WATCH: Wake Forest center fielder commits 'Canseco' error in NCAA Tournament
The 2022 NCAA Baseball Tournament is underway across the country this weekend for college baseball and on Friday afternoon, Wake Forest center fielder Pierce Bennett had the type of play that could end up on “SportsCenter’s Not Top 10”. The Uconn Huskies were up 5-2 in the top of the 7th inning of Friday’s College Park Regional, when Erik Stock drilled a deep shot to center field.
Then what happened will undoubtedly remind fans of the time that former pro baseball legend Jose Canseco had a fly ball go back deep to the warning track, before bouncing off his head and over the wall for a home run. Pierce Bennett is officially listed as an infielder and spent most of his first two seasons with the Demon Deacons on second base. This year, he actually spent time in the outfield this season at a number of different spots. Bennett actually posted a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000 this spring.
Which will make the clip below pretty surprising.
The hilarious part is the ball hit Bennett so hard that it drilled his sunglasses off his head. The good news is he appeared to be fine, but his pride will certainly take a hit after making an error like that on a national stage. Uconn batter Erik Stock officially got a triple on the play and it proved to be quite critical in the final score.
The Huskies prevailed over Wake Forest 8-7 and two of those runs came when Uconn’s Casey Dana blasted a two-run shot in the seventh inning, right after Stock’s triple.
Wake Forest’s Adam Cecere once again brought the juice with his bat on Friday–drilling his 14th homerun of the season. It was a two-run shot for the ‘Deacs and it tied the game up, too. Wake Forest was trailing 7-2, but they tied it up 7-7 in the 8th inning.
About a week ago, Cecere blasted two homeruns for Wake Forest against Miami in the ACC Tournament.
Wake Forest had one of their best seasons in program history this year
Wake Forest recently won their 40th game–becoming the first team in program history to do so since 2017. Since last year, they’ve increased their win total by 20 games–the largest year-to-year turnaround in Demon Deacons history.