Wake Forest celebrates after winning the Winston-Salem Regional (Aaron Fitt)

Fairchild Powers Deacs To Supers

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — On Saturday night, West Virginia coach Randy Mazey was determined not to let Stuart Fairchild beat his Mountaineers, so he chose to intentionally walk the Wake Forest star center fielder with a base open in the ninth and take his chances with Gavin Sheets. Mazey picked his poison, and Sheets made him pay, delivering a walk-off single off the right-field wall.

On Sunday, Mazey didn’t have the option to pick his poison. Fairchild came to the plate with the bases loaded in the fourth inning, and there was no place to put him. And Fairchild[…]