeouts and one walk, you really can't pitch much better than that," head coachsaid. ", what can you say about him? He's had a great year for us so far and he came through in the clutch."The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and Louisville starter Bobby Miller didn't give up his first hit until the sixth inning. Afterbroke the seal with a single,roped a first-pitch, two-run homer to deep left-center to put the Deacs ahead, 2-1.Shuster,andeach retired a batter in the eighth to strand runners on the corners and keep the Deacs ahead.In the top of the ninth, Louisville scored on a walk, stolen base, wild pitch and RBI single by Levi Usher.struck out the other three batters, sending the Deacs to the bottom of the ninth for the eventual game-winner.The rubber game of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. on ACCNX.